Bangladesh coup attempt foiled (Lead)
January 19th, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 19 (IANS) An attempt to topple Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government by engineering a coup by a group of military officers has been thwarted, the Bangladesh Army ... Read more...
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Bangladesh court invalidates ex-military ruler’s laws
May 15th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 15 (IANS) Bangladesh's Supreme Court has declared illegal the laws and rules that were passed when General H.M. Ershad was in power.A six-member Appellate Division bench headed ... Read more...
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Name new law minister, Pakistan court to government
April 15th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court has told the Pakistan government to name a new law minister to attend a judicial panel meeting after Babar Awan quit to argue ... Read more...
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Pakistan minister offers to quit for Zulfiqar retrial
April 13th, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 13 (IANS) Pakistan's Law Minister Babar Awan offered to resign in the Supreme Court Wednesday, a media report said.Federal Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan made ... Read more...
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The credit for England’s rise belongs to coach Flower: Pringle
December 31st, 2010 - 10:23 am ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec. 31 (ANI): Former England fast bowler and now columnist with The Telegraph, Derek Pringle, has said the credit for England's rise as an international cricket powerhouse again, belongs to coach ... Read more...
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Zia opposes transit facility to India
November 8th, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 8 (IANS) Bangladesh's opposition leader Khaleda Zia has demanded that the government scrap all deals, including one on transit, with India.Zia claimed at a rally Sunday that India would ... Read more...
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Give army constitutional role to avoid coup: Musharraf (Lead)
September 30th, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 30 (IANS) The military ought to have some role to ensure "stability, checks and balances in the democratic structure of Pakistan", the country's former army chief Parvez Musharraf has ... Read more...
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Dhaka court reopens trial, hanging of 1971 war hero
August 24th, 2010 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 24 (IANS) The high court in Bangladesh has reopened the case of a 1971 war hero who was tried and hanged after he fell out with the then military strongman ... Read more...
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Australians vote in cliff-hanger election (Lead, changing dateline)
August 21st, 2010 - 9:36 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 21 (DPA) Voting began Saturday in a parliamentary election that Australians expect will be decided by a handful of votes in a few marginal seats because the rival parties ... Read more...
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Bangladesh seeks extradition of Mujib killers
August 16th, 2010 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 16 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has asked countries, including India, where it suspects the killers of its founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman are hiding to track down and arrest ... Read more...
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Bangladesh mourns its founder’s killing
August 15th, 2010 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 15 (IANS) Bangladesh Sunday observed the National Mourning Day to mark the death anniversary of its founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who was killed in a military-led putsch on this ... Read more...
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Honduran journalist wounded in attack
March 3rd, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Tegucigalpa, March 3 (IANS/EFE) Honduran jouralist Karol Cabrera, who hosts opinion programmes on radio and television, was wounded in an attack in which her driver was slain, police said.
"They tried to kill ... Read more...
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49 Turkish military officers arrested over suspected coup plot
February 23rd, 2010 - 11:54 am ICT by ANI
Ankara (Turkey), Feb.23 (ANI): Forty-nine senior military officers of the Turkey have been detained for questioning over accusations of plotting to topple the country's Islamist-rooted government through a violent coup.The Guardian reports ... Read more...
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Five killers of Bangladesh’s founding father hanged (Second Lead)
January 28th, 2010 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 28 (IANS) Nearly 35 years after Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated, five army officers who were among those convicted for the killing were hanged at Dhaka ... Read more...
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Five killers of Bangladesh founder executed
January 28th, 2010 - 5:26 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 28 (DPA) Bangladesh early Thursday hanged five out of 12 former military officers convicted in the 1975 assassination of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, media reports said.
The execution of ... Read more...
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Bangladesh SC upholds death sentence for Mujib’s killers
January 27th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Jan 27 (ANI): Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a High Court verdict that confirmed the death sentences of 12 retired and dismissed army men involved in assassination of country's ... Read more...
