Bangladesh border killings continue unabated
number of Bangladeshi citizens killed by Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) this year shows no decline, activists say. Despite protests by the Bangladeshi government and rights groups, the ...
[ Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:19:30 -0400 ]
Server Shipments to Medium Businesses in Bangladesh Expect over 10% Growth in 2012
KOLKATA, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The server market among Bangladesh medium businesses (MBs, firms with 100-999 employees) is expected to show a rise in shipments of over 10% in 2012. ...
[ Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 07:16:45 -0400 ]
Oil boost for Bangladesh
By Syed Tashfin Chowdhury DHAKA - Bangladesh, whose economy is crippled by power outages and treasury-sapping oil import bills, has discovered new oil reserves in Sylhet, the country's ...
[ Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 04:45:13 -0400 ]
Bangladesh claims to find US$5.5 bil. in oil
DHAKA -- Bangladesh has discovered oil in two old gas fields in the country's northeastern region with an extractable reserve worth US$5.5 billion, the chairman of state-owned Petrobangla said ...
[ Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 03:43:24 -0400 ]
40,000 slum residents face eviction
Kamal Hossain may soon lose his home DHAKA, 22 May 2012 (IRIN) - Up to 40,000 people living in the biggest slum in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, could be facing eviction after a court order to ...
[ Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 01:30:19 -0400 ]
Pakistan not influencing war crimes trial in Bangladesh, says official
"We have full respect for your [Bangladesh] laws, and holding the trial is an internal affair of Bangladesh. So, we don't have many words to say on the issue," the official, who ...
[ Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 22:45:14 -0400 ]
Bangladesh Cannot Hide History
Worth a Thousand Words: Bina D'Costa Tracked Down the Australian Doctor Who Performed Late-Term Abortions on 1971 Rape Survivors. Image Credit: BDNews The post- Liberation War generation of ...
[ Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 19:04:38 -0400 ]
Bangladesh child wedding dispute
A Bangladeshi court has ordered officials to explain their failure to stop a 12-year-old girl allegedly being married to a 14-year old boy. The High Court made its order after a leading ...
[ Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 16:02:01 -0400 ]