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  • Mass psychogenic illness hits Bangladesh factory workers

    Bangladesh factory workers have been reportedly hit by 'mass psychogenic illness' and have not fallen sick due to contaminated water. According to the Christian Science Monitor, 450 garment workers fell ill at the Starlight Sweater factory near Dhaka due to possible contamination, but doctors say that 'mass hysteria' is to be blamed for the recent outbreak of sickness and not water ...

  • Bangladesh approves $154 million for power textile investments

    DHAKA, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:56pm EDT DHAKA, June 18 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's central bank approved $154 million worth of investment on Tuesday to boost electricity supply and enable a number of textile investments. The move was made by the Investment Scrutiny Committee dealing with approvals of private sector foreign borrowing at a meeting presided over by bank governor ...

  • Nadir Shah issues mercy letter to BCB

    10-year ban after a BCB investigation found him guilty of corruption after a Indian TV channel's sting operation in 2012. "I have submitted a mercy letter addressing the board president [Nazmul Hassan], and it [has been] received by the [acting] CEO [Nizamuddin Ahmed]," Shah said. "I have asked to lift the ban that the cricket board has issued against me as I have already ...

  • Bangladeshs Grameen Bank may be broken up

    Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus speaks to the press at the Elysee Palace in Paris, last October. 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 ...

  • Shattered dreams for Bangladesh garment workers

    TEKANI,Bangladesh Moushumi's family now has one of the largest homes in their village; two bedrooms plus a living area with walls made of sturdy brick. Her father and brother will soon have a small business out front, selling furniture her dad will make. There will be money to pay for her younger sister to get married when it's time. It is the dream of nearly every Bangladeshi garment ...

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail [Blu-Ray]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail [Blu-Ray]

In the three and a half decades since its theatrical debut, Monty Python and the Holy Grail has become a cult favorite, one of the select cinematic experiences that actually gets better and better with each subsequent viewing. The films unevenness smoo ... ...

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  • Bangladesh garment factory workers come to capital hoping to save but find mere survival a struggle

    TEKANI,Bangladesh Moushumi's family now has one of the largest homes in their village; two bedrooms plus a living area with walls made of sturdy brick. Her father and brother will soon have a small business out front, selling furniture her dad will make. There will be money to pay for her younger sister to get married when it's time. It is the dream of nearly every Bangladeshi garment ...

  • In Bangladeshs garment trade empowerment comes at $20 a week

    The slum-dwellers of Dhaka will often paint their babies' faces with heavy black crayon, exaggerating their eyes and eyebrows and colouring a large dot on their foreheads. It gives these Bangladeshi infants a strange, unearthly look of wisdom and power beyond their years. The purpose, I was told, is to offer protection from bad spirits, from envy, from the hardships of life. Growing up in ...

  • Bangladeshs pioneering bank faces uncertain future

    3 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 on Tuesday. The government commission has released a working paper on restructuring Grameen Bank, founded by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus and which has lent more than $11 billion to millions of people -- mainly ...

  • Violence and protests could derail Bangladesh elections

    Bangladesh that violence and protests could derail elections later this year, though senior government officials are adamant that the polls will be free and fair.Following street clashes last month and with oppositions parties planning a campaign of protests that will build in intensity through the summer, many are concerned that Bangladesh, the eighth most populous country in the world, will be ...

  • London summit highlights Bangladeshs potential

    Dhaka (The Daily Star/ANN) - Bangladesh's potential as a top destination for investment and the challenges it faces were highlighted at an international summit in London recently. The FinanceAsia Bangladesh Investment Summit, Europe at Grosvenor House in London on June 11 underscores Bangladesh's steady journey towards greater affluence and economic growth. The first of its kind ...

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