Bangladesh News

India may allow passage for Nepal trucks to Bangladesh

India is considering granting passage to trucks from Nepal going to Bangladesh, media reports said.2:01 PM on October 30

Minister status for Bangladesh envoys to Delhi, Washington

The Bangladesh government has accorded the status of ministers of state to its high commissioners in New Delhi and London and its ambassador in Washington.10:02 PM on October 29

Skyrail, flyovers, waterways to decongest Dhaka

Bangladesh's national capital is going in for a facelift that will include a skyrail, flyovers, underground railways and orbital waterways as part of the effort to decongest the city's roads.8:04 PM on October 29

Dhaka to disband four border guard battalions

Four battalions of Bangladesh rifles (BDR), whose troopers mutinied in February, will be disbanded, a media report has said.8:01 PM on October 29

21 missing as trawler sinks in Bangladesh

Twenty-one labourers were missing after the trawler in which they were travelling sank following a collision with another vessel in Bangladesh Friday.8:01 PM on October 23

It's ok for man to beat wife, say 36 percent of Bangladeshi women

Thirty-six percent of Bangladeshi women say it is all right for a man to beat his wife if she is disrespectful to elders, goes out without permission or neglects children, states a government survey. It also says that 46 percent of married women in the country are slapped by their husbands.2:05 PM on October 22

Dhaka, Yangon play down troop build-up at border

Bangladesh and Myanmar have sought to play down the tensions along the border in the past three weeks and have calling their troop movements 'routine'.2:00 PM on October 22

Bomb injures 13 in Bangladesh, ruling party MP escapes unhurt

A ruling party lawmaker escaped unhurt from a terrorist attack, which left at least 13 people injured in Bangladesh's capital Wednesday, police said.2:00 AM on October 22

Mujib's killers seek re-trial by Bangladesh military court

Two former Bangladesh army officers, convicted of killing the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman over 34 years ago, have sought re-trial by a military court.2:06 PM on October 21

Dhaka to survey Bay of Bengal to fix maritime boundary

Bangladesh has decided to conduct a seismic survey in the Bay of Bengal to gather data for delineating its maritime boundaries with India and Myanmar.2:05 PM on October 21

Kolkata singer takes Dhaka on musical journey

Kolkata-based singer Kabir Suman wowed audiences in Dhaka when he performed songs popular in both West Bengal and Bangladesh at a solo concert here.4:07 AM on October 21

Apex court unseats Dhaka lawmaker

Bangladesh's Supreme Court has unseated a ruling Awami League lawmaker who had contested last December's parliamentary poll before the five-year time bar stipulated following his retirement from the army.4:06 AM on October 21

Dhaka to protest Myanmar Navy attack on its fishermen

Bangladesh, which is locked in a border conflict with its eastern neighbour, has alleged that Myanmar Navy Monday attacked its fishermen. Dhaka plans to lodge a formal protest with Yangon.4:04 AM on October 21

Dhaka, Washington set to sign trade pact

Bangladesh is set to sign the long-pending Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with the US by the year-end, for which concluding negotiations are to begin shortly, a media report said.6:08 PM on October 20

Khaleda Zia plans a job for her son

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has amended its constitution to pave the way for the return of Tarique Rahman, elder son of party chief and former prime minister Khaleda Zia. He has been away in London for the past one year.4:07 PM on October 20