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Bangladesh bans political rallies for a month


The Bangladesh government on Sunday banned political rallies for one month, a step the opposition de...

India, Bangladesh to unveil war memorial in Meghalaya


History will come alive 42 years after the 1971 war in a border town of Meghalaya as India and Bangl...

Indo-Bangladesh Railway officers to meet on May 21


India and Bangladesh Railway officials would meet in Dhaka on May 21 to review the progress of work ...

Kerry meets Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni


US Secretary of State John Kerry met his Bangladeshi counterpart Dipu Moni, during which the two lea...

Groups divided on Bangladesh safety overhauls


The nation`s largest retail industry organisation is firing back, saying that a legally binding glob...

Cyclonic storm `Mahasen`: Death toll in Bangladesh climbs to 48


The death toll in the cyclonic storm `Mahasen` that battered Bangladesh`s southwestern coastlines cl...

Bangladesh PM urged to ensure workers` safety, rights


More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers have urged Bangladesh to come out with a comprehensive plan...

John Kerry to meet Bangladesh Foreign Minister today


US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Bangladeshi counterpart Dipu Moni, where they are lik...

Border trade talks put off with Bangladesh due to `Mahasen`


A high-level talk between India and Bangladesh on setting up of border `haats` (markets) was put off...

Border trade talks put off with Bangladesh due to `Mahasen`


A high-level talk between India and Bangladesh on setting up of border `haats` (markets) was put off...

India-Bangladesh meet on border `haats` put off due to `Mahasen`


A high-level India-Bangladesh meeting on setting up of `Border Haats` (border markets) along the fro...

India urged to protect Bangladesh war crimes witness


Authorities in India and Bangladesh should take all necessary steps to protect Shukhoranjan Bali, Hu...

Cyclonic storm `Mahasen` kills at least 14 in Bangladesh


At least 14 people were killed on Thursday as cyclonic storm `Mahasen` battered Bangladesh`s southwe...

`Shahbagh movement beacon of hope for South Asia`


Bangladesh`s Shahbagh movement was hailed at a meeting with speakers saying it was a beacon of hope ...

Bangladesh evacuates one million ahead of cyclonic storm ‘Mahasen’


Bangladesh on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of about one million people from its coastline as the...

Bangladesh braces for cyclone `Mahasen`


Bangladesh ordered massive disaster preparedness measures as the cyclonic storm `Mahasen` started mo...

Bangladesh garment factories shut down as workers protest


The owners of garment factories near Dhaka in Bangladesh have decided to pull down the shutters afte...

Miracle survivor of Bangladesh shuns garment industry


Three days after her miraculous rescue from the rubbles of the collapsed eight-storey building here,...

Bangladesh Army to end salvage campaign as collapse toll hits 1127


Bangladesh Army is planning to wrap up its 20 days of salvage campaign at the ruins of a garment fac...

Scientists propose hilsa sanctuaries to save prized fish


To prevent the rapid decline in numbers of hilsa in Indian waters, West Bengal scientists have propo...

Bangladesh govt plans pay rise for garment factory workers


After the world`s worst garment industry disaster, the Bangladesh Government has decided to raise th...

Cyclone Mahasen brings rains in Chennai, moves towards Bangladesh-Myanmar


The cyclonic storm `Mahasen` over Bay of Bengal has moved slightly north-westwards and lay centred a...

Bangladesh issues warning as cyclone Mahasen approaches


Maritime ports in Bangladesh were Sunday advised to take adequate precautionary measures as cyclone ...

Bangladesh building collapse toll reaches 1,126


More than two weeks after an eight-storey building collapsed in the Bangladesh capital, the death to...

Top Jammat leader held in Bangladesh for war crimes


A top leader of Bangladesh`s fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami was on Sunday arrested for war crimes he...

`Mahasen` weakens, moves towards Bangladesh


The cyclonic storm `Mahasen` created over southeast Bay of Bengal has weakened and moved slightly to...

15-yr old boy found dead near border Indo-Bangladesh border


The body of a 15-year old boy was found near the Indo-Bangladesh border at Krishnaganj in Nadia dist...

Woman rescued from Bangladesh rubble recovering


A seamstress who survived 17 days before being rescued from a collapsed garment factory building was...

Death toll in Bangladesh collapse soars past 1,100


Police say the death toll from the collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh has soared p...

Rights body seeks probe into deaths during Bangladesh protest rally


Bangladesh should set up an independent commission to probe the large numbers of deaths and injuries...

Dhaka woman survives 16 days under rubble


Seventeen days after the collapse of a garment factory building, the rescuers found a woman alive un...

Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll hits 1,034


The death toll in the collapse of an eight-storey building here in the Bangladesh capital soared pas...

Bangladesh building collapse: Haunting pic of couple in final embrace


Not just the rising death toll, but also a photograph of a couple in the rubble of the collapsed Dha...

US backs peaceful protests, calls for fair trial in Bangladesh


A special Bangladeshi tribunal handed down death penalty to Muhammad Quamaruzzaman for collaborating...

Bangladesh 1971 war crimes: Jamaat stalwart sentenced to death


A special Bangladeshi tribunal handed down death penalty to fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami stalwart ...

Bangladesh building collapse toll nears 1000


Hundreds of bodies are still trapped under the debris of the illegally constructed Rana Plaza buildi...

Garments factory fire kills 8 in Bangladesh


Bangladesh has closed down 18 garment factories temporarily as part of its efforts to allay fears of...

US official calls up Dhaka garment industry representatives


The conference call was part of the Obama Administration`s effort to engage the garment industry to ...

Bangladesh building collapse toll passes 800


The death toll in Bangladesh`s worst industrial disaster passed the 800 mark as rescuers pulled out ...

Bangladesh building collapse toll approaches 800


The death toll in Bangladesh`s worst industrial disaster approached the 800 mark as rescuers pulled ...

Bangladesh violence: 28 killed, top Hefazat leader remanded


A top leader of a radical outfit, demanding a tougher blasphemy law in Bangladesh, was remanded to p...

Bangladesh Islamist activists clash with cops, 37 killed


Police and paramilitary troops overnight dispersed a huge demonstration by 70,000 Islamists in the c...

Bangladesh building collapse toll hits 715


The death toll in Bangladesh`s worst industrial disaster rose sharply to 715 as rescuers pulled out ...

Bangladesh building collapse toll tops 640


Bangladeshi police are investigating possible murder charges against the owner of a shoddily built f...

Bangladesh bans two pvt TV channels for spreading `malice`


Bangladesh halted broadcast of two right-wing television channels for allegedly provoking violence a...

Bangladesh police send back radical Islamic cleric


Radical Islamic cleric Ahmed Shafi, who is behind a violent protest demanding a tougher blasphemy la...

Radical Islamic outfit strikes horror in Bangladesh, 18 killed


At least 18 people, including three security personnel, were killed and over 50 injured as marauding...

Four killed in Bangladesh violence


Violence gripped the Bangladeshi capital on Sunday as thousands of Islamists chanting "Allahu Akbar"...

Bangladesh collapsed building owner charged with murder


Murder charges was today slapped on the owner of the ill-fated eight-storey building that collapsed ...

Bangladesh building collapse death toll over 600


Twelve days after the worst industrial disaster in Bangladesh`s history, rescuers on Sunday pulled o...