Bangladesh finds new oil resources, revises gas reserves lower for 2 fieldsPlattsState-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd., or Bapex, has found 137 million barrels of new oil resources and revised downward its natural gas reserves by 35.63% to...

USAID (press release)Bangladesh: Family Planning for Healthier FuturesUSAID (press release)Bangladeshi women from Sylhet district serving as LAM (lactational amenorrhea method) ambassadors promote exclusive breastfeeding among their pregnant and postpartum neighbors and extended family members through household visits.

Bangladesh News 24 hoursTraffic law revision in offing: MuhithBangladesh News 24 hoursSylhet, May 16 (bdnews24.com) – The government is going to revise traffic law to enhance punishment for errant drivers, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said. A proposal to increase...

Daily Star OnlineDhaka-Sylhet route gets new trainDaily Star OnlineCommunications Minister Obaidul Quader offers munajat after inaugurating a new express train on the Dhaka-Sylhet route on Tuesday. Photo: Focus Bangla Star Online Report Bangladesh Railway on Tuesday introduced a new express...

Bangladesh News 24 hoursAL leader, 2 journos among 15 killedDaily Star OnlineFifteen people including Awami League's Sylhet district unit senior vice-president Iftekhar Hossain Shamim and two journalists were killed in road accidents in Sylhet, Dhaka and Gaibandha yesterday. Eight people,...

Sylhet Education Board breaks its pass recordDaily Star OnlineWith 91.78 percent pass rate in this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations, Sylhet education board emerged as the most successful among all the ten education boards in the country. Last year,...

Bangladesh News 24 hoursAmnesty wants Sylhet deaths probedBangladesh News 24 hoursThe clashes took place at Ilias' constituency Biswanath in Sylhet on Monday. "According to witnesses," a media release issued by the UK-based human rights organisation on Tuesday said, "police had...

BBC NewsSylhet violence leaves 2 deadDaily Star OnlineClockwise from bottom left, furniture and documents of Upazila Parishad Office at Bishwanath in Sylhet are left burnt down in arson attack by opposition activists. Monwar Hossain lies dead near the building. Law...

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Bangladesh authorities have determined, through a seismic survey, presence of around 150 million barrels of oil in old gas fields in its northeastern district Sylhet.

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Headline Title:  Bangladesh: Authorities must account for deaths amid spate of disappearances 24 April 2012 Fatalities during protests about the disappearance of a key opposition figure seven days ago in Bangladesh must be thoroughly investigated by the authorities, Amnesty International said. Ilias Ali, secretary of the Sylhet Division of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP ...

BNP believes that the government -- which is ruled by the Awami League -- of having abducted Ilias Ali.

Police opened fire Monday on hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators who stormed a police station on the second day of an opposition-sponsored general strike protesting a politician's disappearance. Police said one person was killed and more than 50 others injured.

One person is killed and at least 20 injured during protests over a politician's disappearance in the Bangladeshi city of Sylhet, police say.

Anson Cheung says the shooting deaths of two international graduate students near the University of Southern California made headlines back home in Hong Kong, unnerving his parents.

FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Female athletes take longer to recover from concussions, a new study says.

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalizing a global economy increasingly threatened by...

A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the U.S. on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.

G8 leaders on Saturday praised the "remarkable efforts" of President Thein Sein and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in delivering democratic reforms to Myanmar.

Reigning US Women's Open champion So Yeon Ryu of South Korea was ousted 2-up by American Vicky Hurst on Saturday in a quarter-final at the LPGA Sybase Match-Play Championship.

East Timor was set to celebrate a decade of independence from Indonesian rule Sunday, with new President Taur Matan Ruak leading festivities in a crucial year for the impoverished nation.

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Saturday after talks with his US counterpart that France's planned troop withdrawal from Afghanistan this year would not affect NATO "unity" at an alliance summit in Chicago.