Persons with Disabilities

Trapped by societal attitudes / People with disabilities have been reduced to numbers and statistics

Most public spaces and buildings in the country are not equipped to accommodate individuals with disabilities.

Living in the shadow of uncertainty

“Who will look after our child after our demise? Who will be their friends and family to depend on when we will not be there?”

Persons with disabilities are integral to innovative solutions

Ministers, government officials, persons with disabilities, civil society and private sector allies from Asia and the Pacific will gather on October 19-21 in Jakarta to mark the birth of a new era for 700 million persons with disabilities.

Increasing employment of people with disabilities / Places of work and education must be more disability-friendly

We can look to other countries to find how they have included PWDs in their economy.

Disability allowance to go up to Tk 850

The government is going to increase the number of beneficiaries of disability allowance and their allowance amount.

SPOTLIGHT / What about justice for the unheard?

It is a long and difficult struggle for persons with intellectual, hearing and speech disabilities

Editorial / Persons with disabilities

People with disabilities, at a recent workshop, have demanded equal access to all tiers of politics and we unequivocally endorse their demand.

Editorial / Persons with disabilities more prolific

It is heartening to find that persons with disabilities in our country have better output and are more loyal to their employers than other persons.

Editorial / An indomitable father-daughter duo

We are heartened by the real life story published in this paper of a young girl leading her blind father from the crossbar of a rickshaw as he drives...

March 27, 2024
March 27, 2024

People with disabilities have been reduced to numbers and statistics

Most public spaces and buildings in the country are not equipped to accommodate individuals with disabilities.

December 3, 2022
December 3, 2022

Living in the shadow of uncertainty

“Who will look after our child after our demise? Who will be their friends and family to depend on when we will not be there?”

October 14, 2022
October 14, 2022

Persons with disabilities are integral to innovative solutions

Ministers, government officials, persons with disabilities, civil society and private sector allies from Asia and the Pacific will gather on October 19-21 in Jakarta to mark the birth of a new era for 700 million persons with disabilities.

September 11, 2022
September 11, 2022

Places of work and education must be more disability-friendly

We can look to other countries to find how they have included PWDs in their economy.

June 9, 2022
June 9, 2022

Disability allowance to go up to Tk 850

The government is going to increase the number of beneficiaries of disability allowance and their allowance amount.

July 21, 2017
July 21, 2017

What about justice for the unheard?

It is a long and difficult struggle for persons with intellectual, hearing and speech disabilities

February 15, 2016
February 15, 2016

Persons with disabilities

People with disabilities, at a recent workshop, have demanded equal access to all tiers of politics and we unequivocally endorse their demand.

December 31, 2015
December 31, 2015

Persons with disabilities more prolific

It is heartening to find that persons with disabilities in our country have better output and are more loyal to their employers than other persons.

November 14, 2015
November 14, 2015

Global Goals and Persons with Disabilities

An estimated one billion people with disabilities that constitute 15 percent of the world's population may have something to be...

November 14, 2015
November 14, 2015

An indomitable father-daughter duo

We are heartened by the real life story published in this paper of a young girl leading her blind father from the crossbar of a rickshaw as he drives...

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