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India Agrees $4.5 Billion Deal With Bangladesh In New Delhi Meeting

India and Bangladesh signed a slew of agreements on Saturday, including a $4.5 billion concessionary line of credit...

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India Woos Bangladesh With $500 Mn Defence Loan, Credit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday offered $4.5 billion in concessional loans to Bangladesh, underlining...

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Smoking Causes One In 10 Deaths Worldwide, New Study Shows

Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, a new study shows, half of them in just four countries – China, India, the...

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Malinga Hat-Trick Restricts Bangladesh To 176-9

Lasith Malinga became only the fifth bowler in the history of Twenty20 internationals to claim a hat-trick as Sri Lanka...

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Bangladesh Closes One of World’s Most Polluted Places

A historic leatherworking quarter in Bangladesh once labelled among the most polluted places on earth was shut Thursday...

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Aung San Suu Kyi: No Ethnic Cleansing of Myanmar Muslim Minority

Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, despite widespread...

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Smoking Causes One In 10 Deaths Worldwide, Study Shows

Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, a new study shows, half of them in just four countries - China, India, the...

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No Ethnic Cleansing of Myanmar Muslim Minority

Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, despite widespread...

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Suu Kyi Denies Ethnic Cleansing of Myanmar Minority

Aung San Suu Kyi has denied the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar's Muslim minority, speaking to the BBC after the UN rights...

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Bangladesh Skipper Mashrafe Quits Twenty20 Cricket

Bangladesh's limited-overs captain Mashrafe Mortaza announced on Tuesday his retirement from Twenty20 international...

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Bangladesh Bat First Against Sri Lanka In T20

Bangladesh cricketers run off the pitch as rain stops play during the first T20 international match between Sri Lanka...

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S&P Cuts South Africa’s Credit Rating To ‘junk’

Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's downgraded South Africa's rating to junk status on Monday, as the country's...

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Sri Lanka Skipper Mathews Out of Rest of Bangladesh Series

Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews will miss the remaining fixtures of Bangladesh's tour after being ruled out of the...

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Bangladesh Skipper Suspended For Slow Over Rate

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has been suspended for one match for a slow over rate during the third one-day...

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Bangladesh Pick Uncapped All-Rounder For Twenty20s

Bangladesh on Sunday named uncapped all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin in a 16-man squad for two Twenty20 internationals...

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Top Bangladesh Army Officer Dies From IS-Claimed Blast

A senior army officer who headed the intelligence wing of Bangladesh's elite security force died Friday, days after he...

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Defends First Year In Power

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi defended her civilian government's first year in power in a rare public address on Thursday,...

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Bangladesh Police Storm Hideout, Find Up To Eight Bodies

Bangladesh security forces found the scattered body parts of up to eight people including women and possibly children...

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Myanmar Rohingya Militants Call For Peacekeeping Troops

A nascent Rohingya militant group whose raids triggered a bloody crackdown by Myanmar's army called Wednesday for...