Disabled

'No reliable data on persons with disabilities available in Bangladesh'

'No reliable data on persons with disabilities available in Bangladesh'

There are a number of government agencies working on demography but their data on the total number of persons with disabilities (PWD) varies widely making it hard for anyone to rely on

Children with disabilities are at the National Memorial, Savar

Nearly 240m children with disabilities around world: UNICEF

The number of children with disabilities globally is estimated at almost 240 million, according to a new UNICEF report.

BBDN, FICCI ink MoU on disability inclusion in MNCs

BBDN, FICCI ink MoU on disability inclusion in MNCs

Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) recently.

Map of Chandpur

Speech-impaired student remains trapped in school washroom for 10 hrs

A speech-impaired student remained trapped in the washroom of her school for over 10 hours in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur district

National Disabled Development Foundation building at Mirpur in the capital city

Disabled development stunted by tussle of two organisations

Though a 15-storey building has been constructed for the empowerment of the disabled, it is not being put to use. Land issues haven’t been resolved even in 9 years.