Bangladesh lifts 13mn people from poverty, says World Bank report

Bangladesh lifts 13mn people from poverty, says World Bank report
Bangladesh lifted 13mn people out of poverty in the five years to 2010, pushing the poverty rate in the South Asian country down to 31.5%, the government said yesterday.
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Bangladesh moves to retain Islam as state religion
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh will retain Islam as the state religion in amendments the government is proposing to its constitution, a government minister said Tuesday. A former military ruler declared Islam the state religion in 1988 by amending the charter, but it barely affected Bangladesh’s secular legal system mainly based on British common law.
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