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Hearing on Mujib killers’ review petitions concludes
January 26th, 2010 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 26 (IANS) Bangladesh's Supreme Court Tuesday concluded the hearing on the review petitions filed by five former army officers who are lodged in prison over the killing of country's ... Read more...
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Two Sheikh Mujib killers want death sentence commuted
January 25th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 25 (IANS) Two of the five former army officers lodged in prison for the 1975 killing of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman have appealed to the Supreme Court ... Read more...
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EU urges no death penalty as Bangladesh reviews political murders
January 23rd, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 23 (DPA) The European Union reiterated its opposition to the death penalty Saturday aimed at Bangladeshi authorities as they investigate deaths related to the country's 1971 independence struggle.
Most parties ... Read more...
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Bangladesh president rejects Mujib killers’ mercy petitions
January 19th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 19 (IANS) Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman has rejected the mercy petitions of three of the five former army officers who were sentenced to death for the killing of the ... Read more...
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Court issues death warrants for five Mujib killers
January 3rd, 2010 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 3 (DPA) A Dhaka court Sunday issued death warrants against five former army officers convicted in the assassination of Bangladesh's founding President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, court officials said.
District and sessions ... Read more...
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Zia gets six more months in her Dhaka home
December 15th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 15 (IANS) Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia will not be evicted from her home here for six more months, the Dhaka High Court has said while extending her ... Read more...
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Zia more powerful as son again accommodated in party
December 10th, 2009 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 10 (IANS) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has created the post of a senior vice president for former prime minister Khaleda Zia's London-based son Tarique Rahman, making her even more ... Read more...
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Bangladesh SC upholds death penalties of Mujib’s killers
November 19th, 2009 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Nov 19 (ANI): Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court verdict that confirmed the death sentences of 12 retired and dismissed army men involved in Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ... Read more...
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Sacked officers behind attack on Bangladesh lawmaker: Report
November 10th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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Khaleda Zia plans a job for her son
October 20th, 2009 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 20 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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Five-judge bench to resume trial in Sheikh Mujibur’s murder
October 4th, 2009 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 4 (IANS) Bangladesh Chief Justice M.M. Ruhul Amin Sunday constituted a five-member bench to resume the trial for the assassination of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and ... Read more...
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Libya to honour released Lockerbie bomber on Gaddafi anniversary
September 1st, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Tripoli (Libya), Sep.1 (ANI): Libya has decided to celebrate the Lockerbie bomber's release openly at today's festivities marking Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's 40 years in power, it has emerged. A video clip ... Read more...
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Bangladesh cabinet approves lifelong protection for Hasina, family (Lead)
July 28th, 2009 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 28 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Rehana and their children will get Special Security Force (SSF) protection in view of threats to their lives, as per ... Read more...
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Cabinet approves special lifelong protection for Hasina, family
July 28th, 2009 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 28 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Rehana and their children will get Special Security Force (SSF) protection in view of threats to their lives as per ... Read more...
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Mujib’s portrait to adorn all Bangladesh currency notes
July 5th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 5 (IANS) Bangladesh plans to have the portrait of its founding father, slain former president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on all currency notes, its finance minister said Sunday.
The minister, ... Read more...
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Bangladesh PM’s husband dead
May 9th, 2009 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 9 (IANS) M.A. Wazed Miah, husband of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, died Saturday after a prolonged illness. He was 67.
Hasina was at his bedside when the end came ... Read more...
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Zia not to be evicted while case is heard
May 4th, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 4 (IANS) Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia has got a reprieve from being evicted from her house after the government told a court that she would not have to ... Read more...
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Former Bangladesh PM Zia told to quit home within 15 days
April 21st, 2009 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 21 (IANS) Bangladesh's opposition leader and former prime minister Khaleda Zia has been given 15 days to leave her home, in which she has lived since the early 1980s, ... Read more...
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Khaleda Zia may be evicted from her home
April 14th, 2009 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 14 (IANS) Political confrontation is building up in Bangladesh as the government prepares to issue a notice this week to opposition leader Khaleda Zia asking her to vacate her ... Read more...
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