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Some 1.5 million school-age girls out of school in Bangladesh DHAKA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- About 1.5 million primary-age girls in Bangladesh still remain out of school, local newspapers The Daily Star and The Independent reported Wednesday. It was disclosed at a national consultation meeting on United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI) in Bangladesh organized by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) here on Tuesday. At the meeting, speakers said the situation is worst in...
Text of report headlined "Khaleda, Hasina Should Work Together for Democracy, Says Moriatry" published by Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star website on 15 September US Ambassador to Dhaka James Moriarty yesterday said the US hopes a free, fair and credible election is held by December with participation of all major political parties according to the EC's roadmap. "An elected government to represent all in January, which is better for democracy," he said. Welcoming the release of BNP...
Roundup: Bangladesh's food prices at tolerable level during Ramadan following government measures By Wang Xuemei DHAKA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's apex business association said Wednesday prices of most daily essentials did not increase any more during the last several days after a sharp rise on the beginning of Ramadan early this month. Actually, prices of many food items came down and some others remained stable in last few days, while prices of a few food items went up,...
Text of report by Bangladeshi broadcaster NTV on 9 September The vacation bench of the High Court has granted three month's bail to detained ex-PM Khaleda Zia in GATCO and NIKO graft cases. With this Khaleda Zia, also chief of BNP [Bangladesh Nationalist Party], secured bail in all four corruption cases. [Earlier caretaker adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman had said ex-PM Khaleda Zia will be released through legal process and had urged her lawyers to apply for bail.] Originally published by...
CAIRN Energy plans to invest nearly dollars 9.5 million (GBP 5.4m) to try to find more natural gas at Bangladesh's only offshore field at Sangu, which may be commercially exhausted by the end of next year, a senior energy official said yesterday. A representative from state-owned Petrobangla said the Edinburgh company had submitted a proposal to extend production from the field until 2011. Cairn has invested about dollars 1 billion in Bangladesh, including nearly dollars 600m in Sangu. (c)...
Bangladesh cuts public fuel cost amid oil price hike DHAKA, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladesh government Sunday cut fuel bill of its ministries and divisions by ten percent in the wake of ballooning cost of the country's oil import, leading English newspaper The Financial Express reported Monday. The finance ministry announced the decision in a notification, which also made it mandatory to convert newly procured oil-run cars into gas-run ones as gas price is lower in the country. The...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0dfbf2/bangladesh_oil_and) has announced the addition of the "Bangladesh Oil and Gas Markets Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2020" report to their offering. Bangladesh Oil and Gas Markets Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2020 Summary This profile is the essential source for top-level energy industry data and information. The report provides an overview of each of the key...
Text of report headlined "Asia Energy behind coal mine advocates" published by Bangladeshi newspaper New Age website on 26 August UK-based Asia Energy has been behind the organised campaign of a group of civil society fronts in favour of swift coal extraction in northern Bangladesh, reveals a New Age investigation. These fronts, platforms and associations, were initiated and supported by the subsidiary of Global Coal Management Resources to demonstrate public support for its proposal for an...
The international pop duo - The Green Children - Tom Bevan and Milla Sunde - have recently signed with Universal Music Group and are currently in the studio in Los Angeles with producer Stuart Brawley (Michael Jackson, Don Henley), readying their U.S. debut. This first CD project will be entitled Empower, with marketing, promotion and tour to reflect this title. In keeping with their humanitarian mission, proceeds from the sales of the CD, will be donated towards the education and healthcare...
Text of report headlined "Khaleda, Tarique denied bail in separate cases" by Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star website on 21 August, subheading as carried A Dhaka court yesterday rejected former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's bail petition in Barapukuria coalmine graft case. Another Dhaka court rejected bail prayer of her elder son BNP [Bangladesh Nationalist Party] Senior Joint Secretary-General Tarique Rahman in a corruption case concerning a fake orphanage trust. Additional Chief...
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The Greater Yellownape (Picus flavinucha) is a species of bird found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist mountain regions. The adult is large and has a prominent yellow-crested nape and throat. It is mainly a dark olive-green bird with gray underparts. The crown is brownish and the flight feathers are...
The Short-billed Minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris), is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist mountain habitats.
The Northern Plains Gray Langur (Semnopithecus entellus), is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and possibly Bhutan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Chital Deer, Axis axis, is a species of deer that is commonly found in the wooded regions of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and most of India. It is the most common species of deer in Indian forests. Other common names given to this species are the Spotted Deer, and the Axis Deer. Its coat is reddish fawn, marked with white spots, and it's under parts are white. Its antlers, which it sheds annually, are usually three-pronged and curve in a lyre shape and may extend to 30 inches. Chital...
The Mugger Crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, also called the Iranian, Marsh, or Persian Crocodile, is found throughout the Indian subcontinent and the surrounding countries. These countries include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Iran. Mainly a freshwater species, the Mugger crocodile is found in lakes, rivers and marshes. Muggers prefer slow-moving, shallower bodies of water rather than, fast-flowing, deep areas. The Mugger Crocodile is also known to thrive in man-made reservoirs and...
