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The InfoLadies Of Bangladesh, Armed With Bicycle And Netbook

Many people living in Bangladesh’s impoverished villages haven’t yet been reached by technology. But a determined band of InfoLadies—young women equipped with netbooks, phones, and medical equipment—are delivering technology’s benefits to those people, one village at a time.


October 3, 2009
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Bangladeshi Farmer Slaughters 83,000 Rats, Gets Crappy 14-Inch TV

Bangladesh has a disgusting rat problem: It imports three million tons of food a year, and rats destroy 1.5-2 million tons of it. So the government made killing rats a legit sport, with prizes.