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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Bangladesh</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bhutan wants to host SAARC summit after Maldives backs out</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bhutan wants to host the 16th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit next April 28-29 in Thimphu as the Maldives, which was to host it, has expressed its inability to arrange the gathering due to the current economic recession.



Unnamed diplomatic sources told New Age newspaper Wednesday that the Himalayan nation had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dhaka to get on to Asian highway</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dhaka-to-get-on-to-asian-highway-64827/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh is to sign the Asian Highway pact, shedding its suspicion that the route devised by a UN body would allow neighbouring India a transport &#8216;corridor&#8217; to its northeastern region.



Discussions began Thursday as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina&#8217;s government has decided to change the official line set by the previous government of Khaleda Zia.


Bangladesh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 2,500 border guards arrested since mutiny, says Bangladesh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/over-2500-border-guards-arrested-since-mutiny-says-bangladesh-64504/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 01:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Over 2,500 border guard personnel have been arrested in connection with the Feb 26 mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said Tuesday.



Khan, who was tasked with the inquiry into the incident, said: &#8216;At least 1,398 members of the BDR have been arrested in Dhaka, while 1,581 more were held in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arms haul: Dhaka to question former ministers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/arms-haul-dhaka-to-question-former-ministers-64285/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 13:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Several ministers in the former Khaleda Zia government may be questioned in the sensational Chittagong arms haul that was meant for Indian insurgents, a media report Tuesday quoted the public prosecutor as telling a court.



Two former Bangladesh Army generals, who oversaw the aborted operation in April 2004 and were nabbed last week, are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar outfit trained Bangladesh Islamist militants: Report</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/myanmar-outfit-trained-bangladesh-islamist-militants-report-64268/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 12:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - A banned Myanmarese insurgent group has been training Bangladesh&#8217;s Islamist militants since the 1980s, a newspaper report said Tuesday.



Banned Bangladeshi outfit Jama&#8217;atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has had close links with the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO), an insurgent group operating in the Arakan state of Myanmar, JMB&#8217;s explosives&#8217; expert &#8216;Boma&#8217; Mizan revealed during interrogation. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dhaka to prosecute 2 former spy chiefs smuggling arms for Indian rebels</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dhaka-to-prosecute-2-former-spy-chiefs-smuggling-arms-for-indian-rebels-64026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Two former Bangladesh Army generals, who headed the National Security Intelligence (NSI), will be prosecuted for facilitating the landing of Chinese arms meant for insurgents in India&#8217;s northeast and for trying to smuggle these arms into India.



Major General Rezakul Haider Chowdhury and Brigadier General Abdur Rahim, both retired, were picked up from their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dhaka politicians, media find Indian poll verdict encouraging</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dhaka-politicians-media-find-indian-poll-verdict-encouraging-64012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 13:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - The government, the opposition and the media of Bangladesh have reacted positively to the poll verdict in India with a leading newspaper calling it &#8216;encouraging news&#8217; for the South Asian region.



The Daily Star newspaper took note of the rout of &#8216;communalistic&#8217; Bharatiya Janata Party and of the Left parties, particularly in West Bengal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh premier cleared of extortion charge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bangladesh-premier-cleared-of-extortion-charge-63937/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 21:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - A Bangladeshi court Sunday cleared Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed of an extortion charge brought against her by a businessman two years ago, court officials said.



A judge of the special court, set up during the previous military-backed government of Fakhruddin Ahmed to provide speedy trials for graft cases, mostly against politicians, ordered the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two former intelligence chiefs held in Bangladesh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/two-former-intelligence-chiefs-held-in-bangladesh-63664/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Investigators Saturday detained two former chiefs of Bangladesh&#8217;s National Security Intelligence (NSI) for their alleged connection with an aborted bid to smuggle a huge cache of arms and ammunition five years ago.



Police detectives arrested retired Major General Rezaqul Haider Chowdhury and retired Brigadier General Abdur Rahim at their homes in Dhaka early Saturday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dhaka, Moscow sign deal for nuclear power plants</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dhaka-moscow-sign-deal-for-nuclear-power-plants-62366/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 13:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh and Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate setting up nuclear power plants in Bangladesh and transfer of related technology.



Similar MoUs were signed with the US and China some months ago.


