The Daily IIJ

Ghana’s forest reserves has declined from 8.2 million hectares a century ago to a current 1.5 million hectares.
In her quest towards mitigating climate change, Ghana would in January 2010, begin an ambitious nationwide aforestation project that also seeks to bridge the unemployment gap confronting the country.

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After a long wait, the Nepal government has decided to hold a historic cabinet meeting dedicated to climate change in the Himalayas on December 4. Earlier the meeting was postponed due to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s health.

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From Nathaniel Y.Yankson, Doha, Qatar
GHANA HAS again added another international accolade to its fold as Radio Show hostess Akumaa Mama Zimbi, also known in private life as Joyce Dongotey-Padi, clinched a $20,000 award by the Qatar Foundation (QF) in Doha last Tuesday to support her Widows Alliance Network for Sustainable Economic Development (WANE) initiative.
Dubbed World [...]

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Poor people in Bangladesh are more likely to own mobile phones and televisions than the same group in India, but the availability of computers in poor Bangladeshi households is almost zero, according to a recent study.

The survey by LIRNEasia – a Sri Lanka-based information and communication technology (ICT) policy and regulation think tank dealing with the Asia-Pacific – also revealed a comparative reluctance among poor Bangladeshis to buy radios.

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Ekushey Television in 2002 in the regime of BNP-Jammat, CSB News in the regime of Dr. Fakruddin Ahmed Moye-General U Ahmed and lastly this year Jamuna preent TV in the regime of Bangladesh Awami League has closed. So, think our press freedom in Bangladesh.

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The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has said that her government is making a policy which will be a guideline to cover the news of armed forces. I was eager to see the reaction of our main stream media houses, specially in their printed editions. No, I have not found this in the headlines.

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Parliament on Friday unanimously approved a credit facility agreement between the Government of Ghana and Kreditanstalt Fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) of Germany for an amount of thirteen million Euros (€13,000,000.00) in support of the District Development Facility (DDF).

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The President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman has called for expansion of Internet technology across the country. He has said this at his inaugural speech of Digital Bangladesh Conference, 2009. Bangladesh Computer Society organised the conference.

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Bangladeshi Parliament is getting the wave of Information Technology (IT). MPs will be allowed to use laptop during the parliament sessions. Parliament is also making provisions to ask question to the MPs by e-mails. Parliament Speaker Abdul Hamid has said this at the inaugural session of IT fair ‘BCS ICT World‘. Bangladesh Computer Society (BCS) organized the [...]

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