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  • BCB chief Bangladesh may lose ICC membership if it doesnt follow guidelines

    The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief Nazmul Hassan has warned the board's officials that it may lose membership if the election guidelines are not followed as instructed by the ICC. The ICC had amended its election guidelines in order to reduce government interference in electing officials to the board and accordingly BCB had to amend its constitution in March 2012, the Daily Times ...

  • Brit Muslim accused of war crimes in Bangladesh willing to clear name in fair trial

    A British Muslim leader from London indicted in Bangladesh for war crimes has said he is willing to face a fair trial to clear his name. Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, who was born in Bangladesh, is accused of playing a role in the abduction and killing of 18 people during the 1971 liberation war from Pakistan. According to the BBC, the 64-year-old, who lives in north London with his wife and four ...

  • Bangladesh snatching bank from poor Yunus

    Grameen Bank from the poor after it raised its stake in the pioneering micro-lender. In an opinion piece published in all major Bangladeshi dailies, the ...

  • Players commit to playing in Dhaka League

    Bangladesh's professional cricketers have withdrawn their threat to boycott the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. The decision was taken after assurances from the Bangladesh Cricket Board that the new gradation- and rotation-based system of players' transfers would only be applicable to this ...

  • AP PHOTOS For amputees wounds from Bangladesh garment factory collapse will never fade

    SAVAR, Bangladesh -- It was the worst disaster in the history of the garment industry. When the Rana Plaza factory building crashed down in April, 1,129 people were killed. But many others had to sacrifice their limbs to survive. Arms and legs were trapped under the building rubble, forcing rescuers with no medical training to perform amputations on the spot to free the victims. No anesthesia ...

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Frailty

Frailty is a thriller about the horrors involved in following the dire commandments of a vengeful god. Told in flashback through the mouth of an unreliable narrator, it spins a dark tale about a loving, widower father who believes that God is speaking to him in visions and commanding him and his two young sons to destroy demons who look like normal people. The crux of the story, then, is t ... ...

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  • Bangladesh should not let Grameen Bank be snatched away from the poor Yunus

    The Grameen Bank Commission is going to organise a workshop at BIAM Auditorium on July 2 to discuss its recommendations for legal changes to the Grameen Bank structure. It has been announced that Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith will deliver his valuable comments about his experience in this regard. There will be a discussion with experienced and distinguished persons of the country at the ...

  • Climate gnaws at Bangladesh says World Bank

    Dhaka (The Daily Star/ANN) - Bangladesh will become one of the worst-affected South Asian countries due to global warming, says the World Bank. With rising sea levels, extreme heat, and more intense cyclones threatening food production, livelihoods and infrastructure, the warming climate will also slow poverty alleviation, says the global lender. The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ...

  • Climate gnaws at Bangladesh

    Bangladesh will become one of the worst-affected South Asian countries due to global warming, says the World Bank. With rising sea levels, extreme heat, and more intense cyclones threatening food production, livelihoods and infrastructure, the warming climate will also slow poverty alleviation, says the global lender. The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics ...

  • Psychological distress may explain ‘ghost’ sighting at Bangladeshi garment factory

    As AFP reports , 3,500 workers stopped work at the plant in Gazipur, north of Dhaka on Tuesday. They smashed furniture as they protested and demanded action to remove the ghost. "The agitating workers refused to join duty and vandalised the factory after the management did not take any steps to drive out the ghost," Gazipur industrial police inspector Showkat Kabir told AFP. ...

  • Bangladeshs pioneering bank faces increasingly foggy future

    DHAKA -- Bangladesh's pioneering microlender faces an uncertain future after a commission proposed the government take over or break up the Nobel-award-winning bank, analysts said ...

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