Dhaka, July 8 (IANS) Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has come under fire in parliament for its report claiming that lawmakers waste public money by arriving late or staying away, causing disruptions ...

Dhaka, April 8 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused opposition leader Khaleda Zia of "fomenting trouble" that led to the border guards' mutiny while Zia said Hasina should resign ...

Dhaka, March 20 (IANS) The first-ever probe into the financial dealings of Bangladesh's parliament secretariat will be conducted by an 11-member all-party committee constituted by Speaker Abdul Hamid. The body will look ...

Dhaka, Feb 12 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants a white paper published on corruption during the 2001-06 tenure of her main political rival Khaleda Zia. "Of course, the white papers ...

Dhaka, Jan 4 (IANS) The outgoing Speaker of Bangladesh's parliament has warned of a "parliamentary autocracy" in the wake of the ninth general elections throwing up a house with the government benches ...

Dhaka, Jan 3 (IANS) With newly-elected members of parliament taking oath Saturday, the process of ushering in a democratic government in Bangladesh has begun after a gap of nearly two years.Sheikh Hasina, ...

Thiruvananthapuram, June 23 (IANS) A host of programmes are being worked out for non-resident Indians (NRIs) from Kerala, including a welfare scheme and issuing of identity cards, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan told ...

Bhubaneswar, Feb 19 (ANI): Pandemonium broke out in the Assembly in Orissa on Tuesday as opposition leaders raised the issue of the deteriorating law and order situation and the continued Maoist menace ...