Bangladesh has been wanting to build a nuclear power reactor at Rooppur in Pabna district in its northern region [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8,000 Bangladeshi workers died abroad in past 5 years: Report</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/8000-bangladeshi-workers-died-abroad-in-past-5-years-report-61171/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/8000-bangladeshi-workers-died-abroad-in-past-5-years-report-61171/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 12:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh, whose economy depends heavily on remittances from citizens employed abroad, received over 8,000 coffins in the last five years, a report said.



Job insecurity, tension at work, poor working conditions and unhealthy food habits have been cited as among the main reasons for the deaths.


The debate over the deaths is on as Prime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graft cases against Hasina, Zia being reviewed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/graft-cases-against-hasina-zia-being-reviewed-58924/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 15:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - While Bangladesh&#8217;s courts hear the government recommendation that 11 cases against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina be dropped, a senior law officer Monday began scrutiny of documents relating to 20 graft cases against opposition leader Khaleda Zia and her family.



The cases were instituted by the military-backed caretaker government that ruled the country 2007-08. Both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dhaka could be next stop for foreign troops: Islamist leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 14:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - After Afghanistan and Iraq, Bangladesh could be the next destination of &#8216;foreign troops&#8217; engaged in battling Muslim militants, an Islamist leader has warned here.



The charge by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI)&#8217;s Ameer (chief) Motiur Rahman Nizami Saturday comes close to a similar statement by former prime minister Khaleda Zia.


The two shared power during 2001-06, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh PM&#8217;s husband dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 23:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - M.A. Wazed Miah, husband of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, died Saturday after a prolonged illness. He was 67.



Hasina was at his bedside when the end came around 4.25 p.m., at the Square Hospital, a private nursing home, prime minister&#8217;s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad said.


Miah had been battling several ailments, including high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secularism to go with bismillah in Bangladesh constitution</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/secularism-to-go-with-bismillah-in-bangladesh-constitution-55074/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/secularism-to-go-with-bismillah-in-bangladesh-constitution-55074/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh is planning to restore &#8217;secularism&#8217;, one of the four original principles of state policy, in its constitution but will also retain the Quranic expression &#8216;bismillah&#8217;, says Law Minister Shafique Ahmed.



A 2005 high court ruling had held as unconstitutional the Fifth Amendment under which &#8216;bismillah&#8217; was included and &#8217;secularism&#8217; dropped. The judgement has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hasina may expand cabinet to include allies</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hasina-may-expand-cabinet-to-include-allies-55024/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 13:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may expand her cabinet that has a majority of first-termers to add some old hands and political allies, a media report said.



She also plans to activate the Awami League that has been beset with infighting since its massive poll victory in December.


In the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament), where she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU calls for a &#8216;health democracy&#8217; in Bangladesh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/eu-calls-for-a-health-democracy-in-bangladesh-54996/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/eu-calls-for-a-health-democracy-in-bangladesh-54996/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 09:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - The European Union Thursday stressed the need for better parliamentary partnership between Bangladesh&#8217;s ruling and opposition parties for a healthy growth of the country&#8217;s nascent democracy.



&#8216;Discussions, debates and critical analyses of the problems should be there [in parliament] in a healthy democracy,&#8217; Stefan Frowein, the head of the delegation of the EU&#8217;s executive, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two former Bangladeshi ministers jailed for graft</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/two-former-bangladeshi-ministers-jailed-for-graft-54626/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 10:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - A Dhaka court Wednesday sent two former Bangladeshi ministers, convicted in absentia in graft charges, to long prison terms as they surrendered before the trial court, officials said.



Special court Judge Arifur Rahman ordered former communications minister Anwar Hossain Manju and former state minister for law Shahjahan Omar to jail on their surrender.


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		<title>Bangladesh orders probe into 2001 post-poll violence</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bangladesh-orders-probe-into-2001-post-poll-violence-54270/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 22:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - A court here Wednesday directed the Bangladesh government to constitute a commission to probe violence against religious minorities in the aftermath of general elections in 2001.



Responding to a petition by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), an independent body, a high court bench asked the government to set up the commission within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UAE compensates 879 Bangladeshi camel jockeys</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/uae-compensates-879-bangladeshi-camel-jockeys-53165/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 00:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Tuesday handed over to Dhaka compensation worth $1.43 million for 879 Bangladeshi children who once had been used as camel jockeys in the Gulf kingdom.



