Thursday 17th May, 2012
Green Blog: Q. and A.: How to Save Bangladesh?
landmark conference on the environment and development was held in Rio in 1992. This time the main themes are energy, sustainable cities, food security, water shortages, the health of oceans, ...
Blasts, Arrests During Bangladesh Strike
Bomb blasts and arrests marked an opposition-called general strike in Bangladesh on Thursday in protest of a court order jailing 33 of the alliance's leaders. No injuries were reported from ...
Arrests, blasts in Bangladesh during nationwide strike called by opposition alliance
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bomb blasts and arrests marked an opposition-called general strike in Bangladesh on Thursday in protest of a court order jailing 33 of the alliance's leaders. No ...
Bangladesh to probe Grameen Bank and linked firms
General SourcesMuhammad Yunus . Yunus was sacked as the head of Grameen Bank last year and the new commission is likely to raise fears about further interference in his anti-poverty work, which has earned ...
Small bombs go off in Bangladesh strike: police
General SourcesBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and 17 allies enforced the day-long protest, their sixth in the past four weeks. The opposition anger was sparked by a Dhaka court decision on Wednesday to deny ...
Bangladesh govt to review Nobel-winning microlender's activities
Asia News NetworkThe government of Bangladesh yesterday formed a commission to review the activities of the country's Nobel Peace Prize-winning microlender Grameen Bank and its associated organisations, and ...
33 top opposition leaders of Bangladesh sent to jail
Asia News NetworkOpposition political activists clashed with police in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, yesterday after 33 senior opposition leaders were arrested and sent to jail custody in connection with ...
Violence hits Bangladesh as opposition leaders denied bail
General SourcesBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called a nationwide general strike for Thursday, saying the court decision was "politically motivated" aimed at crushing "legitimate protests" ...
Bangladeshi arrests spark anger
BBCDemonstrators and police have clashed in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka after 33 senior opposition figures were arrested in connection with anti-government protests last month. The main opposition ...
Bangladesh forms panel on Grameen Bank
General SourcesBank and Financial Institution Division under the country's finance ministry in three months, reported Xinhua citing an official circular. The commission, led by a former finance secretary, ...
24 smugglers arrested at Indo-Bangla border
New KeralaNew Delhi, May 16 : As many as 24 people have been arrested and Rs. 71.45 crore worth smuggled goods seized on Indo-Bangladesh border in 2011-12, said Mullappally Ramachandran, Minister of State of ...
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