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...think the same model of microlending so successful in Bangladesh can be applied elsewhere? Sadruddin Salman, Dhaka Today, Grameen programs are everywhere. We even have a program in New York City, and it works beautifully. We brought the same system as we do in the villages of Bangladesh. We do it in Latin American countries - in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica - in exactly the same...
...Three Asian capitals - Bangkok, Jakarta and Dhaka - are currently fighting what feels like a rearguard action to keep the water at bay. Their efforts will be watched in other cities waking up to a climate nightmare after years of unplanned growth. The threat of sea-level rise and flooding makes Bangkok a "climate hazard hotspot," says a May report by the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) in Singapore. I prefer an older description: "the Venice of the East." Most early Bangkok residents moved by boat between floating houses; it was not until 1863 that the city...
...people of Dhaka, where another big flood-control project is planned. UN-HABITAT calls the Bangladeshi capital "the world's fastest-growing megacity." Located at the heart of one of the world's largest river systems, it is also one of the most flood-prone. One solution is the Dhaka Integrated Flood Control Embankment. Its two main aims are laudable: protect eastern Dhaka from the overflowing Balu river and, with a road running along its top, ease the city's mind-bending traffic jams. But the $350 million project is so ill-conceived it will actually worsen flooding, claims landscape...
...Vacillations in the Verses Re "Decoding God's Changing Moods" [June 15]: We must put a premium on reviving the harmony among the religions. Bonding with people of different faiths is more important than following our own. Nurus Sakib, Dhaka...
...Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, executive director of Equal Ground, a gay rights group in Sri Lanka. "Things don't work like that, we have to keep working and advocating constantly." The Indian High Court has given them one more rallying cry. - With reporting by Amantha Perera / Colombo and Delwar Hussain / Dhaka...