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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.
DHAKA, Bangladesh - An overcrowded passenger boat capsized in northern Bangladesh on Friday after being hit by a small ferry, leaving at least 47 people dead and several missing,...
(RTTNews) - More than 43 people were killed Friday when a passenger boat carrying nearly 80 passengers capsized after colliding head-on with a ferry in the river Daira in Bangladesh's north-eastern Kishorganj district.
Dhaka - Former Premier Khaleda Zia was re-elected chairperson of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), a party spokesman said Friday. TH Khan, chief of the party's election commission, said Zia ran unopposed. ...
Dhaka - At least 44 people died on Friday and many others were missing in a ferry accident in Bangladesh's north-eastern Kishoreganj district, an official said. A boat carrying over 100 passengers sank in Shrigaon river near Fulpur, some 90 kilometre...
All Casualties Reportedly from Passenger Boat Carrying 80 that Capsized after Ferry Collision
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.
Copenhagen - Brick kilns in Bangladesh, electric-powered bicycles and biodegradable plates are all part of host country Denmark...
(RTTNews) - Arabinda Rajkhowa, one of India's most wanted terrorists, was arrested in Bangladesh and was reportedly flown Wednesday night to New Delhi after he was "pushed back" to the north-east Indian state of Tripura--in one of the biggest undeclared deportations of one of the most-wanted fugitives in recent times.
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- India and Bangladesh ended talks aimed at strengthening their ties by reaching an accord to jointly combat terrorism, organized crime and drug trafficking, and agreeing to cooperate on prisoners and criminal law.
Key separatist leaders from India's northeast have been arrested in Bangladesh and handed over to Indian authorities, a security official told AFP Friday.
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Bangladesh Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q1 2010" report to their offering.
Bangladeshi authorities said Wednesday they planned to charge the sons of former prime minister Khaleda Zia over a ferry accident that killed at least 80 people.
New Delhi - The leader of a powerful separatist group operating in India's north-eastern state of Assam surrendered to authorities at the border with Bangladesh Friday, paving the way for peace-talks with the militants, news reports and officials sai...
The death toll from the capsizing of a ferry over the weekend in southern Bangladesh rose Monday to 77 after rescuers recovered an additional 19 bodies.
The death toll climbed to 72 in the capsizing of an overloaded ferry in southern Bangladesh as a search continued, police said Monday.
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