BangladeshSun.comFriday 19th February 2010Edition 50/2010

BangladeshSun.comFriday 19th February 2010Edition 50/2010


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US offers Dhaka alternative to controversial trade tie

Dhaka, Feb 19 (IANS) The US has offered Bangladesh an alternative forum to the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) about which the latter has shown reluctance in the...







Dhaka, Delhi get moving on power grid connectivity

Dhaka, Feb 19 (IANS) The Bangladesh government will invite tenders this month for installation of a transmission line that will be connected to the power grid of India to facilitate the purchase of 250 MW of...

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 121 runs in Hamilton Test

Hamilton (New Zealand), Feb.19 : New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 121 runs in the one-off cricket Test here on...

Bangladesh attacks Rohingyas, rights groups say

Stateless Rohingya refugees who fled oppression in their native Myanmar are being beaten and driven from their makeshift homes in neighbouring Bangladesh, rights and humanitarian groups said on...

Bangladesh 3G hopefuls will line up for beauty contest

Bangladesh's telecom minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju has told journalists that 3G licences will be awarded via a qualitative ‘beauty contest’ procedure rather than a straightforward monetary...

Thai diplomat dies in Bangladesh road accident

DHAKA: A Thai diplomat has been killed in northern Bangladesh when her vehicle — part of a convoy accompanying Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn — had a fatal head on collision, police...

Thai diplomat dead in Dhaka crash

A senior Thai diplomat in Bangladesh has been killed in a road accident near the capital, Dhaka, officials say.They say that deputy Thai embassy head Pannee Lickanajule died when the vehicle she was...

Rohingyas reported beaten, evicted in Bangladesh

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Stateless Rohingya refugees who fled oppression in their native Myanmar are being beaten and driven from their makeshift homes in neighbouring Bangladesh, rights and humanitarian...