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Aspirations Of Our Brave Sons Must Not Go In Vain……

Despite the proclamation of Ekushey February as the International Mother Language Day by the General Conference of the Unesco in November 1999 and its observance every year celebrating different themes since February 2000, to the Bangladeshis the signific ..more..

In Bangladesh, A New Way To Fight Cholera

Andrew Marshall
Anita Ashfaqunnesa skips over a ditch oozing with raw sewage, her spotless white shawl trailing behind her like a superhero's cape, then squeezes between shacks built on an old rubbish dump. Three years ago, she explains, this slum in northern Dhaka didn' ..more..

'Banker To The Poor' Says He Won't Quit

The CNN Wire Staff
Muhammad Yunus won a Nobel Peace Prize for the Bangladeshi bank he founded but now he finds himself in a bitter fight to retain his job. Yunus pioneered microcredit financing and founded Grameen Bank nearly three decades ago in an effort to alleviate pov ..more..

Cricket World Cup Rides Into Dhaka On A Rickshaw

Vic Marks
The Bangbandhu Stadium, bang in the middle of Dhaka and now the home of the national football team, was crammed full four hours before the rock singer Bryan Adams began clearing his throat. Outside there were thousands in the streets looking on and pinin ..more..

Power Price Hike: Consumers Reasonably And Justifiably Expect Improved Power Supply

THE Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has declared a rise in power prices in a press conference last Tuesday. The hike in power price would be considered as effective from February. The price for bulk users would rise by 11 per cent and for r ..more..