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1 Killed, Dozens Hurt In Bangladesh Party Protests
DHAKA (TIP): Clashes between Bangladeshi police and opposition activists left one man dead and injured about 20 on August 14 in the second day of a nationwide general strike, television stations reported. Police used night […]
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Famous Indian nuclear physicist Homi Jehangir Bhabha was born on 30 October 1909 in Mumbai. Bhabha played a key role in the development of the Indian atomic energy program. Widely referred to as the father […]
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US To Close Some Embassies On Sunday Over Threat
WASHINGTON (TIP): US embassies that would normally be open this Sunday – including those in Abu Dhabi, Baghdad and Cairo – will be closed that day because of unspecified security concerns, the US State Department […]
Europe
Bangladesh Islamist Leader Sentenced To Death For 1971 War Crimes
DHAKA (TIP): A special tribunal sentenced a senior leader of an Islamic political party to death on July 17 for his role in the kidnapping and killing of people involving Bangladesh‘s independence war against Pakistan […]
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Indian-American Nominated For Key Post In Obama Administration
WASHINGTON (TIP): US state department’s heavy hitter for India will be an Indian origin bureaucrat, Nisha Desai Biswal, a first for both the community and the administration. President Barack Obama on Thursday, July 18, sent […]
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Europe
US Suspends Trade Preference Benefits For Bangladesh
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama announced on June 27 the suspension of US trade privileges for Bangladesh because of concerns over labor rights and worker safety that intensified after hundreds died there in the global […]
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Bangladesh Miracle Survivor Leaves Hospital For Job In Hotel
SAVAR, BANGLADESH (TIP): A seamstress trapped in the rubble for 17 days after Bangladesh’s garment factory disaster in April emerged from hospital today, saying she felt “great” and was looking forward to a new job […]
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Dhaka building collapse probe finds many failings
DHAKA (TIP): The defects and errors that led to the world’s deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to “extremely poor quality” construction materials, to the massive, […]
Europe
Zardari Agrees To Restore Cj To Office
In March 2009, growing demonstrations led Zardari to agree to restore the chief justice to office; the government also subsequently announced it would appeal the banning of Sharif and his brother from politics. The supreme […]
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Europe
Bangladesh Garment Factory Collapse Death Toll Hits 1,021
DHAKA (TIP): The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on May 10, while the list of the dead from a […]
Europe
Europe
3rd Jamaat Leader To Hang For War Crimes
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh battled a fresh outbreak of street violence on Thursday after senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman was sentenced to death for mass murder and crimes against humanity during the 1971 liberation war. Clashes […]
Business & Economics
India
More Than 6,500 Indians Languish In Foreign Jails
CHENNAI (TIP): More than 6,500 Indians are living an uncertain life in prisons in 80 foreign countries, half of them in three Gulf countries. The Gulf countries have the largest number of Indian prisoners, with […]
Europe
Walt Disney Pulls Out From Pakistan, Bangladesh
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Walt Disney Company has announced its decision to pull out of Bangladesh, Pakistan and three other countries by April next year, citing safety standards of workers in the supply chain. The decision […]