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The Bangladesh famine of 1974 (Bengali: ১৯৭৪-এর দুর্ভিক্ষ, romanized: 1974-Ēr Durbhikkho) began in March 1974 and ended in about December of the same year. The famine is considered one of the worst in the 20th century; it was characterised by massive flooding along the Brahmaputra River as well as high mortality.
Liter of Light Bangladesh was started by Shanjidul Alam Seban Shaan under Lights Foundation in 2015 in Chittagong. [14] [15] They made a local version of the bottle light called 'Botol Bati', which costs around $2–2.50 USD and lasts for 4–5 years. They aim to spread awareness of bottle lights to remote areas by training local school students.
The first known video to have held the title of most viewed YouTube video was Under the Bridge! uploaded by jawed on June 11, 2005. By June 30, it had been viewed more than 24,000 times, being the only video on the site to have accumulated more than 10,000 views at the time. [69] However, it is not known exactly when it gained or lost this title.
Access to an improved source of water supply increased only slightly from 77% in 1990 to 81% in 2010, whereas coverage of improved sanitation increased from 39% to 46% during the same period. [ 31] As of 2010, 67% of Bangladeshis had a permanent water source and a majority of them used tube wells.
The Concert for Bangladesh. The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country's name was originally spelt) [ 1] was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York ...
The tax agency on Thursday announced it has surpassed $1 billion in past-due collections from high-wealth taxpayers over the past year. The compliance crackdown was first announced last fall. Some ...
Installing visual-cue lighting, such as around doorframes, may also reduce falls in the older population by as much as 30%, according to the Mount Sinai Light and Health Research Center. Replacing ...
Dell Precision. Dell Precision is a series of computer workstations for computer-aided design / architecture / computer graphics professionals, or as small-scale business servers [citation needed]. They are available in both desktop (tower) and mobile (laptop) form. Dell touts their Precision Mobile Workstations are "optimized for performance ...