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Bangladesh on 15 Mar 2012 Bangladesh on 15 Mar 2012 <The Daily Star>: 4 more bodies recovered in Meghn
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Bangladesh Ferry Collision Kills 112
Rescuers work at the site of a ferry accident in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh, on March 14, 2012. Death toll from early Tuesday’s ferry collision in Bangladesh’s central Munshiganj district has risen to 112 as concerned authorities announced an end to the large-scale rescue operation on Wednesday although some remained missing.…
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Bangladesh on 23 February 2012 Bangladesh on 23 February 2012 <The Daily Star>: 50pc interest waiver for small investors
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Society
Bangladesh launches project to install 1 mln solar home systems
Bangladesh has launched a project to support the installation of 1 million solar home systems this year, mostly in the country’s rural areas where grid electricity is not economically feasible or hard to reach. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday evening launched the project under the patronage of the state-owned…
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Bangladesh on 9 February 2012 <Top N> Bangladesh on 9 February 2012 <Daily Star>: President Zillur Rahman formed a new five-member Election Commission
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“Let’s Go Home”
The overcrowded train leaves for the city after the final prayer ceremony of “Biswa Ijtema”, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Haj, at Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Jan. 15, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Shariful Islam> news@theasian.asia
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Bangladesh Journalists Protest against Traffic Accident
Bangladeshi journalists put barricade and set fire on road during a demonstration in front of National Press Club in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Dec. 28, 2011. A senior journalist was seriously injured by a speedy bus here on Wednesday morning. <Photo: Xinhua/Shariful Islam> news@theasian.asia
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