International Business News - BGD http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A baby girl was pulled from the rubble unharmed Sunday after a landslide destroyed her family's home in southern Bangladesh, killing her parents and two older siblings, an official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/baby-survives-landslide-in-bangladesh.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:49:47 EDT An anti-sweatshop group wants Ohio to pressure two companies it does business with to improve what it says are abusive working conditions in factories abroad. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/group-chides-ohio-for-link-to-sweatshop-factories.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:38:01 EDT Bangladesh's government raised fuel prices by up to 67 percent Tuesday, adding to the cost of living for Bangladeshis, most of whom live on less than $1 a day. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/bangladesh-raises-fuel-prices.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:27:04 EDT There is nowhere to hide from inflation. Prices in one in four countries, many of them in emerging markets, are accelerating at a double-digit pace, which puts them at least two and a half times the 4 percent annual U.S. headline inflation rate, according to new research from Morgan Stanley. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/all-business-crippling-effect-of-global-inflation.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:12:23 EDT U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday tapped a French diplomat to become the world body's newest peacekeeping chief. Alain Le Roy, who has been helping French President Nicolas Sarkozy's administration bolster its ties with North Africa and has extensive experience in the Balkans, succeeds Jean-Marie Guehenno. Le Roy isn't expected to start in his new job until late summer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/french-diplomat-named-un-peacekeeping-chief.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:20:18 EDT Viktor Kuzkin ZURICH, Switzerland (AP)--Viktor Kuzkin, a three-time Olympic champion with Soviet teams, has died. He was 67. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/obituaries-in-the-news.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:04:34 EDT AP's coverage of the devastating Myanmar cyclone amid extraordinarily hazardous and harsh conditions has received top honors for deadline reporting from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/apme-honors-ap-coverage-of-myanmar-cyclone.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:22:53 EDT Boeing Co. said Wednesday it received an order for two 737-800s from Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The agreement with the carrier includes rights to buy two additional 737s. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/biman-bangladesh-airlines-to-buy-2-boeing-737-800s.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:19:47 EDT Boeing says the Biman Bangladesh Airlines has ordered two 737s with purchase rights for two more. The firm order for two planes is worth about $150 million at list prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/bangladesh-airline-orders-2-boeing-737s.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:08:49 EDT A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years:--May 12, 2008: Earthquake (magnitude 7.9) hits Sichuan province in China. More than 69,000 people are killed and over 17,000 remain missing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/some-of-the-worlds-deadliest-natural-disasters.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:34:30 EDT An aide says Bangladesh's figurehead President Iajuddin Ahmed has been hospitalized with high fever. President Ahmed, 77, was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital late Monday for observation after suffering from a viral fever, Sirajul Islam, Secretary to the President's Office, said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/bangladesh-president-hospitalized.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:50:20 EDT Police across Europe on Monday detained 75 people suspected of funneling illegal immigrants--mainly Iraqi Kurds--into northern Europe, French officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/european-police-nab-iraq-immigrant-ring.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:41:30 EDT A news report says villagers and forest guards have beaten to death a protected Royal Bengal tiger after it killed three people near the world's largest mangrove forest in southwestern Bangladesh. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080621/protected-royal-bengal-tiger-killed-by-villagers.htm Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:17:39 EDT LONDON (AP)--A decorated Iraq war veteran tried to escape from a British courtroom Friday after he was convicted of murdering a waiter 14 years ago. Michael Ross, 29, jumped out of his chair and tried to flee after a jury found him guilty of killing Shamsuddin Mahmood in 1994. Police and court officials wrestled him to the ground in the hallway. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/uk-soldier-tries-to-flee-from-conviction.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:46:49 EDT Cindy McCain harshly criticized Myanmar's military junta Thursday while vowing to make improving human rights there a priority if she becomes America's next first lady. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/75192-vietnam-mccain.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/cindy-mccain-visits-vietnam.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/cindy-mccain-visits-vietnam.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:13:35 EDT Two American diplomats who successfully challenged policy in Iraq and Lebanon last year are being honored at the State Department Thursday for their courage in speaking out. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/baghdad-beirut-embassy-dissenters-to-be-honored.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:16:08 EDT A former Bangladeshi prime minister left for the U.S. on Thursday for medical treatment a day after she was released from jail pending a corruption trial, a party leader said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/69655-bangladesh-ex-pms-release.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/freed-bangladesh-ex-leader-leaves-for-us.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/freed-bangladesh-ex-leader-leaves-for-us.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:29:55 EDT A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years:--May 12, 2008: Earthquake (magnitude 7.9) hits Sichuan province in central China. More than 69,000 people are killed and over 17,000 remain missing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/some-of-the-worlds-deadliest-natural-disasters.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:30:12 EDT This battered harbor town on Sri Lanka's southern tip, with its scrawny men selling even scrawnier fish, seems an unlikely focus for an emerging international competition over energy supply routes that fuel much of the global economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/66385-asia-indian-ocean-intrigue-1845.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080608/india-china-ships-compete-in-indian-ocean.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080608/india-china-ships-compete-in-indian-ocean.htm Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:35:56 EDT This battered harbor town on Sri Lanka's southern tip, with its scrawny men selling even scrawnier fish, seems an unlikely focus for an emerging international competition over energy supply routes that fuel much of the global economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/65989-india-ocean-intrigue.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080607/india-china-jostle-for-influence-in-indian-ocean.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080607/india-china-jostle-for-influence-in-indian-ocean.htm Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:57:54 EDT