Bangladesh News

Bangladesh alerts border forces over gas row with Myanmar

Reported troop movement near the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar, apparently resulting from a disagreement over offshore oil and gas rights, has ramped up tension in the area.10:30 PM on November 08

'I forgive, but do not forget' Hasina to party detractors

Former Bangladesh prime minister and Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina has offered to forgive those who turned 'reformers' while she was in jail, but has said she will never forget their efforts at the behest of the military-backed caretaker government.2:31 PM on November 08

Dhaka poll scene hots up as Hasina returns home

Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from the US Thursday to a tumultuous welcome by her Awami League workers and announced a 'grand alliance' of like minded parties to contest the Dec 18 elections.1:00 PM on November 06

Yangon suspends Bay of Bengal exploration

Myanmar has suspended its explorations in the Bay of Bengal after Bangladesh sent a diplomatic mission to Yangon and also got China to put pressure on the matter.11:32 AM on November 06

Jamaat, 24 other parties cleared to contest Bangladesh polls

Jamaat-e-Islami and 24 other parties have been cleared by the Bangladesh Election Commission to contest the Dec 18 elections.3:33 PM on November 04

'Myanmar continuing gas exploration in Bangladesh waters'

Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Touhid Hossain left for Myanmar Tuesday for talks after Dhaka accused Yangon of 'ignoring' its warnings and continuing with exploration in the Bay of Bengal, where a territorial dispute remains unresolved.3:33 PM on November 04

Bangladesh relaxes emergency, allows poll campaigning

Authorities in Bangladesh Monday announced further relaxation of a state of emergency to allow campaigning for parliamentary and local polls.10:00 PM on November 03

Spurious liquor kills 21 in Bangladesh

Twenty-one people died after drinking spurious liquor in northwest Bangladesh's Bogra and Joypurhat districts in the past two days, The Daily Star newspaper reported Monday.3:31 PM on November 03

Bangladesh parties begin campaign for Dec 18 poll

Political parties in Bangladesh launched their campaign Monday for the 10th parliamentary polls Dec 18, the schedule for which was announced Sunday, 22 months after they were called off amidst political turmoil.11:30 AM on November 03

Bangladesh announces schedule for December polls

Bangladesh's election authorities Sunday formally announced detailed timetable for its stalled parliamentary election, keeping Dec 18 as the voting date.12:00 AM on November 03

Bangladesh protests Myanmar's intrusion into its sea area

Bangladesh has protested Myanmar's reported intrusion across its maritime boundary for oil and gas exploration, asking Yangon to stop such activities on its territory, local media said Sunday.9:33 PM on November 02

'Politics ruins diversity, pluralism in South Asia'

Ministers of India and Bangladesh said that politics has harmed South Asia's diversity and pluralism, but agreed that democracy alone was the common destiny of the region to guarantee its economic development.5:31 PM on November 02

Folk musicians decry 'westernisation' of music in South Asia

Folk musicians of India and Bangladesh have decried westernisation of music in the two countries and the rest of South Asia and said that it was at the cost of the rich musical heritage of the region.4:33 PM on November 02

Abducted Bangladeshi aid agency officials freed in Afghanistan

Two officials of a Bangladeshi aid agency, abducted Oct 23 in Ghazni city in central Afghanistan, have been freed unconditionally by their unidentified captors, private news agency United News of Bangladesh (UNB) said Sunday.4:00 PM on November 02

40 Bangladesh political parties barred from polls

Forty political parties, including those professing Islamist and Left extremist ideologies, have been barred from the December parliamentary polls by the Bangladesh Election Commission for failing to abide by the country's constitution.2:01 PM on November 02