A Bonapartist in the Indian Ocean Nov 17, 2009
Bangladesh followed 20 years later. Now Sri Lanka, an entrenched democracy, seems fatally attracted to it. (Asia Times Online)
10 things that have changed since Indira Gandhi Nov 7, 2009
They remember how she manoeuvered herself to power, absolute power, cut down to size the regional satraps, humbled the royalty, seized their purses, nationalised the banks, threatened to abolish garibi, won a war against Pakistan, stared down the US Seventh Fleet in the Bay of Bengal, liberated Bangladesh, challenged terrorism in Punjab, sanctioned Operation Bluestar and sent the army into the Golden Temple, paid for it with her life. Others remember her for imposing the Emergency, the scary... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Power of the mighty dollar lures rebel nation back to internationalarena Oct 31, 2009
Rifts dominated by race and politics are the main reason Zimbabwe has not played a Test match since September 2005, and can count only minnows Bangladesh and Kenya as recent opponents in one-day cricket ... In the past year, Zimbabwe has played 25 one-day matches, with all but three against either Kenya or Bangladesh ... The more we play against Bangladesh, and Bangladesh play against us, the more we're losing money because we're spending money on production costs without the necessary revenue... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead. Meanwhile, the struggle for women's equality continues in many aspects of American life, and in countries around the world. (Salon)
Rivals China, India in escalating war of words Oct 21, 2009
Most obviously such efforts include Beijing's intimate alliance with India's old enemy, Pakistan; New Delhi is also nervous about China's military aid to its other neighbors such as Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. (Read about strategic competition in the Indian Ocean. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
A Muslim solution for Afghanistan Oct 7, 2009
Given Afghanistan's problematic relations with its neighbors, peacekeepers should come from nonneighboring Muslim states, including Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, and Turkey ... Bangladesh, for example, is a leading troop contributor to United Nations peacekeeping missions. (Christian Science Monitor)
Liberia's Taylor trial adjourned Oct 4, 2009
Bangladesh boat diary: River erosion. MOST READ. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
* World News Quick Take Oct 2, 2009
BANGLADESH Rat killer receives award. The goverment on Wednesday awarded a farmer who killed more than 83,000 rats and launched a month-long campaign nationwide to kill millions more, to protect crops and reduce the need for food imports. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Twitter in haste... Oct 1, 2009
Page last updated at 17:16 GMT, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 18:16 UK. MPs warned to avoid hasty blogs. (BBC News -- Technology)
Afghan sacking 'sends bad signal' Oct 1, 2009
Page last updated at 23:20 GMT, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:20 UK. Afghan sacking 'sends bad signal. (BBC News -- South Asia)
FEATURE-Crime problem weighs on Bangladesh government Sep 26, 2009
DHAKA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Is crime on the rise in Bangladesh since a democratic government took charge eight months ago, after two years under a military-backed interim authority ... Hardly a day passes without Bangladesh newspapers carrying photos of murder victims' corpses lying in hospitals, on the street or in rural fields ... But the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of ex-prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia says the government is ineffective generally on law and order. (AlertNet)
'Millions at risk' as deltas sink Sep 22, 2009
"Hurricane Katrina may be the best example in the US, but flooding in the Asian deltas of the Irrawaddy in Burma and the Ganges-Brahmaputra in India and Bangladesh have recently claimed thousands of lives as well.". The team identifies the Mekong and the Pearl River delta near Hong Kong as places where similar disasters are likely in future. (BBC News -- Americas)
Bhutan hit by strong earthquake Sep 22, 2009
The quake was felt as far away as Bangladesh and Tibet. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Quake rescue teams scour Bhutan Sep 22, 2009
1 magnitude quake was also felt in northern India and Bangladesh. The epicentre was inside Bhutan's border with India, 180km (115 miles) east of the capital, Thimphu, the US Geological Survey said. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Top Article: Why Dynasties Flourish Sep 16, 2009
And closer home we've seen political dynasties flourish in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. But if we discount our neighbours, where democracy has had a fitful existence, in no full-fledged democracy is dynasty so central as in India. (India Times, India)
Bangladesh court says no to mutineer military trial Sep 13, 2009
DHAKA, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's Supreme Court has registered its opposition to military trials of paramilitary mutineers who killed dozens of army officers six months ago, the country's law minister said on Sunday ... The president wanted to know whether the rebel soldiers of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) border guards should be tried under civil or military rules. (AlertNet)
