Bangladesh
Possible involvement in Lanka blasts may have made India ban JMI
The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen India became the "India chapter" of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh after the latter came under tremendous pressure from the Bangladesh government and had to shift to India.
India bans Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen of India, Bangladesh and their offshoots
They have been engaged in radicalisation and recruitment of youths for terrorist activities in India, the government notification says.
Bangladesh out to prove doubters wrong after Tri-nation series win
May 21 (ANI) - Bangladesh head coach, Steve Rodes on Tuesday said that the team's recent success in the Tri-nation series proves that the team is stronger within the squad and there's more to the side than just their big five players. "There have been two or three guys who have played special innings. If you think of Mosaddek, for...
World Cup 2019 winners to earn USD 4 million
May 17 (ANI) - Winner of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 will earn a purse of USD 4 million, the highest prize money to date, along with the trophy that the victorious team will lift at the Lord's on July 16. The total prize pot, which sits at USD 10 million, will see the runners-up assured of USD...
Every team will have dedicated anti-corruption officer during 2019 ICC World Cup
May 14, 2019 (PTI) - In a first, all the 10 participating teams of the upcoming ODI World Cup will have a dedicated anti-corruption officer attached with it to deliver a corruption-free tournament, according to a report. The report in the 'Daily Telegraph' said the ICC will attach an anti-corruption official with each team starting from warm-up matches till the...
How Bangladesh has kept Islamic radicals in check
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has mastered the art of balancing secularism and Islam and has curbed radicalism and terrorism with a mixture of guile and firmness.
Bangladesh shows impressive GDP growth but inequalities are increasing
While the government trots out statistics to show that the country’ impressive economic growth has not by-passed the poor, independent economists like Dr.Debapriya Bhattacharya see the growth leading to increasing inequalities.
Frequent weather updates by community radios keep cyclone casualties very low in Bangladesh
Dhaka, May 4 (newsin.asia): If the deadly cyclone Fani has killed only four people and injured 63 in Bangladesh, it is significantly due to the yeoman service rendered by the 13 community radio stations staffed by about 100 young men and women volunteers. Thanks to the weather broadcasts beamed every 15 minutes and volunteers on bicycles armed with torches and...
Cyclone Fani lashes Odisha as Bangladesh prepares to face it
Bangladesh has, over the years, developed expertise in disaster management and minimization of casualties, said the Bangladesh High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, Riaz Hamidullah.
Bangladesh uses community radio to minimize damage by cyclone Fani
Dhaka, May 1 (newsin.asia): Eight Community Radio Stations operating in the coastal region of Bangladesh are now continuously broadcasting to minimize the damage due to cyclone `Fani’. Already the stations broadcast 16 hours program to address the upcoming cyclone in line with Standing Orders on Disaster (SOD) of Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Information is being provided to the...
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