General Country Information
Capital: Dhaka
Population: 158,065,041 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Parliamentary Democracy
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 1.39 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 45.75 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 4,209 (2009)
Internet users: 556,000 (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.25
World Rank 2005/2006: 134
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
National Disability Action Plan
Five-year National Action Plan on Disability (2006)
http://www.unescap.org/sdd/publications/Disability/Disability-at-a-Glance-2010.pdf
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Access Bangladesh Foundation
B-19, Anandapur, Savar
Dhaka-1340
Postal Address: GPO Box No- 2272, Dhaka-1000
http://www.accessbangladesh.org
Email: info@accessbangladesh.org / mollahalbert@accessbangladesh.org
Tel: +88-2-7743145
Fax: +88-2-7743480
Action on Disability & Development
House 56, Road No. 11, Block-C Banani
Dhaka 1213
Bangladesh
http://www.add.org.uk/bangladesh.asp
Email: mosharraf@siriusbb.com
Tel: +880-2-9862554
Fax: +880-2-9862554
Assistance for Blind Children (ABC)
47/14 Indira Road, West Raza Bazar, Farm gate
Dhaka 1215
Bangladesh
Email: abchild@bangla.net
Tel: +880-2-819320
Fax: +880-2-819320
Bangladesh Blind Mission
75/B Indira Road
Tejgaon, Dhaka 1215
Bangladesh
http://bbm-bd.com
Tel: +880-2-812767
Fax: +880-2-813095
Bangladesh Dristihin Foundation (BDF)
Road 2, House 33
Mohammadia Housing Society, Mohammadpur
Dhaka 1207
Bangladesh
Email: bdf@bdonline.com
Tel: +880-2-815792 / +880-2-8116637
Fax: +880-2-813014
Bangladesh National Federation of the Deaf
62, Bijoynagar
Dhaka 1000
Bangladesh
Email: bnfd@bangla.net
Tel: +880-2-9358061
Bangladesh National Society for the Blind (BNSB)
Matarkapon, Shamsher Nagar Road
Moulvi Bazar, 3200
Bangladesh
Email: msaifulislam@hotmail.com
Tel: +880-861-52670
Bangladesh Protibandhi Kallyan Somity (BPKS) - DPI National Assembly
BPKS Complex
Dhakkhinkhan, Uttara
Dhaka 1230
Bangladesh
http://www.bpksbd.org
Email: cotoed@bpksbd.org
Tel: +880-2-892-3915 / +880-2-896-0077
Fax: +880-2-896-0078
Blind Education and Rehabilitation Development Organization
3/1, Road 11
Rupnagar, Section 5
Mirpur, Dhaka 1215
Bangladesh
http://www.berdobd.org
Email: berdo@citechco.net
Tel: +880-2-9009451
Fax: +880-2-9003786
Centre for Differently Abled
153/1/A, Crescent Road
Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205
Bangladesh
Email: cdabled@citech.net
Tel: +880-175-044891 /+880-175-45441
Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)
A-18/6, Genda, Savar, Dhaka-1340
Bangladesh
http://www.cdd.org.bd
Tel: +880-1-711452686
Fax: +880-2-7741031
Center for Services & Information on Disability (CSID)
House #715, Road #10
Baitul Aman Housing Society
Adabor, Dhaka-1207
Bangladesh
http://www.csid-bd.org
Mobile: +1713036480
Gram Bikash Sangstha (GBS)
Chandan Baisha Road
Noor Mahal, Naruli
Bogra 5800
Bangladesh
Email: g.b.s.@bttb.net.bd
Tel: +880-51-62659
Fax: +880-51-72419
Ministry of Social Welfare
Bldg. No. 6, Baladesh Secretariat Room 303
Dhaka 1000
Bangladesh
Tel: +880-2-8610452
Fax: +880-2-8618969
National Council of Disabled Women (NCDW)
House# 56, Road# 11, Block-C
Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh
Tel: +880-2-8832037 / +880-2-8859330
Fax: +880-2-8831228
National Forum of Organizations Working with the Disabled (NFOWD)
House # 8/9, Block – A
Lalmatia, Dhaka 1207
Bangladesh
http://www.nfowd.com
Email: nfowd@bdmail.net or info@nfowd.com
Tel: +880-2-8120415 / 09124487
Fax: +880-2-8120415 / 09124487 (ext 107)
Pally Badhue Kallan Sangstha (PBKS)
Village: Khamarpirgacha, Post: Bishnupur
Gaibandha 5700
Bangladesh
Email: adcom@bttb.net.bd
Tel: +880-20-1718-30689
Fax: +880-20-0541-62182
Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV)
House-589, Road-11, Adabor,
Baitul Aman Housing Society,
Dhaka - 1207, Bangladesh
http://www.sarpv.org
Email: shahidul@sarpv.org
Tel: +880-2-81902534
Fax: +880-2-8190256
Society for the Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled (SWID)
4/A, Eskaton Garden
Dhaka 1000
Bangladesh
Email: swidb@accesstel.net
Tel: +880-2-933-4009 / 0935 6592
Fax: +880-2-831-9438
Sunrider Protibandhi Kalayan Sangstha (Sunrider Disable Welfare Foundation)
Mukul Tower, 4th Floor
90/A, New Circular Road
Siddeswari, Dhaka 1217
Bangladesh
http://www.spks.8k.com
Email: sunriderdisable@gmail.com
Tel: +880-2-152-493274
Vocational Training Centre for the Blind (VTCB)
4 Main Road, Mirpur-1, Dhaka 1216
Bangladesh
Email: vtcb@dhaka.agni.com
Tel: +880-2-9003610 / 09000439
Fax: +880-2-8113095