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Fuel prices in Bangladesh jump 67 percent
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CNN.com – Jul 2, 2008 05:34 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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South Asians face fuel price rise
Bangladesh and Pakistan announce further sharp rises in fuel prices as the cost of crude oil continues to soar.
BBC News – Jul 1, 2008 11:25 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Bangladesh and Pakistan announce further sharp rises in fuel prices as the cost of crude oil continues to soar.
BBC News – Jul 1, 2008 11:25 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Bangladesh urges taming of oil prices after fuel hikeAFP - Impoverished Bangladesh appealed on Tuesday for global action to tame soaring crude oil costs, a day after being forced to hike state-set fuel prices by up to 66 percent.
Yahoo! – Jul 1, 2008 08:21 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Bangladesh's new anti-terror laws 'shocking': rights groupAFP - Bangladesh's emergency government should repeal or amend new anti-terror laws, which are "shocking" and violate fundamental freedoms and basic fair trial rights, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
Yahoo! – Jul 1, 2008 07:16 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Food aid continues in Bangladesh, months after deadly cyclone - UN agency
Obtaining food remains the biggest priority for Bangladeshi families living in areas still devastated by Cyclone Sidr last year, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today, announcing it will continue its aid operations to the affected region.
UN News Centre – Jul 1, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Obtaining food remains the biggest priority for Bangladeshi families living in areas still devastated by Cyclone Sidr last year, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today, announcing it will continue its aid operations to the affected region.
UN News Centre – Jul 1, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw
India’s most famous soldierField Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India’s best-known soldier and the architect of the country’s victory in the 1971 war with Pakistan that gave birth to Bangladesh, died in Wellington, India, on Friday. He was 94.The cause was pneumonia, India’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.Manekshaw first drew notice as a captain in the British Indian army during World War II. He was severely wounded on Feb. 22, 1942, in a counteroffensive against the Japanese on the Sittong River in Burma, now known as Myanmar. But he kept exhorting his soldiers, and he continued fighting until he collapsed.In 1947, as colonel in charge of operations, he oversaw Indian forces in fighting that broke out between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, the territory claimed by both new nations.
The State – Jul 1, 2008 04:16 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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India’s most famous soldierField Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India’s best-known soldier and the architect of the country’s victory in the 1971 war with Pakistan that gave birth to Bangladesh, died in Wellington, India, on Friday. He was 94.The cause was pneumonia, India’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.Manekshaw first drew notice as a captain in the British Indian army during World War II. He was severely wounded on Feb. 22, 1942, in a counteroffensive against the Japanese on the Sittong River in Burma, now known as Myanmar. But he kept exhorting his soldiers, and he continued fighting until he collapsed.In 1947, as colonel in charge of operations, he oversaw Indian forces in fighting that broke out between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, the territory claimed by both new nations.
The State – Jul 1, 2008 04:16 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Bangladesh to raise fuel prices; gasoline to climb 34%
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Bangladesh on Tuesday said it would raise the price of gasoline and othe fuels, becoming the latest Asian nation seeking to offset soaring crude-oil prices by passing along higher costs to consumers. Newswire reports cited government officials as saying the government would lift prices for diesel and kerosene by 37.5%, gasoline by 34%, liquefied petroleum by 67% and furnace oil by 50%.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
MarketWatch.com – Jul 1, 2008 04:06 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Bangladesh on Tuesday said it would raise the price of gasoline and othe fuels, becoming the latest Asian nation seeking to offset soaring crude-oil prices by passing along higher costs to consumers. Newswire reports cited government officials as saying the government would lift prices for diesel and kerosene by 37.5%, gasoline by 34%, liquefied petroleum by 67% and furnace oil by 50%.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
MarketWatch.com – Jul 1, 2008 04:06 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Sri Lanka reach Asia Cup final after crushing winAFP - Sparkling centuries from Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara powered defending champions Sri Lanka to a crushing 158-run win over Bangladesh Monday to reach the final of the Asia Cup.
Yahoo! – Jun 30, 2008 6:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Poverty-hit Bangladesh forced into huge fuel price hikeAFP - Impoverished Bangladesh became the latest victim of surging global crude costs Monday with the government announcing it has been forced to hike state-set fuel prices by between 34 and 66 percent.
Yahoo! – Jun 30, 2008 6:23 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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