Bangladesh News

Jamaat, BNP fall in line as Bangladesh prepares for polls

After resisting new election law requirements, both the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), have fallen in line and are ready to talk to the government as the country prepares for the December polls.

Thousands in Bangladesh mark end of Durga Puja

Thousands of Bangladeshis participated in the revelry that marked the end of the Durga Puja festival that was observed with religious fervour by the Hindus, who form the country's second-largest religious grouping.12:02 PM on October 10

Dhaka to press for road up to China with Yangon

Bangladesh is set to begin a survey on the proposed road link to China via Myanmar this month with the consent of Yangon, officials said.2:01 PM on October 07

Bangladesh government keeping Zia, Hasina out of polls: BNP

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has accused the country's caretaker government of still pursuing the 'minus two formula' by keeping their leader Khaleda Zia and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina out of the political arena with polls just two months away.2:00 PM on October 06

Religious harmony improves in Bangladesh: Hindu leader

The increasing number of Durga Puja pandals (marquees) indicate better communal harmony in Bangladesh, says a Hindu leader, a retired general who fought in the country's liberation war in 1971.12:01 PM on October 06

Bangladesh court orders government not to arrest Hasina

A court Sunday ordered Bangladesh's military-backed interim government to refrain from arresting or harassing fromer premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed, now paroled for medical treatment abroad.8:33 PM on October 05

Over 50 missing, many injured in Bangladesh ferry collision

More than fifty people were missing and several injured as two passenger ferries collided in a river in southern Bangladesh early Tuesday, a senior official said.2:01 PM on September 30

Bangladesh Islamists float political party with government nod

Leaders of the banned Islamist outfit Harkatul Jihad al Islami (HuJI) in Bangladesh have floated the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) ahead of the December elections with permission from the caretaker government, which said it had found the group had no terror links.2:01 PM on September 29

50,000 stranded by storms in Bangladesh

Tens of thousands of people heading home for the holidays at the end of Ramadan were stranded at ferry stations as tropical squalls battered the fragile Bangladeshi coastline over the weekend, officials said Monday.1:00 PM on September 29

10 fishermen missing in Bay of Bengal

At least 10 fishermen are missing after their fishing boats capsized on the Bay of Bengal off the southern coast of Bangladesh, UNB news agency reported Sunday.12:31 AM on September 29

Khaleda, Hasina meeting idea catches popular imagination

A possible meeting between the two battling former Bangladesh prime ministers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, who are not on talking terms for years, has caught the popular imagination in the country.1:30 PM on September 28

Bangladesh may lead international force to Somalia

Bangladesh may be the lead country to provide its army personnel for the United Nations-backed 'stabilising force' in Somalia.1:00 PM on September 28

Dhaka stops politician from going to Delhi for treatment

A senior Awami League official has alleged that he was being made to 'die slowly' after the Bangladesh government blocked his departure to New Delhi for medical treatment.12:31 PM on September 28

Throwing acid to settle scores on the rise in Bangladesh

Nasima, 35, received serious burn injuries earlier this month as men threw acid on her after she refused to withdraw a court case against those who had allegedly raped her 11-year mentally challenged daughter. 'What is more brutal for a mother than to receive acid burns instead of justice?' asks the doctor treating her.12:31 PM on September 27

Bangladesh to look into killing of Islamist rebels in Assam

The Bangladesh government has said it will look into the killing of seven militants of the Bangladesh-based banned Islamist group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) by soldiers in the Indian state of Assam.12:31 PM on September 27