Bangladesh News [17.05.11]

Dollar one billion loan from India to Bangladesh runs into 'complexities' DHAKA: Bangladesh has sought a quick clarification from India on procurement complexities concerning 20 projects to be financed under a landmark USD 1 billion loan sanctioned by New Delhi last ... General Sources - Comment on this

Bangladesh minister hails expats’ contributions The officials and members of the Institution of Engineers (Bangladesh) Qatar Chapter discussed a number of issues affecting Bangladeshi expatriates, with visiting Minister of Labour, Employment ... General Sources - Comment on this

Women Leading Bangladesh Away from the LDC Tag ISTANBUL, May 16, 2011 (IPS) - Women entrepreneurs and workers will soon help Bangladesh shake off the Least Developed Country (LDC) label, business leaders say."Soon Bangladesh will come ... IPS - Comment on this Solar Power Lights Up Bangladesh Rural Areas Solar Power Lights Up Bangladesh Rural Areas A woman stands in the doorway of her mud house next to a solar system panel near Patulia village in the Gazipur district north of capital Dhaka in ... General Sources - Comment on this Body found near Indo-Bangladesh border Police said while the cause of death was yet to be ascertained, the body of Abu Hanif (45), a resident of Sonapur village of Sonamura, had bullet injures.However, villagers complained that Hanif ... New Kerala - Comment on this Bangladesh allows Santos to sell gas in the market 13:12, Monday 16 May 2011 DHAKA, May 16 (Reuters) - State-run Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation signed a deal on Monday allowing Australia's Santos International to become ... General Sources - Comment on this Bangladesh high court rules former martial law regime unconstitutional report] Ershad's martial law rules, regulations and orders to be illegal, void and unconstitutional, upholding a decision by the lower court. The court said, however, that ... Jurist - Comment on this Khoka stays at helm of Dhaka City BNP After a lapse of nearly three years, main opposition BNP yesterday announced its Dhaka city committee headed by Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka amid criticism in the rank and file of the party.A ... Daily Star - Comment on this Bangladesh-Major upsets in the elections (MENAFN - The Peninsula) Some of the major upsets in the assembly elections in four states and one union territory:- Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Communist Party ... MENAFN - Comment on this Naeem helps Rajshahi hang on for draw Dhaka division 280 (Mahmudullah 57, Reza 3-41) and 330 (Haque 118, Mehrab 116, Sajib 5-109) drew with Rajshahi division 314 (Naeem 112, Shahadat 5-82) and 240 for 6 (Junaid 86, ... Cricinfo - Comment on this Bangladesh won't be an LDC after 10yrs Bangladesh and Nepal are expected to graduate from the status of least developed countries (LDCs) within the next 10 years. Cheick Sidi Diarra, the secretary general of the Fourth UN Conference ... Daily Star - Comment on this Bangladesh's Yunus resigns from microlender DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh's Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has stepped down from the pioneering microfinance lender he founded, a week after he lost a legal fight against ... General Sources - Comment on this

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