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The United Nations Calls for a New Asia-Pacific Energy Compact

April 28, 2012
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“Connecting the dots between the challenges of water, food, and energy security lies at the heart of sustainable development—and Rio+20 will be a generational opportunity for us to turn ideas into action—globally and especially in Asia and the Pacific.” — Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, United Nations. The top UN Asia-Pacific official urged policymakers in the region…

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Bangladeshi Investors Badly Hit by the Stock-Market Crash.

February 8, 2012
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Nobody in Hafizur Rahman’s family asked too many questions when the money they sent home to Bangladesh doubled or even tripled within two to three months. “He was like a prince,” says Mirza Golam Sabur of his brother-in-law. So when Sabur was told last May that his 55-year-old brother-in-law died suddenly of a heart attack,…

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Bangladesh Adopts Anti-Money Laundering Policy.

January 24, 2012
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The Bangladesh government has promulgated a new Money Laundering Prevention Ordinance incorporating laws to prevent stock market manipulation, and a provision that says documents provided by foreign governments will be admissible in court for bringing back siphoned off money from abroad. The new ordinance was promulgated last week scrapping Money Laundering Prevention Act 2009. With…

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Connectivity will generate economic sparkle: Bangladesh

January 14, 2012
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Connectivity will generate economic sparkle: Bangladesh

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says connectivity between India and Bangladesh, particularly with the north-eastern States, including Tripura, would generate tremendous economic vibrancy, leading to peoples’ empowerment and region’s development. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the connectivity between India and Bangladesh, particularly with the north-eastern States, including Tripura, would generate tremendous economic vibrancy, leading…

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Bangladesh celebrates Kumari Puja at Ramkrishna Mission

October 5, 2011
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Bangladesh celebrates Kumari Puja at Ramkrishna Mission

  Kumari Puja, an essential element of Durga Puja on the occasion of Moha Ashtomi, concluded at Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka .The event took place from 11.01am to 11.38am. Arja Gossami, 5, a student of Nursary, Little angel Learning Home Dhaka, was chosen this year to be the virgin goddess. Her shastriya name is Uma.…

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West Indies due tonight

October 4, 2011
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West Indies due tonight

The West Indies cricket team is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka Tuesday night on a month-long tour of Bangladesh when they will play T-20, one-dayers and Test matches. Led by Darren Sammy, the team is scheduled to land at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8:00pm. The Caribbean team will start their campaign on October…

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Shrimp farming – an ecological and social disaster

October 3, 2011
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In a new film and report, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) today reveals the extent of the destruction caused by the shrimp farming industry. Our increased consumption of tropical shrimp, also called prawns and sometimes scampi, can be traced to coastal regions in the tropic where ecosystem where the ecosystems have been devastated…

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Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts in Dhanmondi “Rural Nature”, featuring the works of Bimanesh Chandra Biswas.

September 29, 2011
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Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts in Dhanmondi “Rural Nature”, featuring the works of Bimanesh Chandra Biswas.

Paintings by Bimanesh Chandra Biswas. Bimanesh’s solo exhibition at Bengal Gallery. Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts in Dhanmondi, Dhaka is hosting a solo art exhibition, titled “Rural Nature”, featuring the works of Bimanesh Chandra Biswas. Most of Biswas’ artworks on display are watercolours, and capture the simplicity of rural Bengal in all its diversity. Biswas…

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PM awarded for IT use in healthcare

September 20, 2011
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PM awarded for IT use in healthcare

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina receives the South-South Award at a programme at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel Grand Ball Room at New York Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has received an international recognition for the use of information technology in women and children’s healthcare. UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe handed over the ‘South-South’ award at a New…

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Q4 2011 Report for Multiple Countries & Markets :Research Reports.

September 20, 2011
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Q4 2011 Reports for Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Chile, China, etc and their different markets including Shipping, Real Estate, Tourism, Agribusiness, Petrochemicals, Pharamceuticals, Healthcare and more in its store Explore Q4 2011 reports for a various markets and industries in multiple countries including but not limited to Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica,…

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Photography Exhibit at MC to Feature Bangladeshi Culture

September 16, 2011
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Photography Exhibit at MC to Feature Bangladeshi Culture

A photography exhibit coming to McPherson College will show not only beautiful artwork but also provide a window into the culture of Bangladesh. “Bangladesh: Colours of Culture and Context” consists of more than 30 photographic prints taken in Bangladesh by Katrina Lewis, assistant professor at Kansas State University, as well as textiles and crafts that…

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Alternative economies :Can Islam Save The Economy

September 13, 2011
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Alternative economies :Can Islam Save The Economy

Governments worldwide are struggling to manage the global financial crisis, with no end to the downturn in sight. But at least so far, one sector has been unscathed: the $1 trillion-and-growing business of Sharia-compliant banking. That’s right, Sharia. The same combination of medieval Islamic law and modern post-colonialism that makes the terrorist clique supposedly so…

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“Develop network with peers in Bangladesh”-Ambassador Akramul Qader urges expatriate doctors.

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and State Minister Mr. Akramul Qader attended the annual conference of Bangladesh Medical Association of North America, Louisiana chapter in Orleans, Louisiana and addressed a…

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Bangladesh opposes proposed dams in Meghalaya: Minister

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Meghalaya has made it clear that the dams which are to be built across the Myntdu and Umiew rivers would not have any negative impact…

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