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Voice of America - Wed Oct 21, 4:47 pm ET
Police in Bangladesh say at least 10 people were injured Wednesday in a bomb attack targeting a ruling party member of parliament who is related to the prime minister.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Oct 21, 3:21 pm ET
Dhaka - A ruling party lawmaker escaped unhurt from a terrorist attack, which left at least 13 people injured in Bangladesh's capital on Wednesday, police said. Unidentified attackers threw a powerful bomb just behind the car of Fazle Noor Taposh, an...
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UPI - Fri Oct 23, 1:43 pm ET
KOLKATA, India, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Women and teenagers living on the India-Bangladesh border are becoming arsenic experts in a quest to find cleaner water, a scientist in Kansas says.
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The Oklahoman - Sat Oct 24, 1:30 am ET
NORMAN — Dr. Stephen Luby is taking a break this week from studying water safety in Bangladesh, where he has lived since 2004, to accept the first University of Oklahoma International Water Prize.Luby works for the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, where he is with the Program on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences. Luby said he was honored to be recognized but initially ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 21, 1:46 pm ET
At least 10 people were injured when a bomb exploded in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Wednesday, targeting a ruling party legislator related to the prime minister, police said.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Oct 22, 2:14 pm ET
Children of abused mothers may be smaller at birth and show stunted early growth, according to research from Bangladesh.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 21, 1:47 am ET
Bangladeshi capital Dhaka will undergo a 2.2-billion-dollar scheme to tackle its chronic traffic congestion with a metro rail system and elevated highways, the government said Wednesday.
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EurekAlert! - Thu Oct 22, 11:13 am ET
( Kansas State University ) Kansas State University geologists are finding that the most important tools in their fieldwork on groundwater arsenic pollution are women and children armed with pamphlets and testing kits. The research examines arsenic levels in the groundwater in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. While trying to understand how the naturally occurring arsenic gets into groundwater ...
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IRIN - Wed Oct 21, 4:30 am ET
DHAKA, 21 October 2009 (IRIN) - Fishermen and experts agree: climate change is taking its toll in the world's largest bay, with more sudden changes in atmospheric pressure and storms.
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UPI - Tue Nov 3, 11:43 am ET
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition are sending experts to Bangladesh to teach seafood safety.
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Daily Pennsylvanian - Wed Nov 4, 8:45 pm ET
Members of Penn’s Bengali Students Association are working to break the language barrier for some West Philadelphia high school students. Once a week, members of BSA meet in the ARCH building to mentor a group of University City High School students, ranging from ages 14 to 19, who have recently emigrated from Bengali-speaking countries, most notably Bangladesh. The BSA-funded program focuses on ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Oct 29, 10:41 am ET
Hosts Bangladesh eased to a seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the second One Day International at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Thursday.
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OfficialWire - Sun Nov 1, 9:57 am ET
Two people died and 100 were injured during a confrontation between police and unpaid workers at a Bangladesh garment factory, authorities said Sunday.
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Nevada Appeal - Sat Oct 31, 7:47 am ET
Ceremony welcomes 31 to official citizenship By BRIAN DUGGAN bduggan@nevadaappeal.com Onema Bushra, 6, had just one word to describe her feelings after a Friday ceremony where she received her certificate of citizenship: "Happy." Bushra, who is from Bangladesh, was among 31 children and adults who received a certificate proving their status as U.S. citizens during a ...
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OfficialWire - Mon Oct 26, 3:26 pm ET
Bangladesh authorities have ordered the bank accounts of the Hizb ut-Tahrir frozen and have seized the banned group's properties.