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03.08.2007 The Indian Government is sponsoring tele-centres for rural parts in Sri Lanka with a Rs.6-million package for 20 'Nenasalas' — rural knowledge centres - all equipped with Internet-enabled computers. The goal of the Sri Lankan government is to create over 1,000 of such centres by 2008.

01.08.2007 On a series of Sanglap (Dialogue), a ground-breaking discussion programme in Bangladesh, the BBC World Service Trust has launched the third programme in the series in the run up to the general elections in Bangladesh. Elections will take place towards the end of 2008 and the BBC programme gives the people an opportunity to engage in a direct dialogue with their political leaders.

31.07.2007 UNESCO handed over 82 pieces of equipment, granted under a US$2.5 million project, funded by Italy, to create a new TV studio aimed at developing educational broadcasting in Afghanistan. The project started in 2003, and helped the Ministry of Education to achieve its goal of providing education to Afghans in all parts of the country.

31.07.2007 The fast-growing GeoWeb is helping people across the world by providing simple tools that allow people to draw on digital maps and annotate them with text, images, sound and videos, literally making anyone a mapmaker on the web.

27.07.2007 The Caribbean Internet Radio Portal (CIRP) and UNESCO in association with Youth Vibes Radio has launched its new internet radio station which is being currently tested but is already providing audio to millions of listeners around the world.

26.07.2007 The Community Radio movement in Bangladesh is likely to get a fillip after a high level meeting was organized by the Ministry of
Information to find out ways to launch community radio on a pilot
basis.

26.07.2007 According to a recently released report by the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the world's least developed countries (LDC) are falling behind in technology. The report said foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into LDCs had increased substantially three times in the past 10 years but with little contribution to technological apability accumulation in LDCs.