Latest news about Bangladesh
EU to deploy 150 monitors for Bangladesh election (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The European Commission will deploy a 150-member team of observers to monitor Bangladesh's elections next month, the delegation's head said Tuesday.
18 Nov 2008, 9:14 am | click here for more
EU endorses elections in emergency-ruled Bangladesh (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The European Union said on Tuesday Bangladesh's army-backed government had created an environment to hold "fair and credible" elections next month in the emergency-ruled South Asian nation.
18 Nov 2008, 5:09 am | click here for more
S Africa face Bangladesh with eye on Australia (Deepika)
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, Nov 18 (Reuters) South Africa face Bangladesh tomorrow with one eye on the rear view mirror as a critical test series with Australia approaches.
18 Nov 2008, 5:05 pm | click here for more
Assam govt confirms Bangladesh link in serial blasts (Deepika)
Guwahati, Nov 18 (UNI) The Assam government today confirmed the Bangladesh link in the October 30 serial blasts with the state DGP expected to arrive up with a formal statement next week during a DGP-level meet in New Delhi.
18 Nov 2008, 5:01 pm | click here for more
India & Bangladesh lock horns over exploration projects (Express India)
India and Bangladesh locked horns on the issue of hydrocarbon explorations overlapping each other's maritime borders at the recently concluded Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation summit.
18 Nov 2008, 3:34 pm | click here for more
Bangladesh, Myanmar talks inconclusive (The Hindu)
DHAKA: Talks between Myanmar and Bangladesh over maritime boundary delimitation has ended inconclusively as both sides refused to change their stances over the exclusive economic zone in the Bay of Bengal. The next round of meeting will be held ...
18 Nov 2008, 2:47 pm | click here for more
Bangladesh government holds crisis talks over polls (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Bangladesh's army-backed government held crisis talks with political leaders Tuesday in an effort to receive the schedule for next month's elections back on track.
18 Nov 2008, 1:26 pm | click here for more
EU endorses elections in Bangladesh (ABC Radio Australia)
The European Union says Bangladesh's army-backed government has created an environment to hold 'fair and credible' elections next month.
18 Nov 2008, 12:34 pm | click here for more
EU observers for Bangladesh vote (BBC News)
The European Commission says it will send 150 observers to monitor elections due in Bangladesh next month.
18 Nov 2008, 11:47 am | click here for more
Targeting the polluters in Bangladesh - Caroline Gluck (AlertNet)
Oxfam GB - UK Outside a community centre in Jessore district, south-western Bangladesh, a team of art students are feverishly at work, determined to complete five big canvases. Before the morning is over, each panel will colourfully depict some of the weather-related problems that Bangladesh is currently facing, from waterlogged areas to flooding, cyclones and river erosion. Inside the ...
18 Nov 2008, 10:51 am | click here for more