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Bangladesh Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Bangladesh.

Results 1 - 20 of 9,601 in Bangladesh

  1. Bangladesh parties realign for December pollsRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Bangladesh News

    Bangladesh News.Net Friday 25th July, 2008 Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has struck a pre-poll alliance with an old ally, the Jatiya Party of former president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, utilising ...

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  2. Police seize Bangladesh bound contraband in TripuraRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Bangladesh News

    Bangladesh News.Net Friday 25th July, 2008 Amtali , July 25 : The Tripura Police in an anti-narcotic drive seized thousands of bottles of contraband cough syrup near Amtali being smuggled to Bangladesh.

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  3. Making A Difference: This Pipeline Pumps Books and ScienceRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | AAPG Explorer

    ... a long time.'" Overcoming Difficulties Once the sorting effort concludes, the real challenge begins. Members of Bangladesh's AAPG Student Chapters sort, re-pack, and stamp books for delivery to four major universities. "The hard part of making a ...

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  4. Fullbore FridayRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | CDR Salamander

    ... not, strictly speaking, true. On the eve of the war with Pakistan in December 1971 that led to the creation of Bangladesh, India's prime minister, Indira Gandhi, asked her army chief, Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, if he was ready for the ...

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  5. Westin's Unwind with Amman, enters the last weekRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | GroundReport.com

    Westin Dhaka's unwind for this month with designer & artist Amman Rashid enters the last week as the program has already succeeded to draw much appreciation and applause from the visitors and foreign guests at ...

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  6. AL's New "Strategy"Read the original story

    6 hrs ago | Unheard Voices

    ... alliance at least seeks to redress the gross inequalities in that country. That kind of thinking is missing in Bangladesh. No one is on the centre, let alone left. They all congregate on the right, tugging at the coat tails of ambassadors and Donor ...

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  7. Muhammad Yunus, the MovieRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | BusinessWeek

    ... But the Grameen people felt it had too much of an American point of view. It didn't capture the spirit of Bangladesh. So the producers brought in reinforcements. They knew that Amirul knew the subject. Amirul grew up a child of privilege. His father ...

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  8. Comilla train collision leaves 2 deadRead the original story

    Saturday Jul 19 | The Independent

    Two passengers were killed and 20 others injured when two local trains collided head on at Laksham junction in Comilla Friday, a rail official said.

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  9. One TB death occurs every 10 minutes: NATABRead the original story

    Jun 1, 2008 | The Independent

    Around 70,000 people die of tuberculosis each year, or one person every ten minutes, the National Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Bangladesh said Friday.

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  10. Harris under pressure to keep Test placeRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Independent Online

    ... That's all well and good, and South Africa are, after all, one up in the series. But, as the tour match against Bangladesh A gets underway at the New Road ground on Friday, it would be no bad thing for coach Mickey Arthur and Smith to give some more ...

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  11. Illegal wokers found at Bengal Dynasty restaurant... ReadRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | IcNorthWales

    A FORMER magistrate and leading businessman is facing prosecution for allegedly employing illegal immigrants.

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  12. Incident verging on instability between both countries- India...Read the original story

    11 hrs ago | News from Bangladesh

    Incident verging on instability between both countries- India Bangladesh Border issue.- Letter To Indian High Commisioner Mohammad Zubayer ToThe Ambassador The Indian Embassy 2536 Massachusetts Avenue, NW ...

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  13. Foreign Ministry's Memo to Communications Ministry on BD-India Passenger and Vehicular TrafficRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | News from Bangladesh

    Government of the People s Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs South Asia Wing Dhaka No.

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  14. Community Lawyering: Urge for a Comprehensive Handloom LegislationRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | News from Bangladesh

    Bangladesh is the habitat of a populace having diverse social echelon. The weavers are such a community carter of handloom heritage of the country, propelling a handsome portion of national economy, retaining ...

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  15. Triger Happy Indian BSF must be handled in the same fashionedRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | News from Bangladesh

    ... of taking human life at BSF's sweet will.Let a nations have the proper sence of human dignity. Obaid Dhaka Bangladesh ------------------ Feedback [Ref. Article#211671] of http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php ...

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  16. S. Asians spice it upRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Toronto Sun

    ... says. WIDE RANGE "Having South Asian heritage, one can be from Guyana, Fiji, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or Bhutan and still be Canadian. That is what we aim to represent." Starting today, Masala! Mehndi! Masti! (MMM, as it's ...

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  17. Bangladesh parties realign for Dec pollsRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Hindustan Times

    Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has struck a pre-poll alliance with an old ally, the Jatiya Party of former president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, utilising the eight-week freedom from imprisonment granted to ...

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  18. Diplomats rescue British teenager from forced marriageRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | Times Online

    ... begging diplomats to help her. Nasrin Begum, 19, travelled from the UK with her mother to Sylhet, in northeastern Bangladesh, where she was to marry the son of her mother's uncle, Mohidur Rahman Khan, local police chief said. However, hours before ...

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  19. ASIA/BANGLADESH - A humble witness of Christian charity in the slums of DaccaRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | Fides News

    ... Impoverished families, unemployed and day-workers, people living in the suburbs and in the slums of Dacca, Bangladesh's capital city, are all fond of these small, silent, and loving women that share in their life, living off Providence and offering ...

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  20. Bangladesh: Government s gradual retreatRead the original story

    Yesterday | American Chronicle

    Millitary backed interim government in Bangladesh is gradually stepping back from its position of what is claimed combating corruption, cleansing countrys politics from the grips of muscle power, black money ...

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