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  • All-round Reza shines for Rajshahi (Cricinfo via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
    National Cricket League, 5th round review
  • All-round Reza shines for Rajshahi (CricInfo)
    A round-up of the fifth round matches of the National Cricket League in Bangladesh.
  • Cyclone plea: cash pours in from Coventry folk (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
    CASH is pouring in from Coventry people to help victims of the devastating cyclone in Bangladesh. The president of Coventry's Bangladesh Islamic Society is hoping to raise more than £5,000 in the next two weeks following the tragedy caused by Cyclone Sidr.
  • Voting Right of Non-Resident Bangladeshis: A Critical Review (News From Bangladesh)
    Like most people of the world, Bangladeshis have joined the world trend of human mobility across continents and countries. Already Bangladeshi immigrant communities in the UK, the USA, Australia and New Zealand are well-established.
  • Doctor raising money for cyclone victims in Bangladesh (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
    Dr. Shamsher Bakth was worried about his mother, Zebunnessa, back home in Bangladesh, even though she lived in Sylhet, a northern city out of the path of the cyclone that has killed more than 3,000 people.
  • Road accident kills 6, injures 20 in Bangladesh (People's Daily)
    At least six people were killed and 20 people injured in a tragic road accident in Bangladesh's Narsingdi district, 45 northeast of capital Dhaka, Wednesday morning. Police and witnesses were quoted by private news agency UNB as say ...
  • Dolar Mahmud helps Khulna go top (CricInfo)
    Khulna beat Rajshahi in a last-over thriller at home to leapfrog them in the standings. Barisal and Dhaka also made huge strides and along with Rajshahi occupied the second position .
  • At least 243 dead after cyclone rips through Bangladesh (Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA))
    DHAKA (AFP) - At least 243 people have been reported dead after a powerful cyclone ripped through Bangladesh, wiping out homes and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee for their lives, officials said Friday.
  • Hundreds dead after cyclone rips through Bangladesh (AFP via Yahoo! News)
    More than 600 people were Friday confirmed dead and one report put the toll at over 1,100 after a powerful cyclone smashed impoverished Bangladesh with huge waves, severe winds and torrential rains.
  • Bangladesh cyclone kills more than 1,100: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
    More than 1,100 people were killed when a powerful cyclone smashed impoverished Bangladesh with huge waves, severe winds and torrential rains, and hundreds more are missing, a report said Friday.