Saudi deputy FM meets Sudan's Sovereign Council chief in Port Sudan    Kuwait, India to elevate bilateral relations to strategic partnership Sheikh Mishal awards Mubarak Al-Kabir Medal to Modi    MoH to penalize 5 health practitioners for professional violations    Al-Samaani: Saudi Arabia to work soon on a comprehensive review of the legal system    Environment minister inaugurates Yanbu Grain Handling Terminal    Germany's attack suspect reportedly offered reward to target Saudi ambassador    U.S. Navy jet shot down in 'friendly fire' incident over Red Sea    Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 20 people, including five children    Trudeau's leadership under threat as NDP withdraws support, no-confidence vote looms    Arabian Gulf Cup begins with dramatic draws and a breathtaking ceremony in Kuwait    GACA report: 928 complaints filed by passengers against airlines in November    Riyadh Season 5 draws record number of over 12 million visitors    Fury vs. Usyk: Anticipation builds ahead of Riyadh's boxing showdown    Saudi Arabia to compete in 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments    Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Oscars buzz for playing 'difficult' woman    PDC collaboration with MEDLOG Saudi to introduce new cold storage facilities in King Abdullah Port Investment of SR300 million to enhance logistics capabilities in Saudi Arabia    Al Shabab announces departure of coach Vítor Pereira    My kids saw my pain on set, says Angelina Jolie    Legendary Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain dies at 73    Eminem sets Riyadh ablaze with unforgettable debut at MDLBEAST Soundstorm    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

Articles of the author Dhu DHAKA
UN Secretary General Urges World Leaders To Start Climate Fund
AlHijjah 19, 1432, Nov 15, 2011, SPA - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging world leaders to create a multibillion-dollar fund to fight the effects of climate change. He says governments must create a $100 billion "Green Climate Fund" at (...)

15 - 11 - 2011
UN assures support for Bangladesh 2014 elections
AlHijjah 19, 1432, Nov 15, 2011, SPA -- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday assured Bangladesh of support for its general elections in 2014, dpa reported. "The United Nations is ready to provide any technical and logistical (...)

15 - 11 - 2011
UN Chief Urges World Leaders To Start Climate Fund
AlHijjah 18, 1432, Nov 14, 2011, SPA - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging world leaders to create a multibillion-dollar fund to fight the effects of climate change. He says governments must create a $100 billion "Green Climate Fund" at (...)

14 - 11 - 2011
UN chief Ban in Bangladesh, to survey health projects
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived here Sunday, his first stop on a three-nation Asian tour to promote United Nations programmes and visit Bangkok's flood-affected areas, as dpa reported. Ban was to (...)

13 - 11 - 2011
Six Killed In Bangladesh Bus Crash
AlHijjah 15, 1432, Nov 11, 2011, SPA - At least six people were killed and 30 others injured in a road accident in Bangladesh's northern district of Rangpur on Friday, police said. Five people died at the scene while another succumbed to injuries (...)

11 - 11 - 2011
Bangladesh Opposition Begins Anti-government March
AlQa'dah 12, 1432, Oct 10, 2011, SPA - Bangladesh's opposition alliance on Monday began a march to campaign for a non-party caretaker system to oversee the 2014 general election. Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia led the procession of (...)

10 - 10 - 2011
Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Holds Reception Party to Mark ND
Dr. Abdullah bin Nassir Al-Basiri, the Saudi ambassador to Bangladesh, held today a reception party to mark the 81st anniversary of the National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A number of Bangladeshi government members, parliament and media (...)

23 - 09 - 2011
Bangladesh, India premiers sign development, border deals
The prime ministers of Bangladesh and India on Tuesday made some progress on border negotiations, which have long marred relations between the South Asian neighbours, dpa reported. Indian and Bangladeshi officials agreed on a protocol to the 1974 (...)

06 - 09 - 2011
India's Prime Minister Begins Bangladesh Visit
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began an official visit to Bangladesh on Tuesday. Singh and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are working to reach an agreement on their 2,545-mile (4,096-kilometer) border, explore cooperation in the (...)

06 - 09 - 2011
Dhaka, New Delhi to sign fresh deals on trade, connectivity
Bangladesh and India are expected to sign nearly a dozen deals, including a broad-based framework agreement on cooperation, during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Dhaka, a senior minister said Sunday, according to dpa. "The (...)

04 - 09 - 2011
Road Accident Kills 13 Near Bangladesh Capital
Police say two passenger buses have collided head-on near Bangladesh's capital, killing at least 13 and injuring 50 others. Local police chief Fakhrul Islam says Tuesday morning's accident occurred on a major highway in Narsingdi. Narsingdi is 25 (...)

02 - 08 - 2011
Dozens of students killed in Bangladesh accident
Bangladeshi police say a vehicle packed with schoolchildren has crashed into a roadside canal in the country's south, killing at least 40 students, according to AP. Police official Iftekhar Hasan says 40 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage (...)

11 - 07 - 2011
Indian premier to visit Bangladesh early September, reports
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Bangladesh in early September to discuss matters of mutual concern to the two South Asian neighbours, officials in Dhaka were quoted by dpa as saying Monday. He will arrive in Dhaka on September 6 on (...)

04 - 07 - 2011
Landslide kills 12 in Bangladesh
At least 12 people were killed in landslide caused by rainfall in south-eastern Bangladesh on Friday, dpa quoted rescue workers as saying. Police and witnesses said at least 17 people were buried in the landslide in an informal housing (...)

01 - 07 - 2011
Bangladesh scraps caretaker govt system for polls
Bangladesh on Thursday scrapped a system of holding national elections under a non-partisan caretaker administration that was introduced in the mid-1990s to try to end the violence and fraud that have often marred voting in the South Asian country, (...)

30 - 06 - 2011
Bangladesh group plans to protest oil and gas exploration deal
A civil society group in Bangladesh on Saturday called a six-hour general strike for next month to protest a deal between the government and a US company for oil and gas exploration in the Bay of Bengal, according to dpa. ConocoPhillips has (...)

18 - 06 - 2011
Bangladesh Authorities Arrest 15 Opposition Activists
Police in Bangladesh today arrested dozens of opposition activists, including two former cabinet ministers during a general strike called by opposition parties in protest at plans to change the election procedures. Police arrested Altaf Hussain (...)

12 - 06 - 2011
Bangladesh proposes 22-billion-dollar budget
Bangladesh's coalition government unveiled a 22-billion-dollar budget calling for higher allocation in the energy and farming sectors to perk up economic growth, according to dpa. "We have implemented many of the promises in our (...)

09 - 06 - 2011
Lightning strikes Kill 40 in Bangladesh
Lightning strikes during a heavy rainstorm in Bangladesh killed at least 40 people and injured more than 150, most of them harvesting rice in fields or fishing, police and officials said on Tuesday. The deaths, the largest number of casualties from (...)

24 - 05 - 2011
IDB President lays foundation stone for "Fa'el Khair" project in Bangladesh
President of the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Ali arrived in Dhaka today to follow-up the implementation of a number of projects and programs carried out by the bank in Bangladesh following the Sidr cyclone in (...)

23 - 05 - 2011
Indian private sector eyes 3.5 bln dollar investment in Bangladesh
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 (...)

23 - 04 - 2011
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Meets President of Sri Lanka
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, (...)

19 - 04 - 2011
Bangladesh Confirms Second Human H5N1 Case This Year
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 (...)

20 - 03 - 2011
Factory fire kills eight in Bangladesh
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 (...)

10 - 03 - 2011
Bangladesh Nobel winner begins legal fight over removal
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 (...)

03 - 03 - 2011
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