Our condolences…

December 30th, 2004

It is with great sadness that we offer our sympathy for the occurence of the deadly earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that ravaged through the South Asia coastline.

If you would like to help survivors and their families, you can make monetary donations through one of the following organizations:
American Red Cross
Doctors Without Borders

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Son of Bangladesh's ex-PM Zia gets bail: lawyer (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The detained son and political heir of Bangladesh's jailed former premier Khaleda Zia has been granted bail, a lawyer said Thursday, opening the door for him to seek medical treatment abroad.

Bangladesh court grants bail to ex-PM's son (Khaleej Times)
DHAKA - A Bangladesh court granted bail on Thursday to Tareque Rahman, elder son and political heir of detained former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, lawyers and officials said.

Bangladesh Grameenphone to raise $62 mln via bonds (Reuters via Yahoo! Singap...
DHAKA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's top mobile phone operator Grameenphone, majority owned by Norway's Telenor , plans to raise 4.25 billion taka ($62 million) by selling bonds.

Bangladesh treated with respect (The Australian)
AUSTRALIA will not underestimate Bangladesh in the three-match one-day series, which starts tomorrow.

Bangladesh acquits some for 1975 political murders (TVNZ)
Six army officers sentenced to hang or life in jail in Bangladesh for the prison murders of four politicians over 30 years ago have been acquitted by the high court, officials said on Thursday.

Bangladesh acquits some for 1975 political murders (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters DHAKA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Six army officers sentenced to hang or life in jail in Bangladesh for the prison murders of four politicians over 30 years ago have been acquitted by the high court, ...