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India finalizes long-delayed land swap deal

June 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julhas Alam Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — India and Bangladesh finalized a much-delayed land swap agreement to settle a long-running border dispute on June 6. The deal — initially reached in 1974 but only recently ratified by India’s Parliament — calls for the transfer of 111 border enclaves to Bangladesh in exchange for […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Adani Power Limited, Associated Press, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, DHAKA, Energy-starved Bangladesh, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mahmood Ali, Pakistan, Reliance Group, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

Bangladesh orders N. Korean diplomat out for smuggling gold

March 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julhas Alam Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s government has ordered a North Korean diplomat to leave the country after discovering $1.4 million of unauthorized gold in his bag when he arrived at Dhaka’s airport, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday. The ministry summoned North Korean Ambassador Ri Song Hyon on Monday and […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Bangladesh, DHAKA, Foreign Ministry, Hazrat Shahjalam International Airport, North Korean Embassy, Rashidul Islam Khan, Singapore, Son Young Nam, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

Bangladeshi mom wants her twins to stay in Australia

November 25, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The mother who gave up conjoined Bangladeshi newborn twins for adoption said Saturday that she is overjoyed the toddlers have been successfully separated and wants them to grow up in Australia.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Associated Press, Australia, Children First Foundation, DHAKA, Danielle Noble, Kartik Mollick, Lovely Mollick, Moira Kelly, Vol 28 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, adoption

Bangladesh to ban begging, the poorest worry

May 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — After her husband left and monsoon rains washed away her straw hut, Rowshan Ara felt she had no choice but to head to Bangladesh’s teeming capital.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Bangladesh Development Council, DHAKA, Grameen Bank, India, Mir Md, Muhammad Yunus, Pravash Chandra Das, Qazi Kholiquzzaman, Rowshan Ara, Social Welfare, Zahedul Islam, poverty

Bangladeshis vote for first time in 7 years

December 31, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Security forces lined the streets Monday, Dec. 29, as Bangladesh voted in its first election

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2009, Chapai Nawabganj, DHAKA, Election Commission, Fakhruddin Ahmed, Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Shamsul Huda, Sheikh Hasina, Tashkina Yeasmin, Vol 28 No 2 | January 3 - January 9

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