A court in Bangladesh's capital has indicted four bloggers for their allegedly inflammatory writings about Islam and its Prophet Muhammad. Metropolitan Sessions Court Judge Zahurul Haque said Sunday that he accepted the police charges in two separate cases, the first to be tried under Bangladesh's recently amended Information and Communication Technology Act. The opening of [...]

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in Bangladesh's capital has indicted four bloggers for their allegedly inflammatory writings about Islam and its Prophet Muhammad. Metropolitan Sessions Court Judge Zahurul Haque said Sunday that he accepted the police charges in two separate cases, the first to be tried under Bangladesh's recently amended Information and Communication Technology [...]

Last Saturday night, Adilur Rahman Khan arrived home in Dhaka after visiting his family over Eid to find a group of men waiting outside his house. Mr. Khan, secretary of the prominent Bangladeshi human rights group Odhikar, had been expecting this day might come, but being confronted by members of the Detective Branch, who were [...]

DHAKA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Bangladesh sold third generation mobile phone spectrum to four of the country's mobile telephone operators for a total of $525 million at a much-awaited auction on Sunday, the telecoms regulator said. Top operator Grameenphone, which is majority owned by Norway's Telenor, won the auction to [...]

Throughout Asia, humans and monkeys live side-by side in many urban areas. An international research team from the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Jahangirnagar University has been examining transmission of a virus from monkeys to humans in Bangladesh, one of the world's most densely populated countries. The scientists have found that [...]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has denied allegations that it had refused to allow its players to participate in the Dhaka Cricket League (DCL) and said that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) did not contact it to seek clearance. According to the Daily Times, under the new ICC rules, a no-objection certificate (NOC) is mandatory [...]

WELLINGTON (AFP) - New Zealand named two uncapped players on Friday in a 15-man Test squad for their upcoming Bangladesh tour but will be missing injured veterans Daniel Vettori and Martin Guptill.The selectors turned to spinner Ish Sodhi and allrounder Corey Anderson for the two-Test series after the pair showed they could handle subcontinental conditions [...]

A worker cuts the thread on shirt on the production line of the Fashion Enterprise garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty … [Read More]

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WASHINGTON: A prominent Bangladeshi human rights activist whose arrest last month drew US criticism must be held accountable for circulating "false information" about fatalities during recent unrest, the nation's top diplomat said Thursday. But in defending the government's handling of a case that has garnered international attention, foreign … [Read More]

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Asian Human Rights Commission A Statement from the Asian Human Rights CommissionBANGLADESH: Oppression of free speech must end The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned about the continued and arbitrary detention of Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan Secretary of Odhikar. The AHRC has learned that the government [...]