<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Dhaka: News &amp; Videos about Dhaka - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dhaka</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Dhaka from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:23:03 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Dhaka: News &amp; Videos about Dhaka - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dhaka</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Dhaka from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Probe calls for Bangladesh troop deaths</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/25/bangladesh.troops/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/25/bangladesh.troops/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Human rights groups in Bangladesh and abroad are calling for an investigation after 16 borders guards accused of participating in a bloody revolt in February died in custody in recent days.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bangladesh mall fire death toll hits 7</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/14/bangladesh.mall.fire/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/14/bangladesh.mall.fire/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bangladeshi authorities found seven bodies in the charred remains of a massive shopping complex that caught fire Friday afternoon.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shoppers feared trapped by Bangladesh mall fire</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/bangladesh.mall.fire/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/bangladesh.mall.fire/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bangladeshi authorities have suspended until Saturday morning efforts to find people who may have been trapped inside a massive shopping complex that caught fire Friday afternoon, a police official said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bangladesh: Fewer officers missing after mutiny</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/bangladesh.mutiny/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/bangladesh.mutiny/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Bangladeshi military has revised the number of army officers missing after last week's bloody uprising, from 72 down to six.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bangladesh army steps up mutineer hunt</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/bangladesh.mutiny.bodies/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/bangladesh.mutiny.bodies/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Bangladeshi army fanned out across the country Monday, hunting down paramilitary troops who fled their barracks in the capital, Dhaka, after a deadly uprising that killed dozens of their superiors.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bangladesh: Body search continues amid retaliation fears</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/bangladesh.mutiny.bodies/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/bangladesh.mutiny.bodies/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Relief teams dug through rose gardens at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles Sunday, looking for more than 70 army officers still missing -- and presumed killed -- after a deadly uprising by paramilitary forces last week.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Reports: Bangladeshi death toll rises amid search for mutineers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/28/bangladesh.mutiny/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/28/bangladesh.mutiny/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Army convoys are combing areas around the Bangladeshi border guard headquarters, vowing to punish participants in this week's bloody mutiny, which killed nearly 100 army officers and civilians, according to The New Nation newspaper.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Family checks bodies dragged from river after mutiny</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/27/bangladesh.mutiny.family/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/27/bangladesh.mutiny.family/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Riaz Hussain rushes to the phone on the first ring. 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ends</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/26/bangladesh.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/26/bangladesh.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The rebellion by paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles troops apparently ended Thursday after they handed over their weapons inside their headquarters in the capital city's Pilkhana district, the national press agency quoted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as saying in a nationwide televised address.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozens feared dead in Bangladesh mutiny</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/25/bangladesh.gunbattle/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/25/bangladesh.gunbattle/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 50 officers and civilians were feared dead after Bangladeshi paramilitary troops staged a mutiny, taking dozens of high-ranking officers and military brass hostage, the country's law minister said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bangladesh: 39 drown after boats collide</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/22/bangladesh.boat/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/22/bangladesh.boat/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Eight more bodies floated to the surface Sunday, bringing the death toll to 39 from a riverboat accident in southern Bangladesh.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozens missing after riverboat collision in Bangladesh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/bangladesh.boat.sinking/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/bangladesh.boat.sinking/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 60 passengers were feared dead after a riverboat collided with a trawler in southern Bangladesh Thursday, police said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Seven dead as train hits truck in Bangladesh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/bangladesh.train.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/bangladesh.train.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A train crashed into a truck at an unguarded rail crossing in Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing seven people, according to authorities.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>24 hitchhikers killed in truck crash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/bangladesh.hitchhikers.killed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/bangladesh.hitchhikers.killed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 24 day laborers who had hitched a ride on a truck loaded with iron rods were killed Sunday when the vehicle flipped over into a ditch, impaling some and crushing others under the weight of its load, police in northern Bangladesh said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kidnapped doctor freed from parents in Bangladesh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/15/britain.doctor.forced.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/15/britain.doctor.forced.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A British-based doctor has been freed by the courts in Bangladesh after being held captive by her family and put under pressure to marry against her will, media reports said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Children of the black dust</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/28/what.matters.dust/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/28/what.matters.dust/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As she cleans the carbon rods from exhausted D-cell batteries, Marjina holds her young child on her lap and gently lulls her to sleep.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Q&amp;amp;amp;A: Bangladesh's Leader Fakhruddin Ahmed</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1844509,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1844509,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Fakhruddin Ahmed explains why he's willing to risk turmoil to hold a new election 
