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POLITICS-BANGLADESH: Uncertainty Grips Scheduled Elections

POLITICS-BANGLADESH: DHAKA, Nov 19 (IPS) - Parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, scheduled for Dec.18, are now slipping into uncertainty with former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia demanding that a state of emergency imposed by the ...

From FARID AHMED, Inter Press Service,  19 Nov 2008

SOUTH ASIA: Eight Nations Unite to Combat Climate Change

SOUTH ASIA: DHAKA, Jul 8 (IPS) - As rising seas, melting glaciers, floods and cyclones are increasingly putting millions of people at risk in South Asia, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) met here last week to ...

From FARID AHMED, Inter Press Service,  7 Jul 2008

POLITICS-BANGLADESH: Govt Plans Local Polls Amid Strong Opposition

POLITICS-BANGLADESH: DHAKA, Jun 27 (IPS) - Bangladesh is lurching into crisis again as its military-backed interim government insists on holding local government polls amid the strong opposition of all major political parties. The major ...

From FARID AHMED, Inter Press Service,  26 Jun 2008

BANGLADESH: Human Bird Flu Case Deadly for Poultry Industry

BANGLADESH: DHAKA, May 24 (IPS) - Authorities here have stepped up surveillance against avian influenza after the case of a 16-month-old boy, who took ill in January, was diagnosed as one of infection with the deadly H5N1 virus. Bangladesh ...

From FARID AHMED, Inter Press Service,  24 May 2008

POLITICS-BANGLADESH: With More Leaders Arrested Democracy Retreats

POLITICS-BANGLADESH: DHAKA, May 21 (IPS) - As the military-backed interim government continues to arrest leaders of mainstream political parties on charges of corruption, hopes for early restoration of democracy in Bangladesh are receding. ...

From FARID AHMED, Inter Press Service,  21 May 2008

BANGLADESH: Amnesty for Tainted Tycoons as Economy Flags

BANGLADESH: DHAKA, May 2 (IPS) - Bangladeshs military-backed interim government hopes that a truth commission it plans to set up will give tainted businessmen an opportunity to revive their businesses and help put a badly flagging economy ...

From FARID AHMED, Inter Press Service,  2 May 2008

BANGLADESH: Hopes Pinned on Bumper Harvest

BANGLADESH: DHAKA, Apr 23 (IPS) - Maddened by poverty and hunger, Bablu, a day labourer in the northern Rajshahi district, killed his two infant daughters and then tried to commit suicide by taking poison, last week, according to ...

From FARID AHMED, Inter Press Service,  23 Apr 2008

INDIA/BANGLADESH: Rail Link Revived After 43 Years

INDIA/BANGLADESH: DHAKA, Apr 15 (IPS) - It was a trip down memory lane for old timers who travelled from Dhaka to Kolkata by train on Monday. The last time they could do this was 43 years ago. A 70-year- old Sheikh Rasul Haque who was ...

From FARID AHMED, Inter Press Service,  15 Apr 2008

POLITICS-BANGLADESH: Calls to Restore Democracy Grow

POLITICS-BANGLADESH: DHAKA, Feb 22 (IPS) - Pressure is mounting on Bangladesh's military-backed interim government, both internally and internationally, to lift the state of emergency, imposed over a year ago, suspending political activity ...

From FARID AHMED, Inter Press Service,  22 Feb 2008

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