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02 June, 2006
Flash floods kill five in Bangladesh, maroon many
DHAKA, June 2 (Reuters) - Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed five people, marooned about 100,000, and damaged hundreds of homes in Bangladesh over the last three days, police and officials said on Friday.
The victims died in house
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01 June, 2006
Shady past deal on coal puts Energy Ministry in problem
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is in a fix over the charging of royalty from foreign companies for extraction of coal, a contract as was signed in 1994 with royalty at 6 per cent even though the rate was 20 per cent as per government
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31 May, 2006
Microentrepreneurship awards 2006 of Citigroup launched
The Citigroup Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Citigroup, will award microentrepreneurs and microfinance institutions in five categories for their outstanding performances in Bangladesh.
The 2006 awards will be presented in five categories --
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31 May, 2006
BANGLADESH: Attack on journos in Kushtia protested
Journalists in Pabna, Faridpur, Gaibandha, Mymensingh and Dinajpur yesterday protested the attack on The Daily Observer Editor Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and 20 other newsmen by the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) cadres in Kushtia.
Speakers at
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31 May, 2006
7 JMB linchpins handed death in Jhalakathi
A Barisal court yesterday sentenced to death Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) chief Abdur Rahman, his second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai and five other militants and acquitted one in the sensational Jhalakathi judges' killing
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29 May, 2006
Bangladesh's Banglalink tops 2 mln subscribers
DHAKA, May 29 (Reuters) - Egyptian Orascom Telecom's Banglalink, the fastest growing mobile phone operator in Bangladesh, said it had 2 million subscribers in a market that is expected to have 18 million users by end of the year.
"Banglalink has
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27 May, 2006
Normalcy returns to garment sector
Production in the garments factories was as usual yesterday as most workers and employees joined the work amid tight security measures undertaken by the government in the troubled areas.
Most of the factories resumed their production on Thursday
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26 May, 2006
Bangladesh president has heart surgery
DHAKA, May 26 (Reuters) - Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed underwent cardiac surgery at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on Friday, the presidential palace said.
"The surgery has been successful," a palace official said without giving
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26 May, 2006
UAE entrepreneurs keen to invest in Bangladesh
A business delegation of UAE Chamber of Commerce and Industry, led by its President Salah Salem bin Omeir al Shamsi, met Prime Minister Khaleda Zia at her hotel suite here yesterday and expressed keen interest to invest in Bangladesh's potential
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23 May, 2006
Protesting Bangladesh workers burn factories
DHAKA (Reuters) - Thousands of protesting workers set fire to six garment factories in Bangladesh after one of their colleague was killed and scores injured in clashes with police, witnesses and officials said on Tuesday.
They said more than 100
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