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  • Bangladesh allows transit for foodgrains for northeast India

    In a major policy change, Bangladesh will allow India ferry foodgrains for the mountainous northeastern states via its territory, a Tripura minister said here. "Initially, the Bangladesh government has agreed to transport 10,000 tonnes of foodgrains for Tripura through its territory," Tripura Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bhanulal Saha told IANS. "The Bangladesh government issued necessary ...

  • Big Backlash in Bangladesh Workers Escalate Demands for Better Working Conditions

    The future of Bangladesh lies in the power of international cooperation and the implementation of concrete political measures to end unfair labor ...

  • Bangladesh paralysed by opposition strike

    Police say opposition activists have set offhomemade bombs and damaged several vehicles in Bangladesh's capital as theylaunched a general strike demandingresignation ofPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina before general elections, which aredue early next year. Police official Monirul Islam said no one had been injured in Sunday's incidents, and more than10,000 security forceswere deployed in ...

  • Opposition parties enforce general strike in Bangladesh demanding leader resign before vote

    DHAKA, Bangladesh - Police say opposition activists have set off homemade bombs and smashed several vehicles in Bangladesh's capital as they enforce a general strike demanding that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign before general elections. Many stores and schools are closed in Dhaka on Sunday and few vehicles are plying the roads. Police official Monirul Islam says no one has been ...

  • Bangladeshs lifeline faces safety probe

    A woman cries as she sticks a poster of a a family member on the wall of a school turned makeshift morgue for Rana Plaza victims. Bhuiyan said MIB and other large companies with which he is familiar comply with international labor laws, but even for bigger companies, that isn’t easy."There is a tremendous pressure to maintain the minimum level of compliance," he said. "You ...

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Straw Dogs (2011)

Straw Dogs (2011)

Sam Peckinpahs Straw Dogs (1971) was one of the most controversial films of its era, primarily because its complex depictions of the extremities of human violence were largely misunderstood, fueled in no small part by the directors own penchant for goading his critics and purpos ... ...

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  • Bangladesh mull new anti-corruption law

    The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is mulling the introduction of an anti-corruption law with the help of the law ministry to combat ill practices in Bangladesh cricket. The board's move came after the Indian government announced it would formulate a ...

  • The dark side of Japanese fashion made in Bangladesh

    Few, if any, similarities exist between the redactions of the Benghazi e-mails and the deletions and distortions made by Richard Nixon in his taped ...

  • Bangladesh The cost of fashion

    The disaster showed the terrible working conditions, and lack of safety, for millions of workers there. Both Bangladesh and the global community are coming to terms with their roles in the disaster, because whether consumers shop at Walmart or at Giorgio Armani, the clothes they buy are probably produced in Bangladesh, which is ranks number two in the world for garment ...

  • 17 killed 30 injured in road accident in Bangladesh

    At least 17 people were killed and about 30 others injured as a goods laden truck and a night passenger bus collided head on in Bangladesh's Shajahanpur sub- district of Bogra district, 197 km northwest of the capital Dhaka, on Thursday morning.Police was quoted by private news agency UNB as saying that the Dhaka bound truck collided head on with the passenger bus, leaving 11 passengers ...

  • Video In Bangladesh owner under scrutiny in deadly collapse

    More than a thousand people died because of one man - as an official inquiry into last month's garment factory collapse in Bangladesh blamed the owner for violating building codes. Many of the victims are now seeking compensation. But some workers might not receive a penny. It's been reported that their ID cards were confiscated when they got their final pay packets. ITV's ...

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