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Bangladesh News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com
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Court restores `secularism' in Bangladesh constitution
 In a far-reaching move, Bangladesh's Supreme Court has restored 'secularism' in the country's constitution. It has also denounced the declaration of martial law in the past and sought safeguards to end 'extra-constitutional adventures'.
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Bangladeshi garment workers receive wage rise
 Last Updated: July 29. 2010 8:02PM UAE / July 29. 2010 4:02PM GMT DHAKA // Bangladesh has raised minimum monthly wages for its millions of garment workers by about 80 percent after months of violent p...
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Spreading the floating farms’ tradition
 As swollen monsoon rivers and rising sea levels threaten to engulf more land across Bangladesh, NGOs are training thousands of farmers in traditional soil-less farming on water. Agriculture account...
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Bangladesh court bans religion in politics
 DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh's Supreme Court has reinstated a ban on Islamic political parties in the latest blow to religious hardliners in the impoverished South Asian country, a minister said...
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Bangladesh constitution states military takeover never again
 The fifth amendment had legitimised the governments and military rule since killing of then president Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975, to April 9, 1979. The governments during the...
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New Bangladesh minimum wage criticised for being low
 Bangladesh on Thursday nearly double the minimum wage for millions of workers in the key export garment industry, but the raise is unlikely to end weeks of protests that have disrupted production. Lab...
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Indian farmer abducted by Bangladeshi nationals
 Official sources today said Bangladeshi nationals abducted Demi Dhar (21), an Indian farmer from Rongkhum area, along the Indo-Bangla border in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills district.Rongkhum is an advers...
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Spreading the floating farmsÂ’ tradition
 CHANDRA, 29 July 2010 (IRIN) - As swollen monsoon rivers and rising sea levels threaten to engulf more land across Bangladesh, NGOs are training thousands of farmers in traditional soil-less farming o...
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Kidnapped Indian farmer in Bangladesh police custody
 Shillong, July 29 : The Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday said it was in touch with Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) officials for the safe release of an Indian farmer from Meghalaya who was abducted by Ban...
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Bangladesh court bans religion in politics
 DHAKA-- Bangladesh's Supreme Court has reinstated a ban on Islamic political parties after striking down a key constitutional amendment, law minister Shafiq Ahmed told AFP on Thursday. In a detailed v...
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'Bangladesh court bans religion in politics'
 DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh's Supreme Court has reinstated a ban on Islamic political parties after striking down a key constitutional amendment, law minister Shafiq Ahmed told AFP on Thursday....
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Bangladesh apex court wants safeguards against military rule
 Dhaka, July 29 : Bangladesh's Supreme Court has denounced the declaration of martial law in the past and has sought safeguards to end 'extra-constitutional adventures'.
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Bangladesh signs power transmission deal with India
 DHAKA (AFP) – Energy-hungry Bangladesh will begin importing power from India by late 2012 after the two countries signed a landmark electricity transmission deal, an energy official said Tuesday...
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Bangladesh constitution states military takeover never again
 The fifth amendment had legitimised the governments and military rule since killing of then president Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975, to April 9, 1979. The governments during the...
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Farmers worried as urea dealers on strike
 Fertiliser dealers in Nilphamari district refrained from receiving delivery of urea from Parbotipur buffer stock for the second day yesterday, much to the worry of farmers. Following a call by the Nil...
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Fishermen, traders count loss for want of ice
 Fishermen and fish traders in the coastal areas of Patuakhali and Barguna districts are facing losses due to storage problem as ice production has greatly reduced following frequent power cuts and low...
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When will the five kids return to mothers' lap
 Grief-stricken mothers and grandmothers of five boys, picked up by Indian Border Security Force on Friday, wail at a house of Manipur village in Haripur upazila under Thakurgaon district as the childr...
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Thousands watch as sun wears red-and-blue ring
 CAPRICE OF NATURE: A colourful ring, appearing around the sun for hours yesterday morning, offers a captivating sight for thousands of people in Dinajpur and adjoining districts. Photo: STAR
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Indian khasias again cross border, try to lift cows
 An Indian khasia, who along with nine others intruded into Bangladesh territory through Jaintapur border yesterday afternoon and tried to take away about 40 cows, was caught by locals and later handed...
