Today in a press conference held in the National Press Club in Dhaka, 10 farmers’ and rights based organizations termed the proposed budget for the year of 2015-16 as businessmen friendly who use agriculture for making profit, this budget is not farmers’ friendly, they added. They said that, the allocation for agriculture in the proposed […]
WE, the Heads of States/Governments of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as “ASEAN”), namely Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and […]
February 15, 2015 The Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) hails the victory of the farmers & fishers belonging to the Organization for the Protection of Paanam Paththuwa (OPPP) in winning their lands back through unified peoples’ struggle. “On February 11, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to release the lands, taken under the control of Sri Lanka […]