A UAE government delegation called on Bangladesh Home Minister Sahara Khatun and handed over to her the compensation package, a home ministry official said.


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		<title>Islamist militancy a threat in Bangladesh: US envoy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/islamist-militancy-a-threat-in-bangladesh-us-envoy-50940/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 14:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Islamist militancy continues to be a threat in Bangladesh, the US ambassador to this country has said, adding &#8216;we do have disturbing indications&#8217;.



&#8216;We do have disturbing indications. There continues to be threat in Bangladesh and my government does believe that there is a threat (of Islamist militancy),&#8217; US ambassador in Dhaka James F. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zia not to be evicted while case is heard</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/zia-not-to-be-evicted-while-case-is-heard-50921/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 13:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia has got a reprieve from being evicted from her house after the government told a court that she would not have to vacate while her petition over the matter was pending.



Zia will not be evicted while her petition is pending, the government assured the High Court, which fixed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nabbed official tried to send arms to militants in India: Dhaka</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nabbed-official-tried-to-send-arms-to-militants-in-india-dhaka-50878/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 13:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh authorities have nabbed a former senior official of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) agency and charged him with providing transport and equipment for an illegal arms consignment meant for militants in India&#8217;s northeastern region.



Sahab Uddin&#8217;s arrest Sunday followed a confessional statement by NSI&#8217;s field officer Akbar Hossain Khan who is being questioned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India gives Bangladesh list of terrorist suspects</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 02:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - New Delhi Sunday handed to Dhaka a list of suspected Indian terrorists believed to be hiding in Bangladesh, the Indian high commissioner here said.



Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Bangladeshi State Minister for Home Affairs Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj, India&#8217;s Pinak Ranjan Chakravarti said: &#8216;We have also requested the authorities to step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Bangladesh premier to challenge eviction notice</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-bangladesh-premier-to-challenge-eviction-notice-50490/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 01:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh&#8217;s former prime minister Khaleda Zia has challenged a government notice requiring her to vacate her lease-hold residence in the Dhaka cantonment, officials said Sunday.



The Dhaka High Court will listen to the petition seeking to overturn the government eviction notice early next week. Notice to vacate the cantonment house by May 5 was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terrorism still a concern in Bangladesh, says US envoy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 01:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - The US government believes that Islamist militancy is still a major concern in Bangladesh, the US ambassador in Dhaka said Sunday.



&#8216;We do have disturbing indications. There continues to be a threat in Bangladesh and my government does believe that there is a threat,&#8217; James F. Moriarty told reporters in the South Asian country.


Referring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition calls on Bangladesh&#8217;s government to quit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/opposition-calls-on-bangladeshs-government-to-quit-49318/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 01:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh&#8217;s mainstream opposition leader Khaleda Zia Saturday asked her arch political rival Sheikh Hasina&#8217;s four-month-old government to quit over failure in &#8216;curbing terrorism and easing the power and water crisis&#8217;.



&#8216;Relinquish power as there is still time, don&#8217;t compel the people to drive you away. You have miserably failed to deliver in the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical storm kills 11 in Bangladesh</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 01:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - At least 11 people were killed and scores injured in Bangladesh as the season&#8217;s first northwester swept many parts of the country Saturday, officials said.



Most of the casualties were caused by the collapse of their thatched houses, and lightning. The storm damaged crops on a vast tract of land in the north and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh welcomes US recognition of its religious tolerance</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bangladesh-welcomes-us-recognition-of-its-religious-tolerance-48778/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 13:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - The Bangladesh government has welcomed a US Congressional panel&#8217;s move to drop it from a list of countries deemed to violate the religious freedom of minorities.



The decision is a vindication of the Sheikh Hasina-led new government&#8217;s determination to protect minorities, a spokesman for the prime minister&#8217;s office said here Friday.


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		<title>Dhaka politicians ask courts to drop &#8216;motivated&#8217; cases</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dhaka-politicians-ask-courts-to-drop-motivated-cases-47190/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - With restoration of democracy after last December&#8217;s election, Bangladesh&#8217;s politicians are approaching the judiciary to drop criminal cases filed against them by the previous military-backed caretaker government, saying they were &#8216;politically motivated&#8217;.



