Digital World Fair 2016

  This is the biggest digital fair in Bangladesh started with the slogan “Non Stop Bangladesh” on the issue of information, communication and technology for period of three days. Our honorable Prime Minister Seikh Hasina inaugurated this digital fair on 19 October 2016 (Wednesday). Three days long digital fair was opened for all from 10…

Collaboration between Uttaran and Cadasta Foundation

Uttaran and Cadasta Foundation-USA has jointly organised a training on `GeoODK’ on 4-5 September 2016 in order to accelerate household survey targeting digital land survey and settlement in Bangladesh. Mr. Frank Pichel and Mr. David Palomino were facilitated the training and visited Jamalpur field works where Uttaran’s team members participated. The training was conducted at…

Public Display/Draft Publication

Sustainable Access to land Equality (SALE) of Uttaran organised a very colorful inaugural programme of draft publication/public display under the project of Access to Land Rights of government of Bangladesh Funded by European at two mouzas (Bondokuturia and Chakkuturia) of Jamalpur on 28th November, 2015. In the draft publication programme it is displaying the maps…

People Took Initiatives for Changing Policy

Written by: Shahidul Islam, Director, Uttaran a. The Introduction: Since 1980s, a vast area in the southwestern part of Bangladesh has been waterlogged. The inhabitants comprehend that the Coastal Embankment constructed during the 1960s is mainly responsible for this water logging. There were a number of popular movements demanding a sustainable solution to this problem of water-logging…

A team of DFID and MJF has visited Uttaran’s activities

A team of DFID (Department for International Development) and Manusher Jonno Foundation has came to visit Uttaran’s programme activities on 14 May, 2015. Uttaran is implementing access to khasland project with funding support of MJF and DFID since 2004. The team consisting of Mr. Graham Gass, Social Development Advisor of DFID, Tahera Jabeen, Programme Manager…