Provides the latest RSS feeds for Bangladesh News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Bangladesh News.net http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/cat/ba01aa42514dc37d/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:58:02 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:58:02 -0400 30 Bangladesh factory workers have been reportedly hit by 'mass psychogenic illness' and have not fallen sick due to contaminated water. According to the Christian Science Monitor, 450 garment workers fell ill at the Starlight Sweater factory near Dhaka due to possible contamination, but doctors say that 'mass hysteria' is to be blamed for the recent outbreak of sickness and not water ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215266783/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:20:02 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215266783/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d DHAKA, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:56pm EDT DHAKA, June 18 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's central bank approved $154 million worth of investment on Tuesday to boost electricity supply and enable a number of textile investments. The move was made by the Investment Scrutiny Committee dealing with approvals of private sector foreign borrowing at a meeting presided over by bank governor ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215276212/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:56:01 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215276212/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d 10-year ban after a BCB investigation found him guilty of corruption after a Indian TV channel's sting operation in 2012. "I have submitted a mercy letter addressing the board president [Nazmul Hassan], and it [has been] received by the [acting] CEO [Nizamuddin Ahmed]," Shah said. "I have asked to lift the ban that the cricket board has issued against me as I have already ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215270727/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:46:55 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215270727/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus speaks to the press at the Elysee Palace in Paris, last October. Bangladesh's pioneering microlender faces an uncertain future after a commission proposed the government take over or break up the Nobel-award-winning bank, analysts said ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215268224/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:22:40 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215268224/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d TEKANI,Bangladesh Moushumi's family now has one of the largest homes in their village; two bedrooms plus a living area with walls made of sturdy brick. Her father and brother will soon have a small business out front, selling furniture her dad will make. There will be money to pay for her younger sister to get married when it's time. It is the dream of nearly every Bangladeshi garment ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215267831/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:20:15 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215267831/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d TEKANI,Bangladesh Moushumi's family now has one of the largest homes in their village; two bedrooms plus a living area with walls made of sturdy brick. Her father and brother will soon have a small business out front, selling furniture her dad will make. There will be money to pay for her younger sister to get married when it's time. It is the dream of nearly every Bangladeshi garment ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215266990/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:17:08 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215266990/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d The slum-dwellers of Dhaka will often paint their babies' faces with heavy black crayon, exaggerating their eyes and eyebrows and colouring a large dot on their foreheads. It gives these Bangladeshi infants a strange, unearthly look of wisdom and power beyond their years. The purpose, I was told, is to offer protection from bad spirits, from envy, from the hardships of life. Growing up in ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215265968/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:24:11 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215265968/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d 3 DHAKA: Bangladesh's pioneering microlender faces an uncertain future after a commission proposed the government take over or break up the Nobel-award-winning bank, analysts said on Tuesday. The government commission has released a working paper on restructuring Grameen Bank, founded by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus and which has lent more than $11 billion to millions of people -- mainly ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215266223/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:21:58 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215266223/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh that violence and protests could derail elections later this year, though senior government officials are adamant that the polls will be free and fair.Following street clashes last month and with oppositions parties planning a campaign of protests that will build in intensity through the summer, many are concerned that Bangladesh, the eighth most populous country in the world, will be ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215264216/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:07:27 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215264216/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Dhaka (The Daily Star/ANN) - Bangladesh's potential as a top destination for investment and the challenges it faces were highlighted at an international summit in London recently. The FinanceAsia Bangladesh Investment Summit, Europe at Grosvenor House in London on June 11 underscores Bangladesh's steady journey towards greater affluence and economic growth. The first of its kind ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215263477/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:11:31 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215263477/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d After more than a decade of talks, the Bangladeshi government yesterday finally gave the go-ahead to the signing of a crucial deal that is expected to accelerate trade and investment with the US. The draft Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (Ticfa) that the cabinet yesterday approved says the two countries will foster an open and predictable environment for trade and investment. ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215261765/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:12:56 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215261765/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Over 140 workers from two garment factories near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka have taken ill. It is suspected that the illnesses were caused by contaminated drinking ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215260005/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:56 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215260005/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d To get best possible experience using our website we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version or other web browser. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215255938/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:06:39 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215255938/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Top cricketers in Bangladesh have threatened to "stay away" from this season's Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League after the BCB proposed a change in the players' transfer system. The Dhaka Premier League is a city-based domestic one-day competition and is the country's most popular ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215249175/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:37:57 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/215249175/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d