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Bangladesh, Myanmar and Honduras were the countries most severely affected by extreme weather events from 1990 to 2008, according to a climate change risk study published on Tuesday.
Sixteen fishermen remained missing Tuesday off Bangladesh's southern coast after pirates attacked their vessel last week, survivors and the boat's owner said.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh deserves at least 15 percent of the money rich nations pledge to any global fund to help poor countries cope with climate change, a government minister said Wednesday, noting that his country is particularly at risk to rising sea levels.
DHAKA, 9 December 2009 (IRIN) - With a growing number of older people and a large impoverished population, Bangladesh needs to improve social security support for the country's most vulnerable groups, experts say.
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal is in doubt for a triangular one-day series in January after he ignored medical advice and continued to play cricket despite a broken hand, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Monday.
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(RTTNews) - The UN-sponsored Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen heard voices of concern and complaint on the second day, as delegates of Bangladesh and Nepal said they were disappointed that a draft of potential treaty on climate framed by the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China) group does not address the main concerns of the poor and the least developed countries.
Dhaka - Bangladesh on Tuesday slapped an export ban on export to ensure smooth supply of the natural fibre for its local mills as the South Asian country predicted dwindling jute production this year. The government will allow raw jute exports only ...
(RTTNews) - The scheduled visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India from December 19 is postponed by a month, since she and her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh will be busy at the climate-summit in the Danish capital of Copenhagen.
COPENHAGEN — Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, a U.N. climate conference delegate from Bangladesh, says “the world expects a lot from President [Barack ] Obama” and that he “should make sure he does not disappoint the world.”
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Two passenger buses collided head-on in southwestern Bangladesh on Sunday, leaving 21 people dead and 50 injured.
A government administrator says at least 15 people have been killed and 30 others injured after two passenger buses collided head-on in southwestern Bangladesh.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 7, 2009) - The Society for Bangladesh Climate Justice (SBCJ) is organizing a seminar on climate change impacts on Bangladesh due to global warming. As the world leaders meet in Copenhagen next week, this seminar is to elucidate global warming, its effects on the low lying countries such as Bangladesh and to urge that the Copenhagen meeting reaches ...
(RTTNews) - Bangladesh has vowed not to allow terrorists to use its soil for subversive activities against either it or any of its neighbors. "We have pledged not to allow our land to be used by any terrorists.
At least 15 people have been killed and 30 others injured after two passenger buses collided head-on in southwestern Bangladesh, a government administrator said Sunday.
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