Dhaka, Oct 25 (IANS) Bangladesh's main opposition Friday called a three-day nationwide strike from Sunday morning to press its demand for restoration of the non-party caretaker government system to oversee the national elections slated for early 2014. Former prime minister Khaleda Zia announced the strike at a grand rally in capital Dhaka, giving Prime [...]

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia says she and her allies will stage a three-day general strike from Sunday morning to back demands for a caretaker government made up of people from outside political parties to oversee elections due by early January. Zia told a rally Friday that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has [...]

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) At least three people were killed Friday in Bangladesh and more than 60 people were hurt when security officials clashed with opposition supporters trying to defy a ban on protests, just days before a planned national general strike. Local police official Ranjit Kumar Barua in a southern coastal district of Cox’s Bazar [...]

More than six months after a fire destroyed a Bangladesh clothing factory, 94 percent of the victims are still awaiting compensation, a charity organization has said. Action Aid found in its recent survey that 63 percent of the survivors suffered serious physical injuries, including amputations, paralysis and severe pain, which prevented them from returning to [...]

The second Test match played between Bangladesh and New Zealand at Dhaka has ended in a draw after rain ruined proceedings of the last day, with the two-Test series having a 0-0 outcome. Bangladesh had managed to fight their way back into the Test with an unbeaten century by youngster Mominul Haque, who put on [...]

Bangladesh has managed to fight their way back into the second Test against New Zealand in Dhaka boosted by an unbeaten century by youngster Mominul Haque, who put on a record partnership with Tamim Iqbal on Thursday. Haque, who scored 181 in the first innings of the drawn first Test in Chittagong, led Bangladesh’s batting [...]

LONDON/DHAKA - Discount clothing chain Primark has decided to extend further compensation to the families and the victims of Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh while calling on other multinational companies to agree to provide relief to hundreds affected by the tragedy that struck in April this year. Primark, which operates as Penneys in Ireland, [...]

President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that the bond between India and Bangladesh were ‘deep rooted’, and added that the two countries have a common history, heritage and culture. President Mukherjee, who was called-on by a 100- member youth delegation from Bangladesh here at Rashtrapati Bhavan, expressed his delight to meet the members, and said [...]

Rana Plaza factory collapse has galvanised international action by governments and industry to try to improve conditions in Bangladeshi clothing factories. After years of inaction despite a string of fires, building collapses and poor treatment of workers, three separate deals are now in place. The question now is if they can work together. "Clearly, all [...]

Bangladesh Corey Anderson smashed his first Test century as New Zealand reached 8 for 419 against Bangladesh to take a first innings lead of 137 on the third day of the second and final Test in Dhaka on … [Read More]

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