Bangladesh mutiny hits trade,movement across India-Bangla borders

The rebellion in Bangladesh Rifles has brought to a halt the bus services between Dhaka and the two Indian cities of Kolkata and Agartala for an indefinite period causing hardships to commuters. The Agartala-Dhaka and Dhaka-Kolkata bus services have been suspended for an...

Bangladesh mutineers agree to surrender arms

After holding talks with rebel Paramilitary forces, a senior Bangladeshi minister has said that the mutineers Bangladesh Rifles forces would lay down their arms by afternoon local time. Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury told this morning to reporters that they have agreed...

Bangladesh troop mutinies break out beyond Dhaka

The bloody mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) soldiers in the capital Dhaka has spread outside the city even though they had laid their arms at their headquarters. Police chiefs in six border districts have told...

Bangladesh sacks official after remarks against country's founder

Bangladesh on Monday sacked its top information official for penning a poem comparing the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to a "dried plum". A government order has been issued this afternoon asking Information Secretary A T M Fazlul Karim to go on retirement. Prime...

Ferry sinks in south Bangladesh, Dozens missing

Around 30 passengers of a ferry are feared to be dead after it capsized in Southern Bangladesh. More details are expected. "At least a woman drowned and 50 other people went missing as a launch capsized in the river Kirtonkhola in Beltola area today (Thursday), reports our...

Bangladesh bars 62 VIP's from leaving the country

In a major crackdown newly elected Awami League government has barred a host of people from leaving country. Many of these poeple are political activists and belong to opposition BNP. " Bangladeshi authorities have issued an order asking immigration officials to prevent the...

Ten killed as train crashes into truck in Bangladesh

At least 13 people were killed and 45 others were injured as a train with several passengers travelling on its engine collided with a truck at an unmanned railway crossing in north-western Bangladesh on Tuesday."At least 13 people, including three women and two children, were...

Bangladesh Parliament set to allow 33 per cent quota for women

The newly elected Bangladeshi government led by a women has decided to reserve 30% of seats to women in the lower house. "Even as political parties in India still drag their feet over reserving 33 percent of...

Bus crash kills 12 college teachers, students in Bangladesh

Latest reports coming from Bangladesh says that at least 12 college students and teachers returning from a picnic were killed as a bus carrying them fell into a 300-feet gorge in southeastern Bangladesh. " At least nine people were killed and over 35 were injured when a...

Bangladesh to publish White Paper on corruption

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told the parliament a 'white paper' on corruption of the immediate past caretaker and the BNP-led four-party alliance governments was much needed. The Awami League-led government in Bangladesh will publish a white paper...

Bangladesh to implement peace deal with Buddhist tribals

The Bangladesh government plans to amend the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Land Commission to ensure a better deal for the Buddhist tribals and implement the peace accord signed in 1997. " The government is going to fully implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace...

Seating plan row in new Bangladesh Parliament

The newly elected Members of Parliament continued to make news in Bangladesh. There has been a seating row in the Parliament hoouse. The seating plan row continued in Bangladesh's ninth parliament as...

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Final Tri Series - Highlights

What a thrilling end to a final. Sri Lanka set 153 for victory made a mockery of the chase by losing their top 5 wickets for just 6 runs, which, incidentally, is the lowest score at which a team has lost five wickets in an ODI. Sangakkara and Maharoof bailed them out with an...

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Final Match ODI - Highlights and Score

What a thrilling end to a final. Sri Lanka set 153 for victory made a mockery of the chase by losing their top 5 wickets for just 6 runs, which, incidentally, is the lowest score at which a team has lost five wickets in an ODI. Sangakkara and Maharoof bailed them out with an...

US to help Bangladesh seize bribe money

A team of the US's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the USD 200 million money laundering scandal pertaining to a Siemens telecom deal that implicates both sons of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. The erstwhile caretaker government had moved...

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