A month after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approached the court to drop 11 &#8216;politically motivated&#8217; cases against her and her associates, her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hasina may change tour plan to meet Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 13:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is scheduled to go to North America next week, may change her itinerary to meet US President Barack Obama, a  report said.



Eager to meet Obama, she may visit the US first instead of Canada, provided she gets an appointment from the White House, New Age newspaper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laws discriminatory to minorities to be repealed: Bangladesh</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her government will repeal all laws and rules discriminatory to minority communities, including indigenous people.



&#8216;Our government believes in freedom of all religious faiths and equal opportunities for all,&#8217; Hasina told a visiting French military delegation Wednesday.


Hasina said the government would ensure protection of freedom of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh to bring home killers of its founder</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh&#8217;s Awami League-led alliance government will bring back home from abroad the fugitive killers of the country&#8217;s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to face a court verdict, a junior minister said Wednesday.



&#8216;To bring the killers back home, the government will also sign extradition deals with countries which do not have such agreements with Bangladesh,&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh charges British official with terror funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Investigators Tuesday formally charged the head of a British charity and 10 Bangladeshi agents with financing terrorism in the guise of operating a religious school in Bangladesh.



A court in southern Bhola district accepted the report on last month&#8217;s cache of arms recovered from a madrassa (religious school) and orphanage run by the Green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Bangla border guards&#8217; ammunition may reach Indian militants&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - A former chief of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) has said the ammunition and explosives that went missing during the troopers&#8217; mutiny could have been smuggled to militant groups in northeastern India, raising concerns in both countries.



&#8216;The missing weapons could reach the hands of terrorists and other criminals, and could even be smuggled to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dhaka worried BDR ammunition could reach militants in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - A former chief of the Bangladesh Rifle (BDR) has said the ammunition and explosives that went missing during the troopers&#8217; mutiny could have been smuggled to militant groups in northeastern India, fuelling Dhaka&#8217;s worries.



&#8216;The missing weapons could reach the hands of terrorists and other criminals, and could even be smuggled into neighbouring countries&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Over 33 militant outfits active in Bangladesh&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/over-33-militant-outfits-active-in-bangladesh-39350/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Over 33 Islamist militant outfits are active in Bangladesh of which only four are banned, the home ministry has indicated.



The ministry is working to update information after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina twice rejected its report in recent weeks and constituted a 17-member task force to study measures to counter militancy.


She demanded a fresh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let India come to Chittagong port: Bangladesh official</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/let-india-come-to-chittagong-port-bangladesh-official-39338/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHITTAGONG - A revamped and modernised Chittagong port, Bangladesh&#8217;s largest, is ready for providing transit facilities to India and others, an official has said.



&#8216;Our port is more efficient now and has the capacity to handle the transit cargo of neighbouring countries,&#8217; Chittagong Port Authority chairman Commodore R.U. Ahmed told media Saturday on the port&#8217;s 122nd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detained BDR troopers didn&#8217;t commit suicide: Rights body</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/detained-bdr-troopers-didnt-commit-suicide-rights-body-39336/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/detained-bdr-troopers-didnt-commit-suicide-rights-body-39336/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has disputed the Bangladesh government&#8217;s claim that 16 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers, who were detained for their suspected role in the February mutiny, have committed suicide.



&#8216;Given the history of abuse by security forces in Bangladesh, there is no reason to take at face value the claim that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal celebrates Gyanendra ouster, but inter-party spats continue</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-celebrates-gyanendra-ouster-but-inter-party-spats-continue-36904/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-celebrates-gyanendra-ouster-but-inter-party-spats-continue-36904/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sudeshna Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - As Nepal Friday celebrated the third anniversary of the fall of former king Gyanendra&#8217;s army-backed regime, the celebrations were marred by discord among the major parties, a standoff between the ruling Maoists and the army, and bad blood between the former guerrillas and their southern ally India.



On April 24, 2006, Nepal&#8217;s last king [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awami League leader revolts, may face action</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/awami-league-leader-revolts-may-face-action-36517/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/awami-league-leader-revolts-may-face-action-36517/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - A senior leader of Bangladesh&#8217;s ruling Awami League (AL) may face disciplinary action for alleging that many of his colleagues were &#8216;paid agents&#8217; of the army&#8217;s intelligence wing.



Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is also AL chief, is expected to convene a meeting of the party&#8217;s Central Working Committee and issue a show-cause notice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>21 suspected women militants arrested in Bangladesh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/21-suspected-women-militants-arrested-in-bangladesh-35501/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/21-suspected-women-militants-arrested-in-bangladesh-35501/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA -  Twentyone suspected women militants and an  extremist man were arrested Thursday in the southern Barisal district by Bangladesh&#8217;s elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an official said.



RAB official Lt Commander K.M. Mamunur Rashid told the Daily Star that 22 militants, including 21 women, were rounded up while holding a meeting in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>62 ships stranded in Bangladesh port</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/62-ships-stranded-in-bangladesh-port-34797/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/62-ships-stranded-in-bangladesh-port-34797/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Sixty two cargo vessels are stranded at the Chittagong port after a ship sank Monday, blocking the only channel in the estuary leading to the port.



&#8216;We are considering a move to open an alternative channel near the location of the sunken coaster (a small ship)&#8230; We may make the attempt Thursday as, otherwise, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dhaka to seek help from neighbours to tackle militancy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dhaka-to-seek-help-from-neighbours-to-tackle-militancy-34719/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dhaka-to-seek-help-from-neighbours-to-tackle-militancy-34719/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh has said it will seek help from neighbouring countries in its fight against militancy.



A statement in this regard came from State Minister for Home Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj, who is heading a 17-member committee to coordinate action against militants and mobilise public opinion against their activities.


Sohel Taj, although a junior minister and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BNP wants Dhaka to get court order for Zia&#8217;s eviction</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bnp-wants-dhaka-to-get-court-order-for-zias-eviction-32853/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bnp-wants-dhaka-to-get-court-order-for-zias-eviction-32853/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has demanded that the Sheikh Hasina government secure a court order before enforcing a notice to evict their chief and former prime minister Khaleda Zia from her Dhaka cantonment residence.



One of Zia&#8217;s aides demanded that the government secure a court order before evicting her from her residence for which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power shortage leads to violence in Bangladesh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/power-shortage-leads-to-violence-in-bangladesh-32826/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/power-shortage-leads-to-violence-in-bangladesh-32826/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Students appearing for their annual examinations across Bangladesh sweated in the heat while thousands of workers here fought pitched battles with the police demanding restoration of power supply.



Thousands of people Tuesday rampaged through Araihazar in Narayanganj outside the national capital, blocking roads and attacking a police camp and two power stations, to protest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladeshi militants threaten UN workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bangladeshi-militants-threaten-un-workers-31711/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bangladeshi-militants-threaten-un-workers-31711/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - An Islamist militant body has asked officials of United Nations and other international organisations to stop work and immediately leave Barisal district in southern Bangladesh, the police said.



The Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) threatened the officials of the United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (Unicef), International Federation of the Red Crescent (IFRC) and World Food Programme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Bangladesh PM Zia told to quit home within 15 days</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-bangladesh-pm-zia-told-to-quit-home-within-15-days-31690/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-bangladesh-pm-zia-told-to-quit-home-within-15-days-31690/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh&#8217;s opposition leader and former prime minister Khaleda Zia has been given 15 days to leave her home, in which she has lived since the early 1980s, or face eviction.



Her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has reacted in anger to the eviction notice and vowed to step up its protest rallies against the action [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh Rifles&#8217; troopers back in uniform</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bangladesh-rifles-troopers-back-in-uniform-31657/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bangladesh-rifles-troopers-back-in-uniform-31657/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers stationed at the headquarters here have been allowed to wear their uniform, two months after hundreds of them staged a mutiny in which 55 army officers were killed.



The BDR personnel at Pilkhana, the headquarters of the 67,000-strong force on the outskirts of the national capital, were barred from wearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh announces $500 mn recession relief package</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bangladesh-announces-500-mn-recession-relief-package-30969/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bangladesh-announces-500-mn-recession-relief-package-30969/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Bangladesh Sunday announced an economic stimulus package worth over $500 million to offset the fallout of global economic meltdown, officials said.



Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith announced the package amounting to $500 million for the fourth quarter of the current fiscal to increase subsidies in power, agriculture and export sectors.


&#8216;The package will be implemented in [...]]]></description>
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