It's not 1,000; it's 0.055%

It's not 1,000; it's 0.055%

As of 26 July 2014, at Gaza, Palestinian deaths has topped 1,000. But numbers alone without the right context do not reveal the entire story. There are 1.82 million Palestinians. If the same proportion died in China, it would be 743,050 people, in India, it would be 680,350 people, in the US, it would be 172,852 people, and in Bangladesh, 0.055% would be 88,000 people. Infographic based on analysis by Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative literature at Columbia University in New York.

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Source:
www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/07/how-many-palestinians-been-kil-2014726131843576945.html

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World Cup Jerseys Made in Bangladesh

World Cup Jerseys Made in Bangladesh

Did you know that Bangladesh exported between $500 million to $1 billion worth of World Cup jerseys and merchandise this football season? That's between 2 to 4% of the total yearly RMG exports of the country. And not just clothes for fans, the Brazil teams' official jerseys were made in Bangladesh as well.

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Sources:
www.banglanews24.com/en/fullnews/bn/92263.html
www.dhakatribune.com/economy/2014/jun/17/rmg-export-exceeds-july-may-target
globalvoicesonline.org/2014/07/01/bangladesh-world-cup-jerseys-apparel/

Investing in Infrastructure

Investing in Infrastructure

In order to keep growing, Bangladesh needs to spend as high as $10 billion a year until 2020 to bring its power grids, roads and water supplies up to the standard needed to serve its growing population, according to the World Bank. The National Budget for FY2014-15 allocated $4.5 billion to infrastructure expansion (equal to 14.4% of total budget). 

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Sources:
www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers
www.thedailystar.net/business/bangladesh-needs-100b-in-10-years-for-infrastructure-wb-18456
www.thedailystar.net/upload/ads/Budget-2014-2015.pdf