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| Bangladesh ranked world's 25th most failed state | ||
| 2011-06-22 | ||
| [Bangla Daily Star] Bangladesh has improved a little by ranking 25th as the most failed state, from the 24th position last year, the prestigious US based Foreign Policy magazine said in its latest annual ranking. "We're #25! We're #25! We're #25! Boo-yah!" Pakistain, Nepal and Sri Lanka are also featured in the list of the most failed states, reports UNB. Pakistain was ranked at 12th, Myanmar 18th, Nepal 27th, Sri Lanka 29th and Bhutan 50th in the list of 60 countries in which African nations dominate.
On Bangladesh, the report said two of five Bangladeshis live under the poverty line. Any improvement will also be fighting the environmental clock. If sea levels rise just by 1 metre, scientists warn, 17 percent of the country could be submerged.
"Nepal is the poorest country in South Asia, according to the United Nations, ...Parkinson's Law on an international scale... and that's unlikely to change until the grinding of the peace processor is implemented and security restored. There are signs that the Maoists may be losing patience -- and thinking about going back to the trenches to fight for more," added the report. On Sri Lanka, it said, "The government's final push against the rebels relied on the shelling of civilians and other atrocities, according to a 2010 report by the International Crisis Group. "The most recent statistics from last year indicate that some 327,000 are still displaced from the conflict." "Despite the pronounced fractures still lingering, the Sinhalese-dominated government in Colombo seems eager to forget the past," it added. | ||
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