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'Dire Bangladesh policing threatens democracy'

AFP - Mon Dec 14, 3:22 am ET

Bangladesh's police force is in such a "dire state" that it risks inviting a military takeover of law and order duties, an international research institute has warned.

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Mobile phone English lessons a hit in Bangladesh
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 13, 4:52 pm ET
Every morning, Ahmed Shariar Sarwar makes it his daily ritual to call number 3000 on his mobile phone to get lessons in English -- his passport to a better life in impoverished Bangladesh.
Bangladesh to start trial of war criminals soon
INDOlink - 2 hours 59 minutes ago
Dhaka, Dec 14 (PTI) Bangladesh would start the much-awaited trial of 'war criminals' of the 1971 liberation movement by early next year, a top government official has said.
Moderate quake hits southern Bangladesh
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 13, 10:13 am ET
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Bangladesh on Sunday, seismologists said.
Bangladesh seeks 5 bln dollars for energy projects
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 13, 2:35 am ET
Bangladesh's government said Sunday it was seeking five billion dollars of foreign investment for power and gas projects to end a chronic energy crisis in the fast-growing country.
Bangladesh recall ICL rebels for tri-series
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Sat Dec 12, 5:12 am ET
Bangladesh have recalled four players who appeared in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) for their preliminary squad for a tri-series in Dhaka in January.
Bangladesh sends 252 workers to Iraq
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 12, 1:45 am ET
Bangladesh sent more than 250 workers to Iraq as part of a drive to open a new jobs market for the nation's poor and help to ease the domestic fallout from the global downturn, a minister said Saturday.
Ga. man sentenced to 17 years in terror case
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 1:31 pm ET
A Georgia man was sentenced to 17 years in prison Monday for conspiring to aid terrorists by sending homemade videos of Washington landmarks overseas and trying to meet with a terror group in Bangladesh.
Climate conference support from Bangladesh
The Record and Herald News - Sat Dec 12, 7:03 pm ET
An activist helps his comrade wear an animal mask during a rally in support of the climate change conference in Copenhagen, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009.
Bangladesh Pharmaceuticals And Healthcare Report Q1 2010 - New Report Published
OfficialWire - Sun Dec 13, 5:42 am ET
BMI has introduced a 10-year forecast for pharmaceutical sales for the Q110 update of the Bangladesh Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare report.
Bangladesh Agribusiness Report Q1 2010 - New Report Published
OfficialWire - Mon Dec 14, 6:11 am ET
As in other Islamic countries in the region, Bangladeshi consumers were hit by rapidly rising prices for staple food products in the run up to - and beyond - the holy month of Ramadan, which began on August 21 and ended with Eid ul-Fitr on September 20. Sugar and eggs saw some of the most dramatic spikes in price - the price of sugar rose by more than 50% in many places from the beginning of ...
Pizza Inn expands to Southeast Asia with restaurant in Bangladesh
Dallas Morning News - Thu Dec 10, 11:17 pm ET
Pizza Inn Inc. said Thursday that it's expanding into Southeast Asia with the opening of its first restaurant in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh police hunt for fishermen after pirate raid
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 3:49 am ET
Authorities in southeastern Bangladesh are searching for 14 fishermen missing for 10 days after pirates attacked their trawler in the Bay of Bengal, police said Thursday.
Bangladesh: Getting Police Reform on Track
International Crisis Group - Fri Dec 11, 9:42 am ET
The Bangladesh government should take major steps to overhaul a dysfunctional policing system that facilitates corruption and human rights abuses to limit the role of the military in politics. The latest report from the International Crisis Group examines the dire state of Bangladesh’s police and the shortcomings of the current reform process led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP ...
Tough task for India against Bangladesh in SAFF
INDOlink - Fri Dec 11, 12:58 am ET
Dhaka, Dec 10 (PTI) Plagued by injury and looking unconvincing in the group stage, India will have a tough task at hand when they take on hosts Bangladesh -- only unbeaten side so far -- in the semifinal of the SAFF Championships here tomorrow.
Pizza Inn Opens First Restaurant in Bangladesh
GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 10, 10:00 am ET
THE COLONY,Texas -- Pizza Inn, Inc. , an international pizza restaurant chain with more than 300 restaurants in 11 countries, announces the opening of its first location in the capital city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.