Dhaka, Nov 26 (IANS) The Bangladesh Election Commission Monday announced that the country will undergo parliamentary elections next year Jan 5. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin made the announcement in an address to the nation on state radio and television, while appealing all political parties of the Bangladesh to contest the elections, Xinhua [...]

Dhaka (AFP) - Violence erupted in Bangladesh on Monday leaving one person dead in a bomb explosion after the opposition rejected plans by the government to hold a general election in early January.In an announcement on state television, chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said the polls would take place on January 5 and urged [...]

Dhaka (AFP) - Bangladesh and the United States signed a trade agreement Monday in a move Dhaka hoped would bolster a relationship damaged by the deadly collapse of a garment factory earlier this … [Read More]

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A firefighter and a policeman extinguish a fire on an auto rickshaw in Dhaka. Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led opposition parties blast crude bombs, vandalized and set fire on vehicles after the announcement of 10th paliamentary election schedule. REUTERS/Andrew … [Read More]

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The last week has seen a flurry of activities in the West about developments in Bangladesh. These include a hearing (November 20, 2013) by the U.S. House Sub-Committee on Asia titled “Bangladesh in Turmoil: A Nation on the Brink? And, a resolution in the European Parliament on Bangladesh on November 21, 2013. Such increased [...]

India and Bangladesh not only share a long border, but also have close bilateral ties. Recently, home ministers of both countries met in Tripura where they expressed their commitment to promote growth, and fighting militancy together. Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and his Bangladeshi counterpart Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir were in Tripura on November 17 [...]

Factory fires in Bangladesh are, unfortunately, not uncommon. But when, in April, an eight-storey factory collapsed in the capital Dhaka, it sparked an international outcry. The accident at the Rana Plaza building was the worst industrial disaster in the country’s history. More than 1,000 people died.The ripples from the collapse spread far beyond Bangladesh, because [...]

ANGOLA – A man who fled to his native Bangladesh more than two decades ago after he was charged with murder in the death of a romantic rival from northeast Indiana pleaded guilty Friday to voluntary manslaughter. Mahfuz Huq, 47, a naturalized U.S. citizen, agreed Friday to a plea deal in Steuben Superior Court that [...]

Eyewitnesses said the workers vandalised 10-12 vehicles and went berserk following a brawl with some firemen, reports Xinhua.According to police and eyewitnesses, a bus carrying garment workers of a factory damaged a footpath in front of the fire station while taking a u-turn in the morning.As a fireman shouted at them, the workers got off [...]

The preliminary hearing into the alleged match-fixing and spot-fixing scandal in the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League began in Dhaka on Sunday. Legal representatives of eight of the nine people charged participated in the proceedings; the next hearing is scheduled for January 19, … [Read More]

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