Bangladesh’s toxic waters captured in photo-essay (With Images, Feature)
June 10th, 2012 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink... A cluster of striking images by leading South Asian documentary photographer Munem Wasif turns the spotlight ... Read more...
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Bangladesh ferry capsize toll rises to 110
March 14th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 14 (IANS) The toll in one of worst ferry collisions in Bangladesh Wednesday rose to 110 as more bodies were found after the wreck was salvaged. A total ... Read more...
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31 die in Bangladesh boat capsize (Third Lead)
March 13th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 13 (IANS) At least 31 people were killed Tuesday when a boat with over 250 passengers on board capsized in the Meghna river after hitting a cargo ... Read more...
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31 die in Bangladesh boat capsize (Second Lead)
March 13th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 13 (IANS) At least 31 people were killed Tuesday when a boat with over 250 passengers on board capsized in the Meghna river after hitting a cargo vessel.The ... Read more...
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26 die as boat sinks in Bangladesh (Lead)
March 13th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 13 (IANS) At least 26 people were killed Tuesday when a boat carrying over 200 passengers capsized in Bangladesh's Meghna river after colliding with a cargo vessel, a ... Read more...
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Four dead, 220 missing as boat sinks in Bangladesh
March 13th, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 13 (IANS) Four people were killed and over 220 went missing Tuesday when a passenger boat capsized in Bangladesh's Meghna river following a collision with a cargo vessel, ... Read more...
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First private consignment reaches Tripura via Bangladesh
September 29th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 29 (IANS) The first private goods consignment via Bangladesh Thursday reached Tripura from Kolkata although Dhaka is yet to sign a full-fledged treaty with New Delhi on transit ... Read more...
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Bangladesh, a country that shares 54 rivers with India
September 6th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) Bangladesh, the eastern neighbour with which India hopes to resolve differences on sharing of Teesta and Feni rivers, is criss-crossed by over 300 rivers, 54 ... Read more...
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Equipment reaches Tripura power plant via Bangladesh
March 30th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 30 (IANS) The oversized heavy turbines and machines for the Northeast's first giant power project of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) reached Tripura from Haldia ... Read more...
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Turbines for Tripura power project being brought via Bangladesh
March 18th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 18 (IANS) Heavy turbines for state-owned ONGC's 726 MW power project in south Tripura are being brought to the state via Bangladesh. The turbines will be ferried ... Read more...
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ONGC’s first commercial power project to start next year
October 24th, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 24 (IANS) The state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) first ever 726 MW commercial power project would start generating electricity next year, officials said here Sunday."The first ... Read more...
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ONGC project to help end northeast’s power crisis
August 21st, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 21 (IANS) The state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) 726-MW project coming up in Tripura will help to resolve the power crisis in the electricity-starved northeastern region by ... Read more...
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Tipai team leaves for India
July 29th, 2009 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, July 29 (ANI): A 10-member parliamentary delegation formed to visit the Tipaimukh dam site in India left Dhaka this morning.According to the Daily Star, the team is led by Abdur ... Read more...
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Dhaka postpones team’s visit to Indian dam site
July 14th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 14 (IANS) Bangladesh has postponed the visit of a team of lawmakers and water resources experts to the site of the Tipaimukh dam project in India as it awaits ... Read more...
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Hasina to discuss controversial dam with Manmohan Singh
July 13th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 13 (IANS) The prime ministers of Bangladesh and India are expected to meet this week on the sidelines of the 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit to discuss New Delhi's ... Read more...
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Don’t start building Tipaimukh dam before our visit: Dhaka
July 2nd, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 2 (IANS) Asking India not to start work on the Tipaimukh dam project, Dhaka said it was sending a team of lawmakers and experts next month to visit the ... Read more...
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ONGC to use Bangladesh waterways to transport machinery
May 29th, 2009 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 29 (IANS) Bangladesh has agreed in principle to allow India to use its waterways to transport heavy machines for Oil and Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) upcoming 740-MW power project ... Read more...
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Dhaka, Delhi set to renew water transit pact
February 15th, 2009 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 15 (IANS) Dhaka and New Delhi are set to renew the inland water transit and trade deal shortly and may add Ashuganj as the ninth port of call for easy ... Read more...
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22 bodies retrieved from sunken trawler in Bangladesh
January 20th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 20 (Xinhua) Twenty-two bodies were retrieved by rescuers Tuesday from a sunken trawler in Bangladesh's southeastern Chandpur district, officials said.A trawler carrying 50 labourers capsized on the Meghna River, some ... Read more...
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22 people missing as trawler capsizes in Bangladesh
January 19th, 2009 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 19 (Xinhua) At least 22 people were missing as a trawler capsized early Monday in a river in Bangladesh's southeastern Chandpur district, police said. Chief of Police in the district ... Read more...
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Bangladesh’s Meghna to be model basin for flood forecasting
August 11th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 11 (IANS) Bangladesh is set to evolve a model for forecasting floods and rainfall starting with the Meghna river after which the other river basins of the country would also ... Read more...
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One killed in tiger attack in Sundarbans
June 2nd, 2008 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) One villager was killed and another injured when they were attacked by a tiger in Ajmalmari forest area of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, forest department officials said ... Read more...
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Tiger injures woman in Sundarbans
March 2nd, 2008 - 12:54 am ICT by admin
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) A woman who had gone fishing in West Bengal's Sundarban creek was injured by a tiger Saturday, a senior forest official said. Gayetri Sardar, a housewife of Shyamnagar ... Read more...
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