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  • DHAKA Reuters - Textile manufacturers in Bangladesh said they might be forced close their factories unless the government acts to provide more cash incentives and restrictions on imported yarn and fabrics from India.

    Bangladesh textile millers threaten to shut Reuters 2011

  • DHAKA, Bangladesh mdash; Bangladesh has blocked the social networking website Facebook over a page urging people to draw images of Islam

    Bangladesh Blocks Facebook Over Prophet Drawings 2010

  • DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh has blocked the social networking website Facebook over a page urging people to draw images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, joining Pakistan to become the second South Asian nation to ban the popular site over religious concerns.

    Bangladesh Blocks Facebook Over Prophet Drawings 2010

  • DHAKA, Bangladesh mdash; An electrical explosion plunged a neighborhood of Bangladesh

    Bangladesh Fire Kills 116, Injures Over 100 2010

  • DHAKA, Bangladesh -- The data collection form to be used for the survey in the pilot project on developing a National Database on Persons with Disabilities in Bangladesh has been approved by the Ministry of Social Welfare, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on May 15, 2008.

    Bangladesh surveys disabled people to build a country-wide database BA Haller 2008

  • DHAKA, Bangladesh — An electrical explosion plunged a neighborhood of Bangladesh's capital in darkness and ignited a shop of flammable chemicals, creating a massive inferno that killed at least 117 – including 15 members of a wedding party – and injured more than 100 others.

    Bangladesh Fire Kills 116, Injures Over 100 2010

  • DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh has blocked the social networking website Facebook over a page urging people to draw images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, joining Pakistan to become the second South Asian nation to ban the popular site over religious concerns.

    Bangladesh Blocks Facebook Over Prophet Drawings 2010

  • DHAKA, Bangladesh AP A devastating blaze raced through a multistory garment factory near Bangladesh's capital on Tuesday, killing as many as 25 people and injuring more than 100, witnesses and news reports said.

    25 reported killed in Bangladeshi factory blaze 2010

  • Pavel Rahman/Associated Press MOURNING IN DHAKA: A Bangladeshi army officer cried as he carried the coffin of a colleague in a funeral in Dhaka Monday.

    Today's Photos: March 2 2009

  • DHAKA: Lawyers for Bangladesh's last elected Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said on Sunday they would seek an adjournment in a tax evasion case against her, saying they need more time to prepare.

    Ex-Bangladesh PM seeks to delay tax fraud case 2007

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