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Ten Bangladeshi nationals die in Bahrain fire

Ten Bangladeshi nationals working in Bahrain were killed on the spot when a fire engulfed their hous...

B`deshi court denies bail to 33 opposition leaders

A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday denied bail to 33 opposition leaders, including the BNP`s acting se...

Unidentified man found murdered in Parel

The deceased, believed to be around 25-35 years of age, was spotted in a pool of blood by a constabl...

Exploit strategic location: Hillary to Bangladesh

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the political geography gave Bangladesh an opportunity fo...

Thai Air Force aircraft makes troubled landing in Dhaka

Civil aviation and Biman officials said the training aircraft of Thai Royal Air Force skidded off th...

Bangladesh businesses close for 2nd day of strike

Elias Ali`s disappearance has further complicated Bangladesh`s fragile parliamentary democracy.

Opposition strike cripples Bangladesh`s capital

An 18-party opposition alliance is enforcing the strike to urge the government to find a regional op...

Bangladesh: Storms kill 17 people, dozens injured

News reports say storms with heavy rains and strong winds have killed at least 17 people and injured...

Sudhakar Reddy is new CPI general secretary

S Sudhakar Reddy was on Saturday elected unopposed as new general secretary of CPI, replacing AB Bar...

Saudi embassy official killed in Dhaka

A Saudi embassy official was early Tuesday shot dead by unidentified assailants near his house in Dh...

Prominent TV journalist couple murdered in B’desh

Two well-known Bangladeshi television journalists were on Friday found stabbed to death in their hom...

Violence in Bangladesh; 3 dead, over 100 hurt

Three people were killed in clashes between Bangladeshi police and activists of the opposition Bangl...

Bangladesh: More officers involved in coup plot?

The Bangladesh Army has constituted five more "courts of enquiry" to probe the botched coup plot.

CO caught take bribe of Rs 15,000 from farmer

A Circle Officer was caught Wednesday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a farmer h...

B’desh to abandon 8 projects under Indian credit

Bangladesh earlier undertook 20 projects under the Indian credit for upgrading its infrastructure.

Protests erupt in Dhaka after bus hits journalist

Witnesses said a bus of the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation hit a reporter of Bangla daily Kal...

Bangladesh orders probe into `secret` killings

Bangladesh government ordered police to probe the reported "secret" killings of at least 10 people. ...

B`desh for joint study on cross-border dam in India

Bangladesh sought a comprehensive joint study with India on a proposed cross-border dam to assess ...

Plea seeks probe against ministers in Jagan case

An advocate has moved a special court seeking a direction to CBI to probe the role of 6 ministers i...

Court declares TRS leader`s detention illegal

The Andhra Pradesh High Court Thursday ordered release of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Che...

Violence mars BNP strike protesting split of Dhaka

The parliament last week passed into law a bill seeking to split Dhaka in the house being boycotted...

Indian HC probes Dhaka online visa intrusion?

A number of visitors in recent months complained that they could not log in the prescribed visa app...

Bangladesh Parliament splits Dhaka in two parts?

Parliament has passed the bill to split the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) into two separate entities.

25 injured in clashes with police in B`desh

At least 25 people including policemen were injured as the clash erupted when police entered the Dh...

`Dhaka seeking apology from Islamabad justified`

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina`s ruling Awami League has sought a Pakistan apology for the ...

1,000 huts gutted in Dhaka

A massive fire gutted around 1,000 huts in a slum in Dhaka Thursday, an official said.

B`desh war crimes tribunal refuses `recusal` of its chairman

The Bangladesh war crimes tribunal has left it to its chairman the choice to continue or leave.

Delhi, Dhaka to exchange Teesta river data

India and Bangladesh will exchange data on water availability in the Teesta River, an official said.

Bangladesh: 8 dead, more missing in boat sinking

Boat accidents due to lax safety standards and overloading are common in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 12 killed in road accident

At least 12 people were killed when a speeding truck hit a three-wheeler passenger van in southwes...

India-Bangladesh to discuss bilateral border issue

A 21-member delegation led by Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Raman Srivastava will tod...

A factory for fake visas in Bangladesh

A raid at a printing unit in Bangladesh has revealed it was producing fake British documents on "an ...

I-T raids Mumbai bar owner close to Ramdev

The Income Tax department, Thursday, raided the house of bar owner Sudhakar Shetty.

`Indian PM’s visit to Dhaka had positive outcomes`

Cooperation between India and Bangladesh could resolve the bilateral differences, a top Bangladesh...

Gursharan visits Dhaka gurdwara

Gursharan Kaur, wife of visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday paid obeisance at the Na...

PM’s trip: Menon makes unscheduled visit to Dhaka

National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon paid an unscheduled visit to the Bangladesh capital, hi...

NSA Shivshankar Menon visits Dhaka

India`s National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon has held comprehensive talks with top Bangladesh...

Bangladesh overwhelmed by reaction to Messi visit

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) are being inundated with requests from supporters and spons...

Meghalaya CM to accompany PM on Dhaka visit

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma will accompany Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visi...

Sonia Gandhi addresses autism conference in Dhaka

Sonia Gandhi has said society should pay greater attention to autistic persons to "get back much in ...

Bomb hurled at Dhaka University VC

Dhaka University VC escaped unhurt when unidentified miscreants hurled an improvised device targetin...

RSS planned AMU attacks?

A former RSS pracharak has made sensational claims about a planned conspiracy to murder Justi...

Yunus asks Grameen Bank members to guard against takeover bids

Muhammad Yunus caution came after his resignation as MD of Grameen Bank.

Dhaka varsity shooting leaves 70 injured

Gunshots were fired in a clash between two factions of ruling Awami League.

Dhaka developing world`s first vitamin-A rich rice

Bangladesh is conducting trials of what scientists claim is the world`s 1st ever Vit A-rich rice.

Stop flirting with extremism, Dhaka daily tells politicians

A prominent Dhaka daily newspaper has urged political parties to take note of "what has happened in ...

Dhaka`s rickshaw art fades in motor age

A war of independence didn`t stop him nor did two bouts of sectarian bloodshed and an Islamist mil...

Cong MP retracts his statement on bribing judge

Under pressure from his party over his `anti-judiciary` remark, Congress MP K Sudhakaran retracted h...

Not attacking judiciary, but corrupt judges: Sudhakaran

Congress MP K Sudhakaran, who is facing heat following his remarks that he witnessed an apex court j...

Cong MP booked for for `anti-judiciary` remarks

Congress MP K Sudhakaran was charged by Kerala police with concealing design to commit crime in conn...

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