Bangladeshi man arrested in Assam
June 16th, 2012 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 16 (IANS) A Bangladeshi national was arrested in this main Assam city for illegal stay in India since 1993 and employment in a courier company, police said ... Read more...
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Militant chief held in Bangladesh
July 13th, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 13 (IANS) The head of the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has been arrested, police said Tuesday.
Anwar Alam Khokon, the acting chief of JMB, was arrested in Bogra district, ... Read more...
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Profile of Jyoti Basu
January 17th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Jan 17(ANI): Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Jyoti Basu was born on July 8, 1914 as Jyoti Kiran Basu into an upper middle-class Bengali family in Kolkata (previously ... Read more...
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Three Mujib killers on death row seek clemency (Lead)
January 9th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 9 (IANS) Three of the five former Bangladesh Army officers sentenced to death for the 1975 murder of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Saturday sought clemency from ... Read more...
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Three Mujib killers on death row seek clemency
January 9th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 9 (IANS) Three of the five former Bangladesh Army officers convicted and sentenced to death for the 1975 murder of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Saturday sought ... Read more...
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Move to withdraw case against Zia’s son
December 22nd, 2009 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government has for the first time moved to withdraw an extortion case against Bangladesh opposition chief Khaleda Zia's elder son Tarique Rahman on ... Read more...
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Graft cases against Hasina, Zia being reviewed
May 11th, 2009 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 11 (IANS) While Bangladesh's courts hear the government recommendation that 11 cases against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina be dropped, a senior law officer Monday began scrutiny of documents relating ... Read more...
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Dhaka politicians ask courts to drop ‘motivated’ cases
May 1st, 2009 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 1 (IANS) With restoration of democracy after last December's election, Bangladesh's politicians are approaching the judiciary to drop criminal cases filed against them by the previous military-backed caretaker government, ... Read more...
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End of a golden age: Artist Paritosh Sen passes away
October 23rd, 2008 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) High priest of Bengal modern art Paritosh Sen passed away in Kolkata Wednesday evening. He was 90. The artist is survived by his wife.Sen was admitted ... Read more...
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