Bangladesh's forex reserve hits all-time high Jul 1, 2008
16 billion U.S. dollars Monday which is the highest ever in the history of Bangladesh, local newspaper reported Tuesday. "The foreign exchange reserve reached the ever-highest level mainly due to significant inflow of remittances and disbursement of soft loans by multilateral donor agencies," a senior central bank official was quoted by English daily The Financial Express assaying. (Xinhuanet, China)
India's, Bangladesh's birthing pains Jan 23, 2008
Web sites about the history of Bangladesh. A recent film set during the period. (San Francisco Chronicle)
[ANN]Acting polls chief quits with commissioners Feb 3, 2007
With six election commissioners, the Aziz-led EC became the largest one ever in the history of Bangladesh, but it completely failed to build people's confidence in it for holding a free and fair election. It failed to conduct the ninth parliamentary elections scheduled for Jan 22 and formally cancelled the election in line with a decision of the present caretaker government. (Korea Herald, Korea)
Battling begums blight Bangladesh Feb 1, 2007
Her animosity is rooted in the blood-soaked early history of Bangladesh, which began as East Pakistan in 1947 and then won independence from Pakistan in 1971. Her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was the country s first leader, until he was assassinated with 17 family members in a coup in 1975. (TimesOnline)
Boro Bangladeshis toast Rep. Crowley Jan 26, 2007
"This is the most important election in the history of Bangladesh since the founding of the country in the early 1970s, and if Bangladesh misses this opportunity, we don't know what the future may hold.". There were nearly 43,000 Bangladeshi natives in New York City in 2000, according to a population report from the Department of City Planning, from a country of 147 million. (Astoria Times, NY)
