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(RTTNews) - At least seven people were killed and over 50 others missing after an overcrowded ferry capsized in southern Bangladesh, said officials and local news reports on Friday.
At least five people died and 50 were reported missing after a ferry with several hundred passengers going home for the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival sank in a coastal area river Friday night, police said.
At least three people were killed and dozens missing as a Bangladeshi ferry packed with more than 1,000 passengers travelling home to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid-ul Adha tilted and partly sank late Friday, police said.
At least two people died and 50 were reported missing after a ferry with several hundred passengers going home for the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival sank in a river in coastal area on Friday night, police said.
A court in southwestern Bangladesh has jailed two men for severely beating a pregnant crocodile at an Islamic shrine, a news report said Thursday.
The "Knife Vendor" is an image of a man who appears to be all right because of his clean clothes, but in actuality he is starving. This contrast of the man´s clothes with his sunken cheek bones shows just one aspect of life in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh said Wednesday it had developed three varieties of flood-resistant rice, set for commercial launch early next year, to help its millions of poor farmers fight the effects of climate change.
-About 5,400 boy's velour warm-up sets, made in Bangladesh by KT Group Inc., of New York, because the sweat shirts have drawstrings through the hoods, posing a strangulation hazard to children. No incidents or injuries have been reported.
Reflection of customers is seen in the eye of a buffalo, as they bargain with the seller at a market ahead of Eid al-Adha festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday.
BALTIMORE, Md. -- View Systems, Inc. , a security and tele-data solutions provider, announced today that the company's leading authorized and exclusive international dealer and business partner, Belcom, a Belhasa International Company, has received a second round of orders for ViewScan units and other View Systems products from Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, India and the United Arab Emirates.
Dhaka - The trial began Tuesday against the first group of 3,500 Bangladeshi border troops who mutinied against their commanders over pay and rank in February, officials said. A three-member special court headed by Major General M Mainul Islam, direc...
The first of thousands of Bangladeshi border guards accused of staging a deadly mutiny in February will go on trial this week, an official said Monday.
(RTTNews) - A "red alert" has been issued by the international police organization Interpol to nab the fugitives who are believed to be living abroad and are linked to the assassination of Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The mother who gave up conjoined Bangladeshi newborn twins for adoption said Saturday she is overjoyed the toddlers have been successfully separated and wants them to grow up in Australia.
Twins Trishna (left) and Krishna, Bangladeshi twins joined at the head, are photographed in August. (AP) DHAKA, Bangladesh — The mother who gave up conjoined Bangladeshi newborn twins for adoption said Saturday she is overjoyed the toddlers have been successfully separated and wants them to grow up in Australia.
Dhaka, Nov 21 (PTI) The Interpol has issued "red alert" to nab the fugitives linked to the assassination of Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujib who are believed to be living abroad, a news report said today.
