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13 killed in Bangladesh ferry capsize
At least 13 persons were killed after a ferry capsized in Sondha river in Bangladesh’s Barisal district on Wednesday, media reported. The launch ‘ML Oishee’ capsized while passengers were boarding it around noon at Banariparha Upazila’s Dasherhaat point terminal, bdnews quoted a district police official as saying. "At least 18 persons are missing as the …
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September 21, 2016 -
Bangladesh economist World Bank’s new head in India
Junaid Ahmad, the former chief of staff for World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, has been appointed as World Bank’s new country director for India. Junaid Ahmad, a Bangladeshi economist, has taken over as the World Bank’s new country director for India, replacing Onno Ruhl who completed his four-year term. Ahmad was formerly the …
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September 21, 2016 -
India to ferry more petroleum products to Tripura via B’desh
After the first round of shipment of diesel and cooking gas to Tripura via Bangladesh on September 10, India will ferry more petroleum products through the same route over the next two weeks, officials here said on Tuesday. "Twelve LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas)-laden trucks would carry the cooking gas from Guwahati to northern Tripura via …
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September 20, 2016 -
‘Acts of terror in Bangladesh also impact India’
Any incident of terror taking place in Bangladesh has implications for India as well, says Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla. "Although there is not sufficient evidence of cross-border terror activity, consequential effect of a horrific incident taking place in Bangladesh can be on India as well, as we share a long land …
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September 19, 2016 -
Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib narrowly escapes copter crash
Bangladeshi ace cricketer Shakib Al Hasan had a narrow escape on Friday morning when the helicopter he was travelling in crashed on its return journey, media reports said. Shakib and his wife Umme Ahmed Shishir flew to Tulip Sea Pearl Beach Resort, near Inani sea-beach in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, for a television commercial shoot. …
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September 16, 2016 -
England call up three uncapped players in Test squad for Bangladesh tour
England have included three uncapped cricketers — Ben Duckett, Haseeb Hameed and Zafar Ansari — in their 17-man squad for the Test series against Bangladesh in a bid to give the untested ones a run-in in the away series. The England selectors also named a 15-man squad for the One-Day series next month. Opener Hameed, …
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September 16, 2016 -
‘Unlike dengue, chikungunya not fatal’
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said unlike dengue, chikungunya in itself cannot cause death, even as the city continued to grapple with the vector-borne disease that has claimed at least ten lives. He said Union Health Minister J P Nadda supports his opinion in this regard. Jain however, added he was "not competent" to ascertain …
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September 15, 2016 -
India ferries petroleum products via Bangladesh for Tripura
India for the first time on Saturday transported petroleum products through Bangladesh to Tripura, officials said. Tripura Industries and Commerce Minister Tapan Chakraborty and other state and central government officials received the tanker trucks at Kailashahar along the India-Bangladesh border at around 11 p.m. on Saturday. Bangladesh had earlier allowed India to ferry heavy machineries …
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September 10, 2016 -
Bangladesh happy as two-tier Test plan shelved
Bangladesh has heaved a sigh of relief at the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision to put the proposal for a two-tier Test structure "off the table" and the country’s future in Test cricket is "not heading for uncertainty". The game’s governing body withdrew the proposal in an ICC meeting in Dubai on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com. …
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September 8, 2016 -
Coal India talking to Bangladesh for fuel exports
State miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) is engaged in intense consultations with Bangladesh to export coal to the neighbouring country, the government said on Tuesday. "We are already into it and they (CIL) are in very deep consultations with Bangladesh for exporting it," Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said inaugurating a coal summit here organised by …
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September 6, 2016 -
Searching for Ambrose in Bangladesh, says Walsh
Bowling coach Courtney Walsh is keen to help Bangladesh produce a pacer duo in the mould of him and his compatriot Curtly Ambrose who had forged a world-beating pair in the 1990s. The 53-year-old Jamaican wants to be more like a mentor and less like a conventional coach to Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. "I don’t see …
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September 5, 2016 -
Bangladesh executes war criminal Mir Quasem
Bangladesh on Saturday executed another top Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali for war crimes committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. "Ali has been hanged to death at 10.30 p.m. (local time)," the superintendent of the Kashimpur Jail said, reported Xinhua. Bangladesh on Saturday evening ordered execution of death row war criminal Quasem as …
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September 3, 2016 -
Bangladesh set to execute war criminal Mir Quasem
As Bangladesh jail authorities prepare to execute war criminal Mir Quasem Ali, his family has been asked to meet him one last time at the Kashimpur Central Jail on Saturday. The family has come to terms with the execution of Quasem, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader and one of the financiers of the fundamentalist party. Quasem on …
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September 3, 2016 -
Sonowal wants Indian Army to seal Indo-Bangla border
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday sought the help of the central government in sealing the porous Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam, and said that sealing of the international border must be completed under the supervision of the Indian Army. "The Indian Army had sealed the 700-km-long Indo-Pak border in Kashmir within six months. It …
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September 1, 2016 -
Bangladesh appoint West Indies ex-pacer Walsh as bowling coach
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday appointed former West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh as the national team’s pace bowling coach. Walsh, who boasts of a tally of 519 Test wickets, has signed a three-year contract to stay with Bangladesh until the 2019 World Cup, the board confirmed, reports bdnews24.com. The West Indies Cricket …
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September 1, 2016 -
Hasina defends Indo-Bangla power plant
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday allayed environmental concerns over the coal- fired power plant to be set up jointly with India near the Sundarbans and warned opposition BNP that attempts to create anarchy on the issue will be scuttled with an "iron hand". "Let me tell you one thing, I would have been …
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August 27, 2016 -
Bangladesh arrests 6 militants for carrying out deadly attacks
Six Islamist militants responsible for a series of deadly attacks in Bangladesh, including one behind the brutal killing of a secular publisher last year, have been arrested, police said on Wednesday. Police said Moinul Islam Shamim, the prime suspect in the murder of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan, has been arrested. Shamim has been described as …
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August 24, 2016