Bangladesh News Paper

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Docs 122-197

India and Pakistan: Crisis and War, March-December 1971  122.  Editorial Note [Read More]

Prosperity Paper No. 1

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The good news is that countries that have adopted aprivate-sector-led approach to economicgrowth have witnessed encouraging results. The case of Polandshows how the removal ofbarriers lets private enterprise flourish. Despite over 40 yearsof central planning and laws thatprevented entrepreneurship, over one million new firms have beenestablished in Poland in justthree years, and are earning profits in a harsh economic climate. ... [Read More]

Prosperity Paper No. 4

Stephan Eramyan had already worked for several state-ownedprinting and publishing companies in Bulgaria before he decidedto start his own private newspaper enterprise. His experiencehelped him realize how difficult it would be to challengedirectly the larger, general-interest publications for scarceadvertising revenue. Therefore, to distinguish himself amongpotential readers and advertisers, he decided to create alow-cost, specialized newspaper that met a very specific need. ... [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

There are five major English-language daily newspapers in Bangladesh. The Independent has the most international news and articles from foreign newspapers. The Daily Star is considered to have the most unbiased reporting. The Bangladesh Observer also publishes a fairly good daily edition. Other English-language newspapers include The Financial Express and New Nation. Most are about 16 pages long and cost about 7 Taka. The quality of writing and reporting varies as widely as can be imagined. ... [Read More]

Prosperity Paper No. 5

In Bangalore, another "public entrepreneur" is AnselmRosario, whose background is in hotel management. For the pastyears, however, he has mobilized street children by involvingthem in a fair-price shop which buys their collected paper,plastic, boxes, etc. and markets these materials at wholesale.This lessens their dependence on tough commercial retail purchaseshops while giving Anselm and his colleagues a practical point ofcontact with the children, one that respects their work andeconomic independence. Profits are directed to vocationaltraining which helps them jump into the formal economy. And hehas developed an organization to reach out to several thousandmore children. In the process, productive recycling programs areencouraged while he engages the middle class in facing thisproblem of a multiplying young population and rapid urbanization. ... [Read More]

Bangladesh

Newspaper ownership and content are not subject to direct government restriction.  However, if the Government chooses, it can influence journalists through financial means.  Government-sponsored advertising and allocations of newsprint imported at a favorable tariff rate are central to many newspapers' financial viability.  Government-sponsored advertising is the largest source of revenue for many newspapers.  In allocating advertising through the Department of Films and Publications, the Government states that it considers circulation of the newspapers, wage board implementation, objectivity in reporting, coverage of development activities, and "attitude towards the spirit of Bangladesh's War of Liberation."  Commercial organizations often are reluctant to advertise in newspapers critical of the Government due to fear of unspecified governmental or bureaucratic retaliation. ... [Read More]