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Science Daily - Mon Oct 26, 6:18 pm ET
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, the researchers are helping Bengalis identify ...
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GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Oct 27, 5:00 am ET
LAS VEGAS -- Densham Motorsports of the NHRA and Kwan International announce their collaboration with Notre Dame's global effort in Bangladesh through the Bengal Bouts Boxing program, an 80-year tradition, and the new documentary, Strong Bodies Fight, by alumni filmmakers Mark Weber and William Donaruma.
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INDOlink - Mon Oct 26, 11:06 pm ET
Dhaka, Oct 26 (AFP) The Asian Development Bank said today it was lending Bangladesh USD 744 million to help the impoverished country fight off the effects of the global economic crisis.
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UPI - Sun Oct 25, 11:44 pm ET
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Bangladesh authorities cracked down on the banned Islamist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir, raiding its offices and freezing its bank accounts, officials said.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Oct 22, 1:28 pm ET
Bangladesh banned a controversial Muslim group Thursday for "destabilising" the country, the government said, a day after a bomb attack targeted a ruling party lawmaker related to the prime minister.
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Oct 26, 10:38 am ET
Dhaka - Bangladesh's anti-graft watchdog on Monday charged Tarique Rahman, the eldest son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, and one of his aides with money laundering, police said. Mohammad Ibrahim, an assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Co...
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Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Thu Oct 22, 3:10 am ET
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has retained the Bangladesh captaincy for the one-day series against Zimbabwe starting later this month, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Thursday.
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Oct 23, 5:07 am ET
Dhaka - Bangladesh has banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir, an Islamic group allegedly involved in subversive activities, on security grounds, media reports said Friday. The Home Ministry issued an order Thursday outlawing the international outfit, already banned ...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 21, 3:06 pm ET
About a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when unidentified attackers threw a bomb at the car of a Bangladesh politician related to the country's prime minister, police and witnesses said.
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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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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Oct 22, 8:12 am ET
A Bangladeshi minister said on Thursday that a bomb attack this week designed to kill a ruling party lawmaker was linked to the murder of the country's founding leader in 1975.
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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.