Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:27am EDT
* IndustriALL targets 54 mln-euro ($72 mln) fund for Rana Plaza
* Victims of Tazreen fire in November also under discussion
* Companies in talks expected from UK, France, Germany, Canada and Spain
* Wal-Mart, Benetton, Mango not attending
Sept 12 (Reuters) - A dozen retailers and clothing brands are meeting in Geneva to [...]

Bangladeshi authorities should release a human rights activist detained in connection with his work, a coalition of human rights groups said Thursday. Adilur Rahman Khan, one of Bangladesh’s most prominent rights defenders and secretary of Odhikar group, was arrested Aug 10. The public appeal was made in an open letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [...]

Petrapole, a sleepy border town in West Bengal, will soon witness a dazzling retreat ceremony conducted by border troopers of India and Bangladesh. Slated to begin Oct 2 on Gandhi Jayanti, the ceremony has been modelled on the world-famous drill at the India-Pakistan Attari-Wagah border check-post in Punjab. The ceremony at Petrapole will see India’s [...]

After Attari (in Punjab) along the border with Pakistan, the international-standard multi-use Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Akhaurah in Tripura with Bangladesh would be open to people in November, officials said here Thursday. “The multi-purpose ICPs would boost trade with the neighbouring countries, besides facilitating trans-border passenger traffic,” an official of the Land Ports Authority [...]

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has announced the regional Under-19 squad to face Bangladesh Under-19 in a seven-match One Day Series to be played in Guyana next month. The squad announced Wednesday includes leading run-scorer in the recently concluded Regional U-19 Tournament, Trinidadian Jeremy Solozano and chief wicket-taker Gudakesh Moti-Kanhai, reports CMC. The squad [...]

A programme in three upazilas in Tangail district, Bangladesh, is training local women like Alo Rani Pal to provide essential maternal and newborn care - at village … [Read More]

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Arsenic-free public tap in Nepal, but for how long? HANOI, 12 September 2013 (IRIN) - Millions of people in South and Southeast Asia may be at risk of arsenic poisoning as massive pumping of groundwater pushes tainted water closer to uncontaminated aquifers, scientists warned in a new study published in the … [Read More]

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By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir, Reuters DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladeshi salvage workers neared the end of their search for victims of the collapse of a factory building Monday, scouring the basement of the complex that crumbled in on itself and killed 1,127 people.A series of deadly incidents at factories, including a fire in November [...]

In what appears to be a 2009 redux, the general elections in India may force the Indian Premier League(IPL) out of the country once again. The second edition of the T20 tourney, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI), was also moved out of the country due to similar reasons in 2009.According [...]

WAM RAS AL-KHAIMAH, 10th September, 2013, (WAM) — H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al-Khaimah, today received Masood Al-Rahman, Consul-General of the Republic of Bangladesh in Dubai, who paid a courtesy visit at the beginning of his tenure in the UAE. Sheikh Saud welcomed [...]