</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Keeping Dhaka's Ghosts Alive</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843844,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843844,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A small museum in Bangladesh joins new calls in Bangladesh for the nation to reckon with the countless massacred during its bloody birth as a nation</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fighting the tide of plastic bags in a world awash with waste</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/13/eco.plasticbagwaste/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/13/eco.plasticbagwaste/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"You can't leave the ocean to take care of itself," says a surfer interviewed in the remarkable film "Hawaii: Message in the Waves".</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>17 dead as train hits bus in Bangladesh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/16/bangladesh.bus/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/16/bangladesh.bus/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A train slammed into a packed bus at an unmanned railway crossing in central Bangladesh early Wednesday morning, killing 17 people and injuring 25 others.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Plane diverted after knife attack</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/08/thailand.flight/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/08/thailand.flight/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An airliner flying from Malaysia to Bangladesh made an unscheduled landing Tuesday after a knife-wielding man attacked other passengers, a Thai immigration official said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Struggle to help cyclone survivors in Bangladesh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/bangladesh.cyclone/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/bangladesh.cyclone/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Overburdened relief centers scrambled to help tens of thousands of cyclone survivors Wednesday, and fist fights broke out among victims waiting for rice at a food distribution center.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cyclone death toll hits 1,700</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/17/bangladesh.cyclone/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/17/bangladesh.cyclone/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh after a devastating tropical cyclone ripped through the western coast of the country, and the toll is expected to rise, a government spokesman tells CNN. </description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Plastic bags fly into environmental storm</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/14/fsummit.climate.plasticbags/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/14/fsummit.climate.plasticbags/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>If you saw a plastic bag floating on the wind it might stir up dreamy thoughts of the much-parodied scene from the 1999 film American Beauty. But as the bag flutters, swoops and then wraps itself around your face, any sense of inner peace would be quickly shattered, leaving you with the more rational thought that billowing plastic bags are a depressing blight on our urban and rural landscapes.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Former Bangladesh Prime Minister arrested on corruption charges</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/zia.arrest.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/zia.arrest.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Police arrested former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and one of her sons Monday on charges of corruption and misuse of power, a police official said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Ex-Bangladesh PM arrested</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/zia.arrest.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/zia.arrest.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Police arrested former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and one of her sons Monday on charges of corruption and misuse of power during her last term in office, news reports said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bangladesh lifts daytime curfew</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/bangladesh.curfew.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/bangladesh.curfew.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Traffic returned to the streets, and residents crowded markets in Bangladesh's six largest cities Friday after the military-backed government temporarily lifted a curfew imposed to quell violent student protests.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Curfew imposed after Dhaka riots</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/dhaka.curfew.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/dhaka.curfew.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Clashes between Bangladeshi police and students demanding an end to emergency rule spilled into the streets of the capital Wednesday, prompting the government to impose an indefinite curfew.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Temporary halt to Dhaka curfew</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/dhaka.curfew.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/dhaka.curfew.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bangladesh's army-backed interim government briefly relaxed a curfew on Thursday, allowing residents of the capital the chance to stock up on essentials and those stranded at airports and elsewhere to return home.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Student riots flare in Bangladesh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/dhaka.clashes.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/dhaka.clashes.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Angry students burned an army van and damaged at least 50 vehicles during fresh violence with security forces at Bangladesh's Dhaka University on Tuesday, witnesses said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Millions flee 'worst ever' floods</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/soasia.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/soasia.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Monsoon rains in South Asia have driven millions from their homes and caused what the United Nations says is the worst flooding in living memory.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saving the world with a cup of yogurt</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399198/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399198/index.htm</guid><description>Along a dirt road in Bangladesh's green, fertile heartland, 140 miles northwest of Dhaka, workers in flip-flops are hauling bricks, pouring cement and hammering boards. 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injured.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2006 04:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Islamic militant leader arrested</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/bangladesh.militant/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/bangladesh.militant/index.html</guid><description>The leader of an Islamic militant group blamed for several bombings across Bangladesh surrendered Thursday, a senior government security official said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 07:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Death for 21 bomb militants</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/28/bangladesh.militants/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/28/bangladesh.militants/index.html</guid><description>A Bangladeshi court has sentenced 21 Islamic militants to death for their roles in a series of bomb attacks across the country six months ago, according to a government official.