Word: bangladeshi
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...caretaker government made up largely of technocrats backed by the military. Since then, Ahmed has gone after allegedly corrupt former officials, beefed up the country's antigraft body, initiated measures to make the judiciary more independent, and agreed in principle to establish a human-rights council, something Bangladeshi civil society has long demanded...
...SHUs In 2005, Michael and Joy Michaud of Dorset, England, shattered the Scoville record with the Dorset Naga, cultivated from a Bangladeshi pepper; it was potent enough for handlers to require gloves...
...best way to make minorities more upwardly mobile is to get specific - and creative. The French are teaching Chinese to schoolchildren in deprived neighborhoods so they can get into the global economy. Meanwhile, in Britain, research shows that the biggest hurdle for young Pakistani and Bangladeshi males isn't a lack of skills, but a mix of discrimination and trouble getting access to networks. So job centers in predominantly Asian neighborhoods are trying to convince employers to offer more entry-level jobs or take in more provisional employees for some workplace experience. Instead of relying on sweeping national policies...
...Bangladeshi politics has become so rotten that many businessmen and foreign investors quietly hope for a military government (though a glance at the recently installed regime in Thailand suggests economic stability is no certainty with soldiers in charge). Even some political scientists think it's time to take a break from democracy. "We don't want in the 21st century to be ruled by the military, but if we can't agree and we always fight then there needs to be an umpire, and the military can play that role," says Ataur Rahman, a professor of political science at Dhaka...
Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi who was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, should be honored by TIME for his pioneering work in microcredit financing to help the fight against poverty around the world. Yunus has developed one of the most viable solutions to ease extreme poverty, and hopefully end it as well...