The road ahead Sep 12, 2009
Page last updated at 02:12 GMT, Saturday, 12 September 2009 03:12 UK. Afghans want resolution of elections. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Country profile: Venezuela Sep 12, 2009
Flooding solutions for Bangladesh. Five Minutes With: Sanjeev Bhaskar. (BBC News -- Business)
Darling to outline 'hard choices' Sep 8, 2009
Flooding solutions for Bangladesh. Sudanese woman's supporters at court. (BBC News -- UK)
We'll have to cut costs - Darling Sep 8, 2009
Page last updated at 05:00 GMT, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 06:00 UK. Mr Darling says the government faces a "test of character". (BBC News -- UK)
Deaths in the news: Mahelona, Rahman Sep 7, 2009
M. Saifur Rahman - Bangladesh's ex-finance minister. DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh's longest-serving finance minister, credited with turning the South Asian nation into a free market economy, was killed in a traffic wreck Saturday, an aide said ... Rahman served in parliament for several terms with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, now the main opposition party. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Sep 7, 2009
Bangladesh instructs men to ditch their suits and ties in bid to save electricity. Monday, 7 September 2009. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
Stormont flaws Sep 5, 2009
One giant slip in Bangladesh news. Tweed due in court on rape charge. (BBC News -- UK)
Note of protest Sep 5, 2009
One giant slip in Bangladesh news. Economic crash in Oregon boomtown. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Greece's PM calls snap election Sep 3, 2009
Page last updated at 18:50 GMT, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 19:50 UK. Mr Karamanlis said he wanted a "fresh political mandate". (BBC News -- Europe)
Timeline: India Sep 3, 2009
1971 - Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan ... 2001 April - 16 Indian and three Bangladeshi soldiers are killed in border clashes ... Bangladesh suit ban to save power. (BBC News -- South Asia)
What next for the NHS? Sep 3, 2009
Page last updated at 07:39 GMT, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 08:39 UK. What next for the health service. (BBC News -- UK)
'Exit poll leak' tweets alarm German election officials Sep 1, 2009
Bangladesh flight hits toilet jam. WATCHED/LISTENED. (BBC News -- Europe)
Shifting course Aug 30, 2009
Help for victims of Bangladesh river erosion. By Mark Dummett BBC News, Kaijuri, Bangladesh ... The United Nations says it has developed a plan to help the thousands of Bangladeshis who lose their homes every year because of river bank erosion. (BBC News)
Verifying votes Aug 27, 2009
Page last updated at 15:56 GMT, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 16:56 UK. The trials of election monitoring. (BBC News)
Iranian protesters 'not agents' Aug 27, 2009
Page last updated at 05:42 GMT, Thursday, 27 August 2009 06:42 UK. Iranian protesters 'not agents. (BBC News)
Toothbrush tache Aug 26, 2009
Page last updated at 11:01 GMT, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 12:01 UK. Is wearing a 'Hitler moustache' a good idea. (BBC News -- UK)
Anger at UK file-sharing policy Aug 26, 2009
Page last updated at 18:04 GMT, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 19:04 UK. Please turn on JavaScript. (BBC News -- UK)
Oil firms win Bangladesh rights Aug 26, 2009
Bangladesh has granted Conoco Phillips of the US and Ireland's Tullow Oil three offshore exploration blocks in disputed waters in the Bay of Bengal ... "The government approved the leasing out of two deep-water offshore gas blocks to Conoco Phillips and one shallow water block to Tullow for oil and gas exploration in the untapped areas of the Bay of Bengal," said Mohammad Muqtadir Ali, of state-run Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation ... Beauty tips for Bangladesh police. (BBC News -- Business)
Nobel Peace: We May Have A Winner Aug 14, 2009
The Red Cross, several UN agencies, Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are some of the recipients of the prize in the past. For the one to be announced in October this year, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in Oslo, Norway, has received 205 nominations, out of which 33 are for institutions. (India Times, India)
Bangladesh snake charmers to learn new bite skills Aug 10, 2009
Bangladesh targets snake charmers ... Traditional techniques are often used to treat snake bites in Bangladesh ... The Bangladesh health ministry has said it is planning to give new training to traditional healers and snake charmers. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Obituary: Corazon Aquino Aug 7, 2009
It has happened in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. No one, however, has done it with such modesty, pluck and charm as Cory Aquino. (The Economist)
FSC professor named to UN post Aug 1, 2009
Momen, of Ashland, a Framingham State College economics professor, was named this week United Nations ambassador for his native Bangladesh ... "It's not a job for me, it's a mission for me," Momen said earlier this week, shortly before leaving for the United Nations and then Bangladesh for meetings with government officials about his new post ... As a student at Harvard University in the late 1970s, he said his criticism of Bangladesh's then-military government led to an 11-year ban from the... (Framingham TAB, MA)
