Topic: Bay of Bengal
AP News | 2010-01-14 10:21:04
Son Parameswar holds his invalid mother Tilara Devi, 80, for a holy dip on the occasion of Makar Sankranti at Gangasagar on Sagar Island, the confluence of the Ganges river and Bay of Bengal, about 140 kilometers, (87 miles) south ...
AP News | 2009-12-08 12:15:00
16 fishermen missing after pirates attack and throw them into the sea off Bangladesh's coast
Sixteen fishermen remained missing Tuesday off Bangladesh's southern coast after pirates attacked their vessel last week, survivors and the boat's owner said. Eighteen fishermen were assaulted in the Bay of Bengal by a band of 25-30 pirates Friday, said fishermen Shahidullah and ...
AP News | 2009-12-07 10:46:44
A stray dog passes by a dummy crocodile as activists participate in a rally demanding carbon reduction to save Sundarbans delta, in Calcutta, India, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Scientists have warned of alarming rise in temperatures in the Bay of ...
AFP Asian Edition | 2009-09-23 14:00:27
US energy group Chevron has made the biggest gas discovery in at least a decade in energy-starved Bangladesh, almost doubling the size of a field it is drilling there, a government official said Wednesday. The US firm has told authorities its Bibiyana gas field in Sylhet, northeastern Bangladesh, contains 6.6 trillion cubic feet (186 billion cubic metres) of gas ...
