Retired Indian Army officer to get Bangladesh award
June 25th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 25 (IANS) A retired Indian Army officer will be honoured by the Bangladeshi government for saving Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and a few of her family members ... Read more...
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Dhaka’s Islamist leader admits after 40 years: ‘It was genocide’
May 5th, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 5 (IANS) Chief of Bangladesh's largest Islamist party Thursday said that killing of unarmed civilians during the movement for liberation from Pakistan in 1971 was "genocide", his interrogator ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Bangladesh’s bourses close again after crash
January 20th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 20 (IANS) Bangladesh's two stock exchanges Thursday halted trading after crashing for the second time in ten days, triggering protests by irate investors who clashed with police in many ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Bangladesh To Conduct Uttam Kumar Retrospective From July 23
July 19th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 19, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Bangladesh is going to have a three day retrospective show on Bengali legendary actor Uttam Kumar, which will take place at the main auditorium of the ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Orders to cancel Rajkhowa’s Bangladeshi passport issued (Lead)
December 10th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 10 (ANS) Authorities in Bangladesh have ordered cancellation of the Bangladeshi passport issued to Arabinda Rajkhowa, the chairman of the banned Indian insurgent outfit United Liberation Front of Asom ... Read more...
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Tanks close in on BDR headquarters, army ready to strike
February 26th, 2009 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 26 (IANS) Tanks rumbled on the roads leading to the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters in the capital city Thursday as the army prepared to suppress the mutiny by the border ... Read more...
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Dhaka’s Mughal-era prayer hall at risk from unplanned construction
January 26th, 2009 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 26 (IANS) The oldest surviving Mughal-era Eidgah here faces a threat from unplanned construction of a six-storeyed mosque on its premises, a media report said.Dhanmondi Eidgah mosque committee is constructing ... Read more...
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahmans 33rd death anniversary observed in Dhaka
August 15th, 2008 - 7:08 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, August 15 (ANI): The 33 rd death anniversary of Bangladesh''s founding leader Shekih Mujibur Rahman is being observed across Bangladesh today.President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed visited Tungipara ... Read more...
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