Timeline: Bangladesh Jul 30, 2009
Flooding is common in low-lying Bangladesh ... The new country is called Bangladesh ... Just under 10 million Bangladeshis flee to India as troops from West Pakistan are defeated with Indian assistance. (BBC News -- South Asia)
New fiber-optic network brings digital era to Afghanistan Jul 29, 2009
On the Indian subcontinent alone, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan all got their first outside cable links within the past three years, says Gaurab Upadhaya, a PCH analyst. Prices fell in Nepal "big time" with the move. (Christian Science Monitor)
Bangladesh names Framingham State professor Momen ambassador to UN Jul 28, 2009
Bangladesh names frequent critic as its ambassador ... For more than 30 years, almost from the day he arrived in Boston as a young graduate student, Abdul Momen relentlessly criticized successive governments of his native Bangladesh for corruption, for abuse of human rights, for mistreating women, for tolerating child slavery ... The government of Bangladesh announced yesterday that Momen, chairman of the department of economics and business administration at Framingham State College, has been... (Boston Globe)
Setback in Women's Rights Is Khomeini's Trademark Jul 27, 2009
Several months ago, a senior-level Bangladeshi official was asked why democracy seemed to be working in a country with the fourth largest Muslim population in the world ... With a population of 110 million Muslims, Bangladesh, with a relatively short lifespan as a nation state and contrary to most Muslim countries where women are barred from leadership roles, has had a female head-of-state, not once, but twice. (Human Events Online)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Jul 25, 2009
Bangladesh find renews hopes for the survival of the species. The Royal Tour: a peek inside the Queen's travelling wardrobe. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Pelosi: Health Care Bill Has Votes to Pass Jul 23, 2009
Ted Turner, he's going to Bangladesh. cheap land. (CBS News)
Hillary to India: Don't Err on Climate Jul 19, 2009
"Your chance of dying of lung cancer is twice as high in Los Angeles as it is in the rest of the nation. They may have a vested interest in keeping their air clean. Also, if Bangladesh goes underwater (as I think is all but inevitable no matter what anyone does now), where is that 100 million people going to go? India. by charlie318 July 18, 2009 3:42 PM EDT You can do like that Italian place. Venice or something like that. Pump grout at high pressure into the rock below the surface. It works... (CBS News)
Africa: The State is Back, Announces Unctad Jul 18, 2009
Asian LDCs, most notably Bangladesh, were less severely hit by the global economic crisis because they are less dependent on commodities export and have strengthened their manufacturing sector ... Excluding Bangladesh, the growth rate drops to 2,1 percent - less than the population growth. (allAfrica.com)
Bangladesh pilgrims are 'scammed' Jul 11, 2009
The Metropolitan Police is recovering some cash from accounts in Bangladesh ... He was offering to organise trips to the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia - but was in fact preying on the local Bangladeshi community and Muslims in other parts of the country ... Officers raided Ahmed's premises and discovered the 300 passports and paperwork showing 250,000 had been secretly moved from his business account to Bangladesh. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Rethinking Russia Jul 10, 2009
For instance, Bangladesh is a member of the WTO. So, it's important for readers to understand that Russia has not qualified to enter the WTO for various reasons (I believe that each member state must sign off on a new membership, and a number have not because, according to a recent article in the _Wall Street Journal_, its bid "is held up by only a few issues, including Siberian over-flight fees, gas prices and sanitary regulations." (http://online. wsj. (CBS News)
African welcome Jul 9, 2009
Danone's yogurt strategy for Bangladesh. Australia town bans bottled water. (BBC News -- Africa)
Book Reviews Jul 5, 2009
Six case studies ranging from Bangladesh to Indonesia examine the variables and differing paths taken by Muslim politics in the search for democracy ... 50 Years of Insurgency in the North-East and India's Response by SP Sinha In detailing the myriad conflicts and insurrections that have long plagued India's "Seven Sister" northeast states, author, scholar and soldier S P Sinha lays most of the blame on unsavory outside influences and linkages in Bangladesh, Myanmar and China rather than ethnic... (Asia Times Online)
Bangladeshi banking for Scots Jul 5, 2009
Bangladeshi banking to help Scots. Millions of women in Bangladesh have benefited from Grameen Bank ... A radical form of banking pioneered in Bangladesh could be brought to Scotland to help people out of poverty. (BBC News -- UK)
Firm tells job hopefuls: txt us ur app in 160 characters Jul 5, 2009
Mohsin Alam, dhaka, bangladesh. Gr8 idea - will get ppl 2 prove comms skills - essential 4 that jobjh, UK. (BBC News -- UK)
Beatles 'shark' Klein dies at 77 Jul 5, 2009
