Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh on Wednesday said India hoped that the forthcoming elections will strengthen democratic institutions, practices and processes in Bangladesh, while asserting that violence has no part in a democratic process “We hope that the forthcoming elections will respond to the aspirations of people in Bangladesh and that they will be free, fair, [...]

Trade through the Petrapole-Benapole route — that accounts for over 50 per cent of the bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh — has been badly hit in the last few days. Bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh stands at $5.5 billion (Rs 34,200 … [Read More]

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At least 17 people were killed and about 30 others injured as a goods laden truck and a night passenger bus collided head on in Bangladesh's Shajahanpur sub- district of Bogra district, 197 km northwest of the capital Dhaka, on Thursday morning.Police was quoted by private news agency UNB as saying that the Dhaka bound [...]

Agartala, Dec 4 (IANS) The current political turmoil in Bangladesh is likely to delay the execution of a new rail link between India and its neighbour, officials said Wednesday. "At a meeting in Dhaka Tuesday, the Bangladesh railway ministry officials indicated that it was difficult for them to complete the necessary survey and to [...]

Bangladesh is the cheapest place in the world to make a T-shirt. But this week, the minimum wage there was raised from $39 a month to $68 a month. That's got some factory owners nervous about whether Western retailers there will pull out. Our Planet Money team examines the future of the garment industry in [...]

Dhaka, Dec 4 : The US has urged the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Awami League to get talks going to end political unrest in the South Asian country, media reported … [Read More]

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The door for the opposition to join the January 5 polls has apparently closed with the time to submit nomination papers expiring yesterday. However, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has said everything would be possible if the two major alliances reached a consensus over the election-time government. Talking to reporters yesterday, he [...]

There are more than 4,000 garment factories in Bangladesh. One way or another, most of them trace their lineage to Abdul Majid Chowdhury, Noorul Quader and the 128 Bangladeshis who traveled to Korea 30 years … [Read More]

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Bangladeshi police officers escort Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, center with cap, a leader of Bangladesh's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, as he comes out after appearing before a special tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 21, … [Read More]

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DHAKA: Bangladesh's opposition alliance yesterday confirmed its boycott of a January general election, failing to register candidates before a deadline for nominations and plunging the country into renewed political uncertainty. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) announced the decision amid growing street violence that has left 52 people dead since late October and a [...]