Awwal 19, 1432 / April 23, 2011, SPA -- Indian private entrepreneurs have planned a 3.5-
billion-dollar investment to tap market potential in Bangladesh, dpa quoted a
senior Indian minister visiting Bangladesh as saying Saturday.
"The (...)
Awwal 15, 1432 / April 19, 2011, SPA -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed of Bangladesh met here today visiting President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka.
During the meeting, they discussed means of enhancing relations between the two countries, (...)
Akhir 15, 1432 / March 20, 2011, SPA -- Bangladesh has confirmed an about two and a half years old male child with the H5N1 virus to become the second human case of this year in the country, a national institute for conducting disease surveillance (...)
Akhir 05 , 1432 H. / March 10, 2011 -- At least eight factory workers were killed in a fire
early Thursday near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, police and
firefighters said, according to dpa.
The fire broke out at a dying and printing press in (...)
Awwal 28, 1432 H/March 3, 2011, SPA -- Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus launched a legal battle on Thursday against his removal from the top post of the microlending bank he founded, a dismissal seen as part of a vendetta with the prime (...)
Awwal 23, 1432 H/Feb 26, 2011, SPA -- Families and relatives of Bangladeshi expatriates now trapped in Libya blocked a road near Dhaka on Saturday to demand their quick repatriation, Reuters quoted police as saying.
"More than 1,000 people blocked (...)
Awwal 22, 1432 H/Feb 25, 2011, SPA -- Energy-hungry Bangladesh has signed a deal with Russia to set up the country's first nuclear power plant to generate 2,000 megawatts of electricity, officials said on Friday.
According to Reuters, two reactors, (...)
Awwal 01, 1432, Feb 04, 2011, SPA -- A 6.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Bangladesh Friday, sending people running out of their homes in panic, but causing no casualties, dpa quoted officials as saying.
The tremor was felt for few seconds at 7.56 (...)
Awwal 01, 1432, Feb 04, 2011, SPA -- At least 10 political activists were killed whentheir minibus collided head-on with an oil-laden lorry in Bangladesh's central Faridpur district Friday, police said according to dpa.
Seven of the victims died (...)
Awwal 01, 1432, Feb 04, 2011, SPA -- A 6.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Bangladesh Friday, sending people running out of their homes in panic, but no reports on material or human losses, officials said according to dpa.
The tremor was felt for few (...)
Hijjah 07, 1431/Nov 13, SPA -- At least three people were killed and five, including a lawmaker of the ruling party, injured in a suicide bomb attack in Bangladesh on Saturday, police said.
According to Reuters, the bomb was detonated at the (...)
Qa'dah 02, Oct 10, SPA -- As many as 40 people went missing Sunday in Bangladesh after a bus packed with passengers lost control and plunged into a river near the national capital Dhaka, officials said.
Around 50 passengers were on board the (...)