Positive news from Bangladesh
Bangladesh street kids turn bankersDhaka, Bangladesh - Mohammad Raju ran away from his poor family in Bangladesh's southern Khulna district eight years ago, hoping for a better life in Dhaka. |
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Rare Sandpipers Found in MyanmarCoast of Myanmar - Eighty-four spoon-billed sandpipers have been discovered in a coastal stretch of Myanmar (Burma), offering hope for the endangered birds, a conservation group said Thursday. |
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Millions of stateless people to benefit from recent breakthroughs, says UN agencyUnited Nations - The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed as “major breakthroughs” recent decisions by Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to grant citizenship to some three million people who live in the three Asian nations without any official identity. |
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First India-Bangladesh train linkDhaka, Bangladesh - A train carrying Indian government officials has crossed the border and arrived in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka. |
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Cabbie returns 31 diamond rings to passengerNew York City, New York, USA - A taxi driver returned a black bag carrying 31 diamond rings to a passenger who earlier had given him a 30-cent tip on an $11 ride. |
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3 million Muslims in Bangladesh pray for peaceTongi, Bangladesh - Some 3 million Muslim devotees raised their hands in prayer for global peace, putting aside their country's sometimes violent struggle with political corruption and Islamic extremists, at one of the world's largest religious gatherings. |
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Professor Wins $1 Million for Arsenic FilterFairfax, Virgina, USA - A professor who developed an inexpensive, easy-to-make system for filtering arsenic from well water has won a $1 million engineering prize - and he plans to use most of the money to distribute the filters to needy communities around the world. |
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Bangladeshi archaeologists discover ancient fort cityWari, Bangladesh - Archaeologists in Bangladesh say they have uncovered part of a fortified citadel dating back to 450 BC that could have been a stopping off point along an ancient trade route. |
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News from the Indian Sub-Continent
- Pakistan and India strike new visa deal easing travel
- Hurdle cleared on total ban on child labour in India
- Buddha tree alive and healthy at age 2,500
- Maldives creates world’s biggest marine reserve
- New Solar Program From SunEdison Aims to Eradicate Darkness in India
- State of Himalayan Glaciers Less Alarming Than Feared
- Indian Man, Jadav Payeng, Single-Handedly Plants A 1,360 Acre Forest In Assam
- Pulling children out of Nepal’s prisons
- New sanctuaries declared for Asia’s freshwater dolphins
- No rhinos poached in Nepal last year