Bangladesh

  • May 16, 2008
  • 7 min read

BANGLADESH: Regime looks for exit as popularity wanes

Elections will take place in the third week of December, the government said on May 12. The...

Bangladesh
  • May 13, 2008
  • 2 min read

BANGLADESH: Dhaka sets poll schedule

Elections will take place in the third week of December, interim government head Fakhruddin Ahmed...

Bangladesh
  • Apr 18, 2008
  • 2 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Rice hits record on market panic

Rice yesterday hit a nominal high, reaching 1,000 dollars per tonne as importers struggled to...

International
  • Mar 26, 2008
  • 13 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Developing countries face power deficit

Developing economies are encountering capacity constraints in the power sector, which in turn...

International
  • Feb 28, 2008
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Wheat's dramatic rise demands response

The price of top-quality spring wheat on February 25 hit a record high, selling for 24 dollars a...

International
  • Feb 8, 2008
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Health spending to target effectiveness

Multilateral aid agencies, official donors and private philanthropic foundations advocate huge...

International
  • Feb 8, 2008
  • 2 min read

BANGLADESH/UK: Miliband pushes Dhaka on poll pledge

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband today urged Bangladesh to fulfil a pledge to hold elections...

Bangladesh
  • Jan 9, 2008
  • 2 min read

BANGLADESH: Cabinet is changing as pressure piles up

Four members of the caretaker government yesterday resigned, including the 'advisers' holding the...

Bangladesh