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:35:00 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shot</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/cartoon.protests/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/cartoon.protests/index.html</guid><description>Kenyan police shot at hundreds demonstrating against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, wounding at least one person, as protests continued across the Muslim world.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bangladesh suicide bombing kills 8</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/08/bangladesh.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/08/bangladesh.blast/index.html</guid><description>A suicide bomber has killed eight people and wounded 50 others in the central Bangladeshi town of Netrokona, officials said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>97 held over Bangladesh bombings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/03/bangladesh.arrests/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/03/bangladesh.arrests/index.html</guid><description>Police have detained a total of 97 people over two days in connection with three bombings earlier this week in Bangladesh, which killed 14 people.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bomb blasts shake Bangladesh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/bangladesh.blasts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/bangladesh.blasts/index.html</guid><description>A series of bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in dozens of cities across Bangladesh Wednesday, striking regional capitals as well as the national capital, Dhaka, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bangladesh ferry accident turns deadly</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/09/bangladesh.ferry/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/09/bangladesh.ferry/index.html</guid><description>A woman died and 49 people were missing after a passenger ferry collided with a docked ferry and capsized in a river in southern Bangladesh, local police said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2005 20:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>118 dead in ferry disaster</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/21/bangladesh.ferry/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/21/bangladesh.ferry/index.html</guid><description>At least 118 people were killed and many others were still missing after a tornado capsized an an overcrowded ferry in the Buriganga River near Dhaka, rescuers said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>83 dead, 130 missing in Bangladesh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/20/bangladesh.ferry/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/20/bangladesh.ferry/index.html</guid><description>A ferry boat with 260 people on board capsized overnight when it was hit by a tornado near the Bangladesh capital, drowning at least 83 people, local officials said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2005 07:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Grenades kill Bangladesh lawmaker</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/bangladesh.attack/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/bangladesh.attack/index.html</guid><description>Insurgents hurled grenades at Bangladesh's former finance minister, Shah AMS Kibria as he spoke at a political rally Thursday, killing the opposition lawmaker and at least three others.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>E-mail appeals: Bangladesh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/email.appeals.bangladesh/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/email.appeals.bangladesh/index.html</guid><description>We received thousands of e-mails in the days after December's tsunamis from people seeking news of friends and relatives in areas affected by the disaster.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Police clash in Bangladesh riots</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/bangladesh.blasts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/bangladesh.blasts/index.html</guid><description>Bangladesh riot police clashed with protesters at the start of a two-day strike called after a deadly weekend bomb attack.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bangladesh violence: 2 bombs found</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/bangladesh.blasts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/bangladesh.blasts/index.html</guid><description>Bangladesh police have recovered two bombs in the capital, Dhaka -- one of them similar to grenades used in Saturday's assassination attempt on the country's former prime minister, which killed 19 and wounded over 300 others.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2004 04:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Grenades kill 18 at rally in Bangladesh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/bangladesh.blasts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/bangladesh.blasts/index.html</guid><description>Several grenades exploded near former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she spoke at a party rally Saturday, killing at least 18 people and wounding hundreds, police and witnesses said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Battle to get aid to Bangladesh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/bangladesh.floods.aid/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/bangladesh.floods.aid/index.html</guid><description>Flood-stricken Bangladeshis will receive their first major overseas food aid deliveries on Wednesday after the worst rains in six years killed over 600 and displaced millions of people.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2004 02:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flood health crisis looms in Dhaka</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/southasia.floods/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/southasia.floods/index.html</guid><description>A massive health crisis is looming in Bangladesh as sewage mixes with floodwaters swirling through Dhaka, the capital of the South Asian country.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>S. Asia confronts flood aftermath</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/26/southasia.floods/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/26/southasia.floods/index.html</guid><description>More than two weeks after a heavy bout of monsoon rains caused flash floods in several parts of South Asia, officials are still grappling with rescuing people and airlifting aid to millions cut off by the floods.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Families grieve for ferry victims</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/bangladesh.ferry/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/bangladesh.ferry/index.html</guid><description>Relatives of scores of people feared drowned in Bangladesh have been lining the banks of a river where two ferries sank as hopes faded that more survivors would be found.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2004 13:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>180 missing in river ferry capsize</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/23/bangladesh.ferry/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/23/bangladesh.ferry/index.html</guid><description>More than 180 people are missing in southern Bangladesh after a river ferry capsized during a tropical storm.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2004 02:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. warns of threats in Bangladesh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/15/bangladesh.warning/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/15/bangladesh.warning/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. State Department said it has received "several possible threats" against the U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh and other U.S. interests there.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2004 02:18:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>