bangladesh

The People's Republic of Bangladesh is a South Asian country that is bordered by India, Burma and the Bay of Bengal. Its most populous city and capital is Dhaka, which is also the country's most important political, cultural and social hub.

Bangladesh is a unitary parliamentary democracy, whose incumbent president is Zillur Rahman. Although highly praised by the United Nations for its progress in human development, Bangladesh still maintains a high poverty rate.

Although the country gained its independence from Pakistan in 1971, the ensuing years were filled with political turmoil, natural disasters and widespread poverty. After the installation of democracy in 1991 however, Bangladesh has seen a relatively calm and steady social and political progress.

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• Little Bangladesh DUI Lawyers

  
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  Driving Under the Influence (DUI) in Little Bangladesh Over the years,  DUI  laws in Little Bangladesh have become more and more strict. The state government’s stance on  driving under the influence  has evolved into something of a no tolerance policy which has led to increasingly harsh penalties for anyone ...
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• Amnesty International Report 2012 published

  
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  Amnesty International published its Report 2012. The Report has a country report on Bangladesh State Minister for Home Shamsul Hoque Tuku rejected the report in an instant reaction as baseless. An ordinary citizen
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• Independent News – The biggest “Alpona” ever in the history of Bangladesh

  
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  Client – Airtel Bangladesh Ltd, Channel – Independent TV, Date – April 14, 2012 Join us Facebook: www.fb.com/forethoughtpr, Twitter: www.twitter.com/forethoughtpr, LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/forethought-pr
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• MA and Postgraduate Diploma Scholarship at ISS of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands 2012

  
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  International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam offers MA and Postgraduate Diploma programmes for the applicants of India,Bangladesh, Bhutan, .. [Read Full Scholarship Detail]
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• Dhaka aid embargo hurts Bangladesh as much as Rohingya refugees | Misha Hussain

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk Dhaka aid embargo hurts Bangladesh as much as Rohingya refugees | Misha Hussain Blocking humanitarian aid to deter more Rohingya refugees is worsening a wider malnutrition crisis in Teknaf and UkhiaRafiqul’s arm is no wider than a tube of sweets. The 18-month-old Rohingya ...
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• No justice after police killings: Amnesty

  
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  At least one person a week died in 2011 at the hands of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) police unit in Bangladesh, Amnesty International said in a report released yesterday. Despite a government pledge to end extrajudicial killings, law enforcement agents have not been adequately brought to justice for deaths or ...
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• Dhaka aid embargo hurts Bangladesh as much as Rohingya refugees | Misha Hussain

  
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  Blocking humanitarian aid to deter more Rohingya refugees is worsening a wider malnutrition crisis in Teknaf and Ukhia Rafiquls arm is no wider than a tube of sweets. The 18-month-old Rohingya refugee suffers from acute malnutrition and, without medical treatment and nutritional therapy, his chances of survival are ...
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• Assam to reclaim land lost in erosion

  
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  Guwahati, May 23 (IANS) The Assam government is launching a mega project to reclaim the land the state has lost over the years due to erosion.A pilot project to reclaim the eroded land will start in Sualkuchi, Assam’s silk town near here, said Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday.“This will be a first of [...]
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• Bangladesh: 40,000 slum residents face eviction

  
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  Photo: Mushfique Wadud/IRIN. Kamal Hossain may soon lose his homeSource: IRINDHAKA, 22 May 2012 (IRIN) - Up to 40,000 people living in the biggest slum in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, could be facing eviction after a court order to clear government land in the city. So far 4,500 have been put out of their homes, ...
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• BCB clears BPL dues to Pakistan players

  
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  The legal action threat issued by the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) to the Bangladesh Cricket Board over non-payment of dues to the players who took part in the Bangladesh Premier League apparently has had its effects, reports the Press Trust of India. Former Pakistan captain Shahid ...
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• Video Recap of World Autism Awareness Day 2012

  
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  Author:  Autism Speaks On April 2, 2012, Autism Speaks celebrated World Autism Awareness Day with the 3rd Annual Light It Up Blue campaign and a series of awareness events. Nearly 3000 iconic buildings and landmarks in over 600 cities and over 50 countries worldwide shone a bright light on autism. People around ...
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• Annular Solar Eclipse 2012 Bangladesh

  
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  © Monirul Alam   © Monirul Alam   © Monirul Alam May 22, 2012 – Dhaka, Bangladesh – An annular solar eclipse is observed in Dhaka May 22, 2012. An annular solar eclipse was observed across Bangladesh on Tuesday. The eclipse started at Bangladesh time night 2.56:06 am and lasted till morning ...
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• Banglalink awards charging system upgrade to Ericsson (Bangladesh, Sweden)

  
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  Banglalink, one of Bangladesh’s leading mobile phone operators, today announced that it has entered into a five-year agreement with Ericsson to upgrade its charging system, including IN expansion, consulting and systems integration services, as well as support. The upgraded charging system will enable Banglalink to ...
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• Anger as border killings continue

  
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  Bangladesh hit out at India on Monday over the recent shootings of two Bangladeshi nationals by Indian border guards, despite repeated reassurances from Delhi that such killings would stop. Calling the killings deplorable acts, Dhaka has called for an immediate probe by India into the death of Darul Islam, 38, of ...
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• Bangladesh to block VoIP

  
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  Bangladesh VoIP poviders probably have to pack up their bags very soon as local telecom authority BTRC suspends VoIP service. Dont miss this shocking news if you are a bangladeshi. Your calls will be costly now. Local Telecom authority in Bangladesh BTRC has announced that they will fine mobile operators for the SIM ...
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• Courts act after 12-year-old marries in Bangladesh

  
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  Image via Wikipedia Two elected council members were present at a wedding over the weekend between a 12-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy. Family members claim that the girl is 16 and that the marriage was a religious, rather than civil, ceremony and therefore not binding. ”My daughter Mussammat Ayesha Akhter ...
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• Bangladesh: Muslim Teacher Burns Legs of Girl Pupils

  
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  Why? because they confessed to not offering regular prayers during vacation, and she wanted to give them a foretaste of the hell fires they are destined to receive -- an even more creative bit of child abuse than last weeks beating of a 5-year-old boy by his Saudi teacher for...
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• Tinker, tailor, soldier, coup-maker: Jyoti Rahman

  
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  Guest post by JYOTI RAHMAN The country of Bengal is a land where, owing to the climate’s favouring the base, the dust of dissension is always rising – so said the Mughal court chronicler Abul Fazl in the 16th century. Four hundred years later, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has been a country where the [...]
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• Bangladesh child wedding dispute

  
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  http://www.bbc.co.uk Bangladesh child wedding dispute A Bangladeshi court ordered officials to explain their failure to stop a 12-year-old girl allegedly being married to a 14-year-old boy at the weekend. published date:Mon, 21 May 2012 18:47:39 GMT
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• Bangladesh set to take the reins at Rio+20

  
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  Naimul Haq in IPS : Experts believe that the upcoming United Nations Earth Summit, Rio+ 20, scheduled to take place in Brazil from Jun.20-22, could be a real opportunity for Bangladesh to negotiate a road to sustainable development. The conference on sustainable development, which depends largely on states coming to ...
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