A retired FBI agent conspired with an old friend to sell confidential documents on a political rival to a Bangladeshi man, federal prosecutors said Friday. A criminal complaint against Robert Lustyik of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., was unsealed in the U.S. District Court in White Plains, N.Y., The New York Times reported. Investigators said [...]

Indigenous woman in CHT DHAKA, 2 August 2013 (IRIN) - Rights groups in Bangladesh are questioning whether state forces are effectively controlling violence in Bangladesh’s southeastern Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region after a bloody month, and say renewed violence is a real threat there. "The role the security agencies have played in [...]

More than 1100 dead, many others coping with temporary or permanent disabilities, and people still missing. The 24 April 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse – Bangladesh’s worst ever industrial disaster – has left the country reeling and Bangladeshi rights groups working overtime to help affected families. Nearly two months after the building collapsed, the [...]

A mother from London has been killed in Bangladesh in what her family say was a violent robbery for jewels and money. Rehana Begum, 43, a British national from Stepney, east London, died in Sunamgonj, Bangladesh, on 2 August, the Foreign Office has confirmed. Her nephew, who gave his name as Abdul, told [...]

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has not received any bids for the broadcasting rights of the home series against New Zealand in October. A tender was floated for the TV rights on July 15 and but the BCB did not receive a single bid until the deadline passed on Thursday … [Read More]

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A process is underway to prepare an index to rank Bangladesh's garment factories on the basis of their fire and building safety conditions and working environment, Noble laureate Muhammad Yunus said yesterday. "The ranking will spur healthy competition among garment manufacturers," he said in a speech at a meeting of Bangladesh MBA Association at [...]

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WAM DHAKA, 1st August, 2013 (WAM) — The UAE Embassy in Dhaka has supervised an Iftar meal programme for the benefit of fasting Muslims in Bangladesh. The project is organised by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation as part of its efforts to serve Muslims in various parts of the world. [...]

A Bangladeshi court on Thursday banned the South Asian nation's largest Islamist party from taking part in the next elections, saying the party violates the country's secular democratic … [Read More]

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Bangladeshi security forces have frequently used excessive force in responding to street protests, killing at least 150 protesters and injuring at least 2,000 more since February 2013, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on August 1, 2013. While large numbers of protesters have been arrested, the Bangladeshi authorities have made no meaningful efforts [...]