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4 children drown in 3 districts
 Three schoolboys and a schoolgirl drowned in Thakurgaon, Gopalganj and Bagerhat districts on Tuesday.A school student drowned on Tuesday afternoon in the Tangon River in Thakurgaon town, reports our c...
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Lalmonirhat hearing on Nov 7
 The hearing on charge-framing against 24 mutineers of 31 Rifles Battalion under Rangpur sector will be held at the battalion headquarters in Lalmonirhat on November 7.BDR Director General Major Genera...
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9 sued in Bogra, Chandpur on charge of war crimes
 Two cases were filed against nine people in Bogra and Chandpur on Tuesday and the day before on charge of killing and arson during liberation war in 1971. In Bogra, a case was filed with a court on Tu...
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Mannan Bhuiyan a war hero, democrat
 Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan is mostly admired for his galant participation in the liberation movement and his passion for democracy. Of his 67-year lifetime, he spent around 48 years as a political activist ...
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6 die in road crashes
 At least six people were killed and three injured in separate road accidents in Kushtia, Mymensingh and Naogaon yesterday and on Tuesday.Our correspondent from Kushtia reports: The driver and helper o...
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Four fake Rab men held on mugging, abduction charges
 Members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) arrested four people on Tuesday night from Rajabari BDR check post area in Rajshahi district on charge of taking away Tk1,70,000 from a mango dealer and kidnappi...
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Hartal, rally at Shulla UZ to protest attack on chairman
 Shopkeepers at Shulla upazila headquarters in Sunamganj district kept their shutters down during half-day hartal yesterday to protest against Tuesday's attack on the upazila chairman. Movement of boat...
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All because she wanted a probe into 'graft'
 Woman Vice-Chairman of Dashmina Upazila Parishad Shamsunnahar Dolly on Tuesday alleged that she was beaten up by upazila AL Organising Secretary Iqbal Mahmud Liton in a meeting of the upazila coordina...
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Beauty's death remains a mystery
 Six days into her death, police are yet to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of the nineteen-year-old garment worker, Beauty Akhter.Beauty, an employee of Vertex Garment Ltd at Kalwala Para in...
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110 injured in two Habiganj clashes
 At least 110 people were injured in two separate clashes in Madhabpur upazila on Monday.Police and witnesses said Jasimuddin, a student of Sayed Sayeed Uddin Degree College picked up a quarrel with a ...
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Another held in Pabna cop killing case
 Police on Tuesday arrested another person for his alleged involvement in the killing of three policemen at Daspara in Bera upazila on July 20.The arrestee is Md Sayem Uddin, 35, son of Amjad Mondol of...
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BNP procession August 9
 The main opposition party BNP will bring mass procession on August 9 in the capital as part of its current anti-government movement. Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, also leader of the opposition in par...
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Square to prepare insulin
 Square Pharmaceuticals organises an orientation of its insulin brand Ansulin at the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel on July 26. Photo: courtesy by Square Pharmaceuticals
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Try war criminals to protect country from communalism
 Speakers at a roundtable yesterday said trial of the war criminals must be held and the non-communal spirit of the 1972 constitution will have to be upheld to protect the country from terrorism and co...
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Class boycott at Comilla Medical College
 Academic activities of Comilla Medical College at Kuchaitoli in Sadar upazila were disrupted on Tuesday due to boycott by students.Classes and first year examinations of the college could not be held ...
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Ataul Karim passes away
 Former foreign secretary AHS Ataul Karim passed away due to lung cancer at the Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital in the city early hours of Wednesday at the age of 78.He left behind his two sons, a...
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Plan to run vessel service with Malaysia
 The government plans to introduce water vessel between Bangladesh and Malaysia to ease communication between the two countries.While speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of a new wate...
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Help needy people, rebuild nation
 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed increasing the number of scouts to 15 lakh by 2013 from the existing 10 lakh.She advised the scouts to help the needy people and take part in rebuildin...
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Saarc Food Bank meet begins Oct 27
 Saarc Food Bank's fourth meeting will be held on October 27-28 in Dhaka, which is likely to clear the way for making the bank operational to address any food crisis in South Asia.The Ministry of Food ...
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