Violence rocks B’desh as Jamaat enforces strike
11 Jun 2013 12:38 AM GMTMuch of Bangladesh was paralysed on Monday by the latest strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami, with two powerful explosions rocking Shahbag Square, the...
Tackle illegal immigration through consensus: Advani
1 Aug 2012 1:54 AM GMTSenior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party L K Advani on Tuesday said that large-scale immigration from Bangladesh is the reason for the clashes that...
Army man 'honey-trapped' by Bangladeshi ISI worker
12 July 2012 1:42 AM GMTA Lieutenant Colonel is facing charges of establishing unauthorised contacts on Facebook with a Bangladeshi woman, suspected to be an ISI agent, who...
Dhaka media doyen held for war crimes
18 Jun 2012 1:36 AM GMTBangladesh police on Sunday arrested Jamaat-e-Islami leader and media doyen Mir Kashem Ali for his suspected role in perpetrating crimes against...
29 Bangla opposition leaders accused
1 Jun 2012 4:06 AM GMTPolice on Thursday pressed charges against 29 detained leaders of main opposition BNP and its rightwing allies in a second case accusing them of...
Bangladesh’s naval quest for power
28 May 2012 1:27 AM GMTEven a couple of years ago, Bangladesh had nothing but a few patrol boats by way of its navy.Not any more. Now that Bangladesh is set to join India...
Mistrust stalls South Asian cooperation
21 May 2012 7:02 AM GMTA major reason why regional economic development has been stalled in South Asia is the enduring mutual distrust and hostility between India, Pakistan...
Bangladesh high court bans book on Mujibur
16 May 2012 1:49 AM GMTBangladesh's High Court on Tuesday banned the publication of a political novel by popular writer Humayun Ahmed for 'distortion of historical facts'...
Indian boy, grandparents freed from Bangladesh jail
29 April 2012 6:31 PM GMTIn a gesture of goodwill, the Bangladesh authorities released a five-year-old Indian boy, Ariful Sheikh, and his grandparents after they spent nearly...
Pakistan, Bangladesh sporting ties hit by pullouts
23 April 2012 5:34 PM GMTSporting relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh have taken a hit after the latter postponed a much-anticipated cricket tour and a football club...
