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DHAKA, 3 December 2009 (IRIN) - Over half of Bangladesh's children are living in poverty and there is widespread deprivation amongst them in the basic areas of food, sanitation and shelter, with limited ability to escape their circumstances, according to experts.
New Delhi - One of the leaders of a separatist group operating in India's north-eastern state of Assam has been arrested in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, Indian media reported Wednesday. Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman of the banned United Liberation...
A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry on Sunday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the boat sank in southern Bangladesh. So far, 58 people have been confirmed dead, authorities said.
The death toll from an overcrowded ferry that sank in Bangladesh two days ago rose to 49, officials said Sunday, with rescuers saying many more victims were still trapped inside the vessel.
A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry on Sunday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the boat sank in southern Bangladesh. So far, 45 people have been confirmed dead, authorities said.
Rescue workers struggled to find survivors Saturday after at least 33 people died when a Bangladesh ferry overloaded with people returning home to celebrate a Muslim holiday capsized.
Dhaka - The death toll from a ferry accident in Bangladesh's southern Bhola district rose to 71 on Monday, after rescuers retrieved more bodies trapped in the sunken vessel, officials said. The rescuers so far retrieved 71 bodies trapped inside the ...
Rescuers searched inside the submerged cabins of a triple-deck ferry Sunday for scores of people believed to be missing after it capsized near a dock in southern Bangladesh, killing at least 40, authorities said.
The death toll rose up to 62 in the Bangladesh ferry accident.
A ferry crammed with people capsized late Friday night in Bangladesh, killing at least 28 passengers, police said.
Dhaka - Bangladeshi Health Minister Ruhul Haque on Tuesday said some 39 people were died from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the country so far in 2009, raising the death toll from the deadly virus to 204 in the last 20 years. Releasin...
Dhaka, Bangladesh (XNA) Nov 27, 2009 - Bangladesh wants to enter space-age soon as the government plans to launch a satellite into the space for the development of the country's telecommunications services.
A triple-deck ferry packed with hundreds of travelers heading home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 40 people dead and scores missing, authorities said today.
A triple-deck ferry packed with hundreds of travelers heading home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 37 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday.
December 2, 2009: Bangladesh is a Moslem country in eastern India. Bangladesh used to be (from 1947-71) East Pakistan.
A ferry packed with people going home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 30 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday.
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