One year later, however, George Harrison hired Klein to put on the all-star Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden in New York - the forerunner of the mammoth charity gigs of the 1980s and 1990s. Accountant at heart. (BBC News)
Letters Jul 5, 2009
He is also mistaken when he writes that a gold Eagle coin is "99.999%" pure gold". A (South African) Krugerrand, a (US) Eagle, a (Chinese) Panda and an (Euro) Philharmonic each contain a troy ounce of gold, actual gold weight or AGW. A Krugerrand weighs 33.9305 grams and is 91.7% gold. An Eagle weighs 33.931 grams and is 91.67% gold. The Panda and the Philharmonic each weigh over 31.1 grams and are 99.9% gold. rwe2late USA (Jun 8,'09) Greetings from Wonderland, the country that can make... (Asia Times Online)
South Asia Jul 5, 2009
Al-Qaeda planned and financed the mission because its key sanctuaries in the border areas with Afghanistan have been "violated'. - Syed Saleem Shahzad (May 28,'09) INTERVIEW General David Petraeus, the commander of United States Central Command, addresses head-on a wide range of sensitive issues, from "enhanced interrogation techniques" to Afghan civilian casualties. Some of his comments, though, contradict earlier reports, such as his thoughts on US troop withdrawal from Iraq. (May 27,'09) The... (Asia Times Online)
Briefing: Indian Ocean as new strategic playing field Jul 4, 2009
The United States Joint Forces Command, in its 2008 assessment of the global strategic environment, carries a graphic detailing China's "pearls," which stretch from its deepwater port at Hainan Island, past a string of port facilities on the Burmese coast and in Bangladesh, on to a deepwater port in Pakistan that China finished overhauling last year. China is also building a $1 billion port at Hambantota in Sri Lanka that will be used by its Navy for logistical support, a concession won in... (Christian Science Monitor)
British warning: Summer is forced marriage season Jul 3, 2009
Most are teenage girls from Britain's large Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian communities ... The FMU carries out "rescues" abroad with the help of local police forces, but tracking people across the rural backwaters of Pakistan and Bangladesh is a tough task, made harder by the threat to victims' if a family finds out they have been reported ... Thirty-six such orders have been issued so far, including the landmark case that freed Humayra Abedin, a physician in training, who was duped into... (Christian Science Monitor)
India spends just over 1% on welfare Jun 28, 2009
Welfare for all: Rs 139 per Indian, per month - India - The Times of India. Welfare for all: Rs 139 per Indian, per month. (India Times, India)
Bangladeshis to get mobile phone warnings of impending storms Jun 25, 2009
Bangladesh storm alerts 'by text ... Officials in Bangladesh say thousands of people living in cyclone-prone areas will soon get warnings of impending storms via a mobile phone alert ... Bangladesh is often hit by cyclones or floods, most recently in May. (BBC News -- South Asia)
BRICs and the world economy: Not just straw men Jun 25, 2009
In some countries Indonesia, Kenya, Bangladesh foreign direct investment has held up reasonably well; others Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia are facing sharp declines. Cambodian textile exports have been hit harder than Bangladeshi ones. (The Economist)
Cyclone victims 'still homeless' Jun 25, 2009
One month after the devastating Cyclone Aila hit Bangladesh, many people have not still been able to return home ... The head of aid agency Oxfam in Bangladesh, Heather Blackwell, told the AFP news agency that the homes of 75,000 families were damaged or under water ... Bangladesh's coastal areas seem destined to disappear in the coming decades as sea levels rise, says the BBC's Mark Dummett in Dhaka. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Shining night Jun 23, 2009
While in the past, the nation has experienced corrupt politicians, sustained the unthinkable fall of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), survived two major wars with their neighbours and braved the worst of earthquakes and floods, the people have been traumatised like never before by the indiscriminate slaughter of innocent people by the Taliban. No place has been safe, be it the mosques, the parks, homes, government buildings, public gatherings, malls. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Bangladesh court rules on dispute Jun 22, 2009
Bangladesh's high court has issued a ruling designed to end a decades-long dispute over who should be seen as the true father of the nation. The court ruled that Bangladeshi independence from Pakistan in 1971 was first proclaimed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president ... Bangladesh is a bitterly divided country, dominated by two political clans with their own versions of history, and convinced that only they have the right to govern. (BBC News -- South Asia)
$196 billion; little proof UN health programs work Jun 22, 2009
Ethiopia and Uganda both receive more money than Nigeria, Pakistan or Bangladesh, all of whom have bigger health crises. Some experts were surprised how long it took simply to consider if the world's health investment paid off. (Yahoo News)
* World News Quick Take Jun 21, 2009
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