Incessant showers put a premature end to the opening match of the Under-19 tri-nation tournament between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Haslegrave Ground in Loughborough. The teams shared a point each, after rain arrived in the afternoon after 17 overs of Pakistan's innings, and refused to let … [Read More]

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The Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced an ambitious domestic schedule for the 2013-14 season, which includes two Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League tournaments. The first of the two leagues is from the 2012-13 season that had to be rescheduled five times since March this … [Read More]

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In another blow to Bangladesh’s fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami party, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected its plea against a High Court verdict that declared it illegal and barred it from contesting future … [Read More]

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Bangladesh and Burma, two of the world's poorest nations, have sent warships into the Bay of Bengal amid escalating tensions over a vast disputed gas find.Bangladesh said today it had sent a British-made frigate, the BNS Kopothakka, to join three other warships some 30 miles south of Saint Martin Island, a palm fringed smudge of [...]

Her nephew, who gave his name as Abdul, told the BBC she had been on holiday in the country with her husband and 12-year-old son since 17 July. He said Mrs Begum had been 'hacked to death' for her valuables. The nephew said: 'It happened this morning. [...]

Canada announced it was closing its embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday, tightening security amid a widespread terrorism and travel alert triggered by the U.S.A spokesman for Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said on Saturday the closure is a security precaution."We take the safety and security of our personnel and our missions overseas very [...]

OTTAWA, Province of Ontario: Canada will shutter its mission in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Sunday, a spokesman said, citing security reasons amid global concern over terror threats. The United States has ordered its embassies across the Islamic world to close temporarily, while Germany, Britain and France said they would shut their missions in Yemen [...]

OTTAWA — Canada's mission in Dhaka, Bangladesh, will be closed on Sunday amid a widespread U.S. travel alert in the region. A spokesman for the Foreign Minister says the Dhaka mission will close as a security precaution and events will be monitored closely. The threat of a terrorist attack [...]

Police in Bangladesh have reportedly arrested a suspect over the murder of a mother from London. The woman was hacked to death by four men who stole her jewellery while on holiday with her family in Bangladesh. The 43-year-old from Stepney was on holiday there with her husband and [...]

Police in Bangladesh have arrested a man over the murder of a mother from east London. Rehana Begum, 43, a British national from Stepney, was killed in Sunamganj, in the north-east of the country, on Friday. Local police told the BBC in Bangladesh they were focusing on the possibility of a rejected marriage [...]