New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the recipient of the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2009 for her contribution to the ...

Dhaka, Nov 19 (IANS) Bangladesh's Supreme Court Thursday rejected appeals of five former army officers and confirmed death sentence on seven others, who are living abroad, for killing the country's founding ...

Dhaka, Nov 18 (IANS) "All I want is justice," Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Wednesday as the nation, with security at key establishments beefed up, awaited the verdict in the ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): Bangladesh Power Secretary Abul Kalam Azad is visiting New Delhi on Wednesday to hold a preliminary round of energy cooperation talks ahead of Prime Minister Sheikh ...

Dhaka, Nov 16 (IANS) The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) has set up six special courts - two in Dhaka and four outside the capital - to try hundreds of mutineers who killed ...

Dhaka, Nov 14 (IANS) South Asia is set for greater connectivity with India on Saturday agreeing to allow Bangladesh rail transit to landlocked Nepal. The announcement came after day-long foreign secretary-level talks ...

Dhaka, Nov 14 (IANS) The foreign secretaries of Bangladesh and India met here Saturday to prepare for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's three-day visit to New Delhi next month. Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama ...

Dhaka, Nov 13 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be in New Delhi Dec 19 for bilateral talks that may include India receiving transit facilities to reach its northeastern region. Foreign ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will visit Dhaka on Saturday. Rao will meet Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Leader of Opposition Khaleda Zia during her two-day visit. Rao ...

Dhaka, Nov 10 (IANS) Five Bangladesh Army officers, who have been detained for questioning, have named six of their dismissed superiors as the masterminds behind last month's bomb attack on a ...

Dhaka, Nov 9 (IANS) Neglected for long, Bangladesh's railway is up for a make-over to cope with the growing need for connectivity within the country and to prepare for joining the ...

Dhaka, Nov 8 (IANS) Bhutan may sell power to Bangladesh in return for more imports, including fruits and vegetables, as the South Asian nations discussed trade and tourism as well as ...

Guwahatai, Nov. 8 (ANI): In an unprecedented move, Bangladesh has deported two top ULFA rebels to through the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura. Border Security Force officials said Sashadhar Choudhury, ULFA's Foreign Secretary ...

Thimphu, Nov 7 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought a road to Bhutan through India for bettr trade and people-to-people contact. She told her hosts at this Bhutanese capital ...

Dhaka, Nov 5 (IANS) Bangladesh will introduce an industrial police force and separate intelligence unit to tackle recurring industrial violence, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Thursday. Her announcement while opening the ...

Dhaka, Nov 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Bangladesh government will seek retrial of former army officers responsible for killing four leaders who were part of the country's ...

Dhaka, Nov 2 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the country's main opposition in parliament, has complained of "repression" of its leaders and cadres by the government while briefing foreign diplomats and ...

Dhaka, Nov 1 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered action against a garment factory owner who locked out without paying wages to workers. The incident led to violence in ...

Dhaka, Oct 29 (IANS) Four battalions of Bangladesh rifles (BDR), whose troopers mutinied in February, will be disbanded, a media report has said. Troopers of Battalions 13, 24, 36 and 44 ...

Dhaka, Oct 29 (IANS) 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 ...

Dhaka, Oct 25 (IANS) Two people have been arrested as Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accused killers of her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, of organising a bomb attack on a lawmaker. Mehnaz ...

Dhaka, Oct 21 (IANS) 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. ...

Dhaka, Oct 20 (IANS) 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, ...

Dhaka, Oct 18 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called corruption "the biggest barrier to poverty eradication", but her warnings to political colleagues have gone unheeded, media reports said. District level ...

Dhaka, Oct 16 (IANS) A senior leader and lawmaker of the ruling Awami League (AL) is in trouble with the tax authorities after falling out with party chief and Prime Minister ...

Dhaka, Oct 13 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will send a team of top officials Saturday to speed up negotiations with Russia for setting up nuclear power plants. At her ...

Dhaka, Oct 8 (IANS) India has assured that it neither plans irrigation nor would it withdraw water from a dam that it plans to build on Barak river in Manipur state, ...

Dhaka, Oct 8 (IANS) Bangladesh has urged India to give it transit to Nepal and Bhutan to boost bilateral and South Asian regional trade and connectivity. The subject will be high ...

Dhaka, Oct 6 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to take measures to keep children out of political activities. Deploying children for political rallies, particularly during agitations and elections, is ...

Dhaka, Oct 2 (IANS) Bangladesh has denied reports that it is under pressure from Gulf nations, where millions of its people work, to call off the trial of those who killed ...