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- Maintenance Error Behind Air Atlantic Icelandic Accident
- The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board AAIB of Iceland recently determined that the loss of a Boeing 747 in Bangladesh earlier this year was caused by a maintenance error. There were only minor injuries among the 307 passengers and 19 crew members during the evacuation, but the jumbo...
- Research articles 2008-09-29
- Aussie cricketer Watson to return for one-dayer
- DARWIN AFP — Injury-plagued Australian all-rounder Shane Watson is set to return in the second one-day clash against Bangladesh at the TIO Stadium on Wednesday. Watson missed the first clash of the series on Saturday due to calf soreness as Australia were reduced to only 11 available players following...
- Research articles 2008-09-02
- Corruption killing Bangladesh forests: watchdog
- DHAKA AFP — Bangladesh's jungles, including the world's largest mangrove forest the Sunderbans, are being destroyed because of rampant corruption in the nation's forest department, a graft watchdog said Monday. Transparency International TI said in its report that forest officials were engaged in illegal logging worth millions of dollars...
- Research articles 2008-08-18
- Bangladesh goes to first polls since emergency
- DHAKA AFP — Bangladesh was to hold local elections on Monday, its first polls since a state of emergency was imposed last year and a key step in plans by the army-backed government to restore democracy by the end of 2008. Voting for four city and nine town councils...
- Research articles 2008-08-03
- Bangladesh gaining land, not losing: scientists
- DHAKA AFP — New data shows that Bangladesh's landmass is increasing, contradicting forecasts that the South Asian nation will be under the waves by the end of the century, experts say. Scientists from the Dhaka-based Center for Environment and Geographic Information Services CEGIS have studied 32 years of satellite...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- Mentioned in dispatches; Book SHELF MORE FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT, Edited by Tony Grant, pounds 8.99
- FROM the secret police in Romania to honey-hunters in Bangladesh, this second collection of dispatches from the pick of the BBC's journalists, uncovers some of the stories that would otherwise never get told. The Radio 4 programme has, since its inception in 1955, developed a cult following - and...
- Research articles 2008-07-11
- "D8" developing nations adopt trade blueprint: official
- KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Leaders from the D8 group of developing nations Tuesday adopted an ambitious 10-year blueprint to substantially increase trade between their countries, an official said. "The leaders have agreed to the roadmap," a Malaysian foreign ministry official involved in the negotiations told AFP. The so-called...
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- World writers decry censorship at Swedish literary meet
- STOCKHOLM AFP — Bangladeshi novelist-in-hiding Taslima Nasreen joined international writers gathered at a literary conference in Stockholm Tuesday to deplore how censorship and persecution affect their work. "By writing books, I wanted to do something constructive ... as a result, the fundamentalists ... demanded my execution by hanging," Nasreen...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Jayasuriya, Sangakkara punish Bangladesh in Asia Cup cricket
- KARACHI AFP — Sanath Jayasuriya celebrated his 39th birthday with a spectacular century while Kumar Sangakkara also hit a hundred as Sri Lanka piled up a mammoth 332-8 against Bangladesh here on Monday in the Asia Cup. Jayasuriya hit an 88-ball 130 and Sangakkara notched 121 for his third...
- Research articles 2008-06-30
- Sri Lanka win toss and bat against Bangladesh in Asia Cup
- KARACHI AFP — Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and opted to bat in the Asia Cup Super League match against Bangladesh at National Stadium here on Monday. Titleholders Sri Lanka remained unchanged from the line-up which beat Pakistan by 64 runs on Sunday. If they win...
- Research articles 2008-06-30
- Bangladesh rickshaws get modern makeover
- DHAKA AFP — The backbreaking job of pedalling a rickshaw in Bangladesh could soon be history with a local company saying it has come up with battery-powered, rechargeable cycles. Bangladesh Diesel Plant, an agricultural farm tool manufacturer owned by the country's powerful army, says it has created an electric...
- Research articles 2008-06-23
- Bangladesh on hunt for 'wholesome' actors: official
- DHAKA AFP — Bangladesh authorities are on the hunt for a new breed of clean actors because a government crackdown on lewd movies has created a shortage of acting talent in the country, an official said Tuesday. The state-run Film Development Corporation FDC has launched the three-month search for...
- Research articles 2008-06-17
- AlwaysOn Network Bangladesh Deploys SOMA Broadband Wireless System to Connect Bangladesh Communities
- Nationwide Network Brings Affordable, Robust Internet Access to Primary Schools and Underserved Areas SINGAPORE & SAN FRANCISCO -- AlwaysOn Network Bangladesh AONB, a joint venture between Oregon-based AlwaysOn Network and an organization of nonresident Bangladeshi technologists, announced today the commercial launch of a new wireless network that will deliver...
- Research articles 2008-06-16
- Bangladesh bat first against India in cricket series
- DHAKA AFP — Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful won the toss and elected to bat against India in the last league match of the limited-overs tri-series here on Thursday. Bangladesh, who lost their first game against Pakistan, need a win to force a three-way tie and stay in contention for...
- Research articles 2008-06-12
- Detained Asif dropped by Pakistan for cricket tri-series
- LAHORE, Pakistan AFP — Pakistan dropped paceman Mohammad Asif on Wednesday for the tri-nation series in Bangladesh because he is set to remain in detention in Dubai for several more days, officials said. Promising fast-bowler Sohail Khan will take the place of the 25-year-old Asif, who was held at...
- Research articles 2008-06-04
- Over 10,000 arrested in Bangladesh crackdown: police
- DHAKA AFP — At least 10,000 people have been detained over the past week in a major crackdown on crime in emergency-ruled Bangladesh, the country's police chief told AFP Wednesday. National police chief Nur Mohammad said the operation, which is expected to last one month, was aimed at improving...
- Research articles 2008-06-03
- India rely on youth for B'desh cricket series, Asia Cup
- MUMBAI AFP — India on Friday named uncapped pair Yusuf Pathan and Pragyan Ojha in a 15-man squad for a one-day tri-series in Bangladesh and the Asia Cup in Pakistan next month. Pathan, 25, the elder brother of left-arm seamer Irfan Pathan, is a hard-hitting batsman and off-spinner who...
- Research articles 2008-05-30
- Tendulkar to miss B'desh tri-series, Asia Cup
- MUMBAI AFP — Indian batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar was on Thursday ruled out of the upcoming triangular series in Bangladesh as well as the Asia Cup due to a persistent groin injury. "Tendulkar has not recovered sufficiently from his groin injury," Indian cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah told reporters...
- Research articles 2008-05-29
- Farmers' game show is hit with city dwellers in Bangladesh
- SHAMHUGANJ, Bangladesh AFP — Traditional rural games are being revived in Bangladesh with a television show in which farmers compete to show off their skill sowing seeds, raft racing and climbing oiled banana trees. In a remote northern village tens of thousands of people gather to watch the filming...
- Research articles 2008-05-20
- At least 41 dead in Bangladesh ferry disaster: police
- GHORADIGHA, Bangladesh AFP — Rescue workers grimly searched a river for bodies on Tuesday after Bangladesh's latest ferry disaster claimed at least 41 lives, a police official said. Fire service divers were battling strong currents to reach the M.V. Nazimuddin, which sank on the Ghorautra river at a remote...
- Research articles 2008-05-13
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