507 deaths due to political violence in 2013

507 deaths due to political violence in 2013

According to the Ain O Salish Kendra, as many as 848 clashes took place in 2013 surrounding the verdicts of war crimes trials and political disputes. The clashes killed 507 people including 15 police and two BGB men and left 22,407 injured. May history remember 2013, but not repeat it.

Source:
www.thedailystar.net/ask-fears-rise-of-militancy-4835www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/03/bangladesh-elections-tensions-high-opposition-boycott

Heroes of Humanity

Heroes of Humanity

Being imprisoned in our own city, we lose a little bit of ourselves everyday. In moments of weakness, its easy to get caught up in anger and hatred. In these moments, remember the heroes who risk their lives to keep humanity alive.

#bangladeshinnumbers #humanity 

Sources:
newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-04-18&nid=46447
www.thedailystar.net/the-star/2013-a-rollercoaster-ride-4096
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=664418396943878

In the red

In the red

With the majority of days in Nov-Dec 2013 marked by hartals/ blockades, Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity (BDMS), a platform of around 25 lakh shop owners, is reporting fall in daily sales by 80%, from 25 billion taka per day to 5 billion taka per day.

Source:
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/shop-owners-struggle-to-stay-afloat/

Who loses money due to hartals?

Who loses money due to hartals?

Farmers? Consumers? Transporters?

How about all of the above?

Sources:
www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2013/11/12/3588
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/shutdown-hits-vegetable-farmers/
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/hartal-pushes-up-prices-of-essentials/

One Hartal Day...

One Hartal Day...

Every Hartal or Blockade hits the bottom of the pyramid hard, as the ones who earn their daily bread through daily labour and income lose their ability to make a living. Transport workers are affected in a major way.

Corrigendum:
The poverty % in this infographic is wrong. Bangladesh in Numbers sincerely apologizes for the error. As of 2013, the % of people under the poverty line of US$2 per day is 26%. Thanks to Ms. Nabila Rahman for pointing out the error.
http://world.time.com/2013/07/18/after-much-heartbreak-some-good-news-at-last-for-bangladesh/

Sources:
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/poultry-sector-on-verge-of-destruction/
www.cuts-citee.org/pdf/wp08-06.pdf
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/2-lakh-milkmen-in-a-quagmire/
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/transport-workers-in-trouble/
www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2013/11/28/6199
www.ruraldevelopment.info/Pages/BangladeshAgribusiness.aspx
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/a-country-of-hartals/
www.un-bd.org/pub/unpubs/Beyond%20Hartals.pdf
www.cpd.org.bd/downloads/Bangladesh2013.pdf

Is it time to cry over spilt milk?

Is it time to cry over spilt milk?

200,000 dairy farmers cry on every hartal - they lose money on 4.9 lac litres of milk on each hartal or blockage since milk goes bad fast. Bangladesh has the lowest milk consumption per head in the region, and imports milk every year to fulfill local demand.

Sources:
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/2-lakh-milkmen-in-a-quagmire/
www1.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=334931$date=2013-06-01&dateCurrent=2013-06-09

You are Collateral Damage

You are Collateral Damage

What's your life worth in Bangladesh? BDT 500? That's what people are paid to torch vehicles during hartals and blockades. As of 6 Dec 2013, 58 people have died (in the last 10 days) - count your blessings as you were not one of them.

Sources:
www.dhakatribune.com/crime/2013/dec/06/hartal-profitable-business-some-poor-children-women-used-proxy-activists
www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2013/dec/07/yet-another-blockade-begins-three-days

Cox's Down by 95%

Cox's Down by 95%

Most of us stay home or move about cautiously during hartals, trying our best to avoid violence. For the 5,000 who have lost their jobs from hotels and tourist services in Cox's Bazar, hartal has dealt them a fate far worse than the wrath of an angry mob. It has robbed them of their livelihoods.

Sources:
www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers
www.wttc.org/site_media/uploads/downloads/bangladesh2013.pdf
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/tourists-cancel-trips-as-political-unrest-lingers/

Unnecessary Deaths

Unnecessary Deaths

250 people have died in 2013 due to political violence. There have been 48 hartals in 2013.

Sources:
www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/hartal-violent-on-first-day/
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/exams-business-in-tatters/