Bangladesh

Bangladesh, India sign historic land boundary agreement

DHAKA: India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed an agreement to simplify their 4,000-km (2,500-mile) border… Read More

Modi visits Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum in Dhaka

DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on two-day visit of… Read More

PM Modi heading to Bangladesh with China on his mind

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take border settlement and water sharing deals to… Read More

Missing Bangladesh opposition spokesman surfaces in India

SHILLONG: Police in India have detained the chief spokesman of Bangladesh's main opposition party after he… Read More

Third blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh – police

DHAKA: A blogger was hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers in Bangladesh on Tuesday, the… Read More

Bangladesh uses signs in Arabic in an effort to cut down on public urination

DHAKA: For years authorities in Bangladesh have battled to stop men urinating in public, with… Read More

India moves to settle 1974 border dispute with Bangladesh

NEW DELHI: India took a step towards ratifying a 41-year-old border dispute with Bangladesh Wednesday… Read More

Up to 150,000 Bangladesh workers lost jobs after Rana Plaza safety overhaul

DHAKA: Some 220 garment factories have shut down in Bangladesh with the loss of up… Read More

Bangladesh special forces arrest four suspected militants in south

DHAKA: Bangladesh special forces arrested