Bangladesh has discovered oil in two old gas fields in the country's northeastern region with an extractable reserve worth $5.5 billion, the chairman of state-owned Petrobangla said Monday.
The post- Liberation War generation of Bangladesh know stories from 1971 all too well. Our families are framed and bound by the history of this war. What Bangladeshi family has not been touched by the passion, famine, murders and blood that gave birth to a new nation as it seceded from Pakistan? Bangladesh was one ...
Bangladesh central bank not interested in India's swap fundshttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAURb_wgt./SIG=14nl2ls9g/EXP=1337698202/**http%3a//asianewsnetwork.feedsportal.com/c/33359/f/566601/s/1f893598/l/0L0Sasianewsnet0Bnet0Chome0Cnews0Bphp0Did0F30A890A/story01.htmhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAURb_wgt./SIG=14nl2ls9g/EXP=1337698202/**http%3a//asianewsnetwork.feedsportal.com/c/33359/f/566601/s/1f893598/l/0L0Sasianewsnet0Bnet0Chome0Cnews0Bphp0Did0F30A890A/story01.htmSun, 20 May 2012 19:55:25 -0700
Bangladesh's balance of payments (BOP) is in stress, but the country's central bank is not interested at the moment in "swap funds" offered by India due to relatively high interest rates. Swap loans .....
Major jute market awaits Bangladeshhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAUhb_wgt./SIG=14mj6t78g/EXP=1337698202/**http%3a//asianewsnetwork.feedsportal.com/c/33359/f/566601/s/1f928dae/l/0L0Sasianewsnet0Bnet0Chome0Cnews0Bphp0Did0F30A963/story01.htmhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAUhb_wgt./SIG=14mj6t78g/EXP=1337698202/**http%3a//asianewsnetwork.feedsportal.com/c/33359/f/566601/s/1f928dae/l/0L0Sasianewsnet0Bnet0Chome0Cnews0Bphp0Did0F30A963/story01.htmMon, 21 May 2012 20:25:06 -0700
Bangladesh has immense potential to harness opportunities in the jute sector with fast rise in the use of environment friendly fibre. The second biggest producer of jute after India, Bangladesh is gl .....
Bangladesh discovers 137 mn barrels of oilhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAUxb_wgt./SIG=1335ljoce/EXP=1337698202/**http%3a//in.news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-discovers-137-mn-barrels-oil-130942207.htmlhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAUxb_wgt./SIG=1335ljoce/EXP=1337698202/**http%3a//in.news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-discovers-137-mn-barrels-oil-130942207.htmlSun, 20 May 2012 06:09:42 -0700
Dhaka, May 20 (IANS) The Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation - popularly known as Petrobangla - Sunday announced the discovery of 137 million barrels of oil in two old gas fields in the country's northeastern Sylhet district.
Bangladesh tribals fear linguistic 'genocide'http://news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-tribals-fear-linguistic-genocide-053123853.html;_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAVBb_wgt.http://news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-tribals-fear-linguistic-genocide-053123853.html;_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAVBb_wgt.Sat, 12 May 2012 22:31:23 -0700
Bangladesh can justly claim to be a nation born of language, but its status as a cradle of linguistic diversity is under threat from nationalist pride and economic growth.
Bangladesh's trade deficit widens to $7 bnhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAVRb_wgt./SIG=1310ogr8f/EXP=1337698202/**http%3a//in.news.yahoo.com/bangladeshs-trade-deficit-widens-7-bn-012422052.htmlhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAVRb_wgt./SIG=1310ogr8f/EXP=1337698202/**http%3a//in.news.yahoo.com/bangladeshs-trade-deficit-widens-7-bn-012422052.htmlSun, 20 May 2012 18:24:22 -0700
Dhaka, May 21 (IANS) Bangladesh's trade deficit swelled to 6.59 billion in the first three quarters of the current fiscal year ending next month, a 13.04 percent increase from a year earlier, official statistics showed Sunday.
Opposition in Bangladesh protests over government's jailing of activists, missing leaderhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAVhb_wgt./SIG=13clrb3u8/EXP=1337698202/**http%3a//www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/20/bangladesh-opposition-protests-jailed-activists/http://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAVhb_wgt./SIG=13clrb3u8/EXP=1337698202/**http%3a//www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/20/bangladesh-opposition-protests-jailed-activists/Sun, 20 May 2012 01:55:49 -0700
Hundreds of opposition protesters rallied Sunday in Bangladesh's capital to demand that authorities release 33 of their leaders and find a missing opposition official.
Bangladesh Opposition Protests Jailed Activistshttp://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAVxb_wgt./SIG=13q8erakh/EXP=1337698202/**http%3a//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/bangladesh-opposition-protests-jailed-activists-16388374http://news.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAVxb_wgt./SIG=13q8erakh/EXP=1337698202/**http%3a//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/bangladesh-opposition-protests-jailed-activists-16388374Sun, 20 May 2012 01:55:58 -0700
Opposition in Bangladesh protests over government's jailing of activists, missing leader
Bangladesh announces probe into Grameen Bank unitshttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/bangladesh-announces-probe-grameen-bank-090340347.html;_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAWBb_wgt.http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bangladesh-announces-probe-grameen-bank-090340347.html;_ylt=A2KLOzEaN7tPAEIAWBb_wgt.Wed, 16 May 2012 02:28:38 -0700
Bangladesh has ordered a four-member commission to investigate 54 businesses linked to the pioneering microlender Grameen Bank founded by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.The probe came weeks after Finance ...