LONDON (Reuters) - A British Muslim leader sentenced to death in his native Bangladesh for war crimes committed 40 years ago said the conviction was a politically motivated farce prompted by a vindictive … [Read More]

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Bangladesh's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists participate in a demonstration in Dhaka in this Feb. 4, 2013 photo. The party demanded that the International Crimes Tribunal be scrapped. Photo: … [Read More]

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Bangladeshi authorities should immediately stop legal proceedings against two prominent activists with Odhikar, a leading Bangladeshi human rights group, Human Rights Watch has said. The authorities should release Nasiruddin Elan, the group’s director, who was denied bail and jailed in Dhaka on November 6, 2013. Adilur Rahman Khan, the group’s secretary, is also facing charges. [...]

Maps created by National Geographic magazine have shown that a huge portion of eastern England, most of Denmark, and the US’ entire eastern seaboard, Bangladesh and China’s huge chunk is going to get submerged if all the ice in the world melted. And if the following were to happen, it will produce a sea level [...]

Amid continued tensions with the US over drone strikes, Pakistan army has successfully shot down a "drone" during a military exercise that was watched by PM & army … [Read More]

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Print 6 November 2013 &#150 The United Nations human rights chief today expressed alarm at the death sentences handed out in Bangladesh to 152 paramilitary soldiers for their role in a 2009 mutiny, following reports that they were tortured and their mass trials fell short of human rights standards. ';The crimes committed during [...]

Colin Munro and Anton Devcich have hit half-centuries and Tim Southee has grabbed three wickets as New Zealand ended their Bangladesh tour with a 15-run victory in the Twenty20 match in Dhaka. Munro remained unbeaten on 73 off 39 balls after debutant Devcich smashed 59 off 31 balls to lift the Black Caps to [...]

The bill passed by parliament yesterday tightens the government's grip on the institution set up by Yunus in 1983 to fight poverty, and brings it under closer control of the central bank. Yunus, who was ousted in 2011 in what was seen as a politically engineered move, condemned the new law and said it "created [...]

Colin Munro and Anton Devcich hit half-centuries and Tim Southee grabbed three wickets as New Zealand ended their Bangladesh tour with a 15-run victory in the Twenty20 match in Dhaka on Wednesday. Munro returned unbeaten on 73 off 39 balls after debutant Devcich had smashed 59 off 31 balls to lift the Black Caps [...]

DHAKA: At least 73 people were injured across Bangladesh while two bombs exploded near a BNP office here on the final day of a 60-hour strike by the opposition to press its demand for a caretaker regime to oversee the next general election. Incidents of violence, clashes, vandalism and bomb blasts were reported from across [...]