Tag: bangladesh
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Bsf Nabs 4 With 7kg Gold Worth 4.7cr | Kolkata News – Times of India
[ad_1] Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) at Gede on Friday seized nearly 7 kg gold worth Rs 4.7 crore when smugglers tried to sneak into India from Bangladesh. The consignment was headed for Kolkata. BSF personnel have arrested four persons, including the dealer who came to collect the consignment. According to BSF sources, the…
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Sri Lanka remains in control of 1st cricket test against Bangladesh at lunch on 3rd day
[ad_1] SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — Captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis hit half-centuries as Sri Lanka reached 233-6 at lunch on Day 3 to take control of the series-opening cricket test against Bangladesh on Sunday. De Silva was not out on 85 while Kamindu was on 50, helping the side extend its lead to…
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Frontline On Air | India in the South Asian neighbourhood: Friendship or friction?
[ad_1] LISTEN: A churn in South Asia is occurring when there are fundamental structural shifts under way. The economic shock of COVID-19 in 2020-2021 and subsequent escalating debt burdens, the ongoing Ukraine war now in its third year, and, in 2023, the eruption of the Gaza conflict, repeatedly jolted the economies of all countries in…
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Kolkata lawyer is the only Indian in Commonwealth team to oversee Bangladesh elections | Kolkata News – Times of India
[ad_1] KOLKATA: As Bangladesh held a general election on Sunday, an advocate and special public prosecutor from Kolkata was part of the ten-member Commonwealth Expert Team (CET) that is in Bangladesh to witness the electoral process in the country. The lawyer-Sabyasachi Banerjee is the only Indian in the team led by Bruce Golding–the former Prime…
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Muhammad Yunus: ‘Banker to the poor’ embroiled in battle for integrity
[ad_1] The Nobel Prize winner’s public profile in Bangladesh has earned him the hostility of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is celebrated around the world for helping millions of people out of poverty but at home in Bangladesh, he has a powerful enemy. The 83-year-old, known as the “banker to…
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Ahead Of Bangladeshs General Election Opposition BNP Calls For 48-Hour Strike
[ad_1] Ahead of the January 7 general elections in Bangladesh, the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), issued a call for a 48-hour nationwide ‘hartal’ (general strike) commencing on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s “illegal government,” the Dhaka Tribune reported. Under the leadership of former Prime Minister Khaleda…
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Home Office awards grants to raise awareness of Windrush support schemes
[ad_1] Some £150,000 has been pledged to community organisations supporting people understand the Windrush Status and Windrush Compensation Schemes. [ad_2] Source link
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She’s got one of the world’s ‘worst’ passports but still managed to visit more than 100 countries
[ad_1] Maliha Fairooz said her first memory of traveling was from Bangladesh to London when she was four years old. “Most kids, when they’re on an airplane, they’re crying and throwing tantrums,” she said. “But not me — I was so excited. I remember flying through the clouds, looking down at the sky and thinking…
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Bangladesh undergoing the worst ever dengue outbreak: Key points | The Times of India
[ad_1] A densely populated country in South Asia, Bangladesh is currently suffering because of a severe dengue outbreak. The dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection transmitted by the Aedes mosquito and is turning into a grave danger for the people infected and residents of Bangladesh. Currently, it is not just the infected people who…