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Bangladesh's young all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who has been lauded as one of cricket's brightest prospects, believes his country can soon lift itself into the top tier of the game.
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 ...
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.
Two people died and 100 were injured during a confrontation between police and unpaid workers at a Bangladesh garment factory, authorities said Sunday.
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 ...
Bangladesh authorities have ordered the bank accounts of the Hizb ut-Tahrir frozen and have seized the banned group's properties.
Bangladesh authorities cracked down on the banned Islamist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir, raiding its offices and freezing its bank accounts, officials said.
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.
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, 19 October 2009 – Five-year-old Jasmeen suffers from rickets – a preventable disorder caused by a form of malnutrition as a result of calcium deficiency which manifests as a softening of the bones. Her legs are severely deformed and bow the weight of her little body.
Dhaka - A Dhaka court on Monday refused bail to the chief executive of a pharmaceutical company charged with manufacturing toxic painkiller syrup that reportedly killed at least 28 children across Bangladesh. Judge ANM Basir Ullah of the Metropolitan...
Bangladesh's "banker to the poor" says the world has missed a golden opportunity to help the neediest people on the planet with a redesign of the financial system in the wake of the global economic crisis.
Dhaka - Bangladesh's leading anti-graft watchdog has cleared Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed and three others of another graft charge, saying there was no misuse of office by the accused, media reports said Monday. The allegation of misusing offic...
Dhaka - The government of Bangladesh on Wednesday rejected media reports of mounting tension with Myanmar over Yangon's bid to erect barbed-wire fencing on the border between the two countries. There may have been provocation from some quarters to b...
NOAKHALI, Bangladesh | After his home slipped into the powerful currents of the Meghna River four years ago, Monoranjab Dus came looking for new land along this waterlogged stretch of coastline slowly emerging from the sea. "I lost my home to river erosion," said Mr. Dus, 50, standing barefoot on a squishy riverbank where he was fishing crabs from gray-brown mud, with the consistency of wet ...
A Bangladeshi court on Sunday charged six doctors over the death of the country's top film star, whose demise last year sent tens of thousands of grief-stricken fans onto the streets in mourning.
Bangladesh has reinforced its border with Myanmar, sending 3,000 extra troops to the area, military officials said Friday, amid new tensions over a disputed stretch of gas-rich sea.
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