Life-Saving Golden Rice Finally Gets to Poor Farmers Despite Environmentalist Opposition
Bangladesh announces that it will allow its farmers to plant this genetically improved crop
Bangladesh announces that it will allow its farmers to plant this genetically improved crop
Bangladesh prime minister too busy dealing with political disorder
Over a decade-old arms smuggling case
Abdul Quader Mollah was convicted of war crimes
The news prompted violent protests
Murder, rape, looting
Protesters want minimum wage tripled to about $100 a month
Abdul Molla convicted of war crimes in the 1971 war for independence from Pakistan
91-year-old Ghulam Azam was convicted of war crimes committed in the 1971 independence war
Strike called by Islamic political party upset about rejection by government
Court has ruled that its regulations oppose secularism
Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid was found guilty of crimes committed during 1971 war of independence
Led country' main Islamist party from 1969 to 2000
Increasing oversight on factories overseas
Upward of 1,000 bodies recovered
Death toll has passed 1,000
Separate from the more than 900 dead from another factory collapse
Collapsed on April 24, bodies still being recovered
Declined to provide any evidence for claim; AFP reports 38 people killed in street violence
Islamic extremists upset government's said country governed by liberal, secular laws
Islamic activists want a strict anti-blasphemy law, which the PM rejected on the grounds the country is governed by liberal, secular laws
Protesters want to ban blasphemy, hang atheists
More trapped in the rubble of a building that held 2,000
Sheikh Hasina thinks the laws already in place are good enough
Including 3 police officers
For role in murders, torture, rapes during 1971 war of independence
Objected to the costs of improvement, according to meeting minutes
More than 100 killed in deadly weekend blaze
Boat contained illegal migrants on way to Malaysia
Considers itself a moderate Muslim country
Thousands of Muslims set fire to Buddhist temples and homes, saying they were retaliating for a Facebook photo of a burned Koran
Government has already blocked Youtube trailer for "Innocence of Muslims"
Up to 10,000 Islamists marched a mile and a half before being blocked by local police, who were happy the march was peaceful