The need for investment is most certainly now -- and the wisdom Coleman, Putt del Pino an their co-authors attempt to impart applies equally to companies whose supply chains don't necessarily reach Bangladesh. Coleman pointed to the American energy

Most were first-generation migrants from India and Bangladesh plus a sprinkling of academics with an interest in south Asia. They hung on every word and note as they paid homage to their idol, the pre-eminent literary figure of the subcontinent's

In theory, that will cause rivers fed by Himalayan glaciers to flood first, then will dry up once the glaciers retreat, endangering tens of millions of people in lowland Bangladesh. Retired Air Marshal AK Singh, a former commander in India's air force,

To rein in domestic demand and inflationary pressures, monetary authorities have initiated policy rate hikes in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, with the Reserve Bank of India having started raising rates in March 2010.

More than 70 per cent of these are in South Asia -- Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan -- making the region among the most vulnerable to food price inflation and climate change. The World Bank in February said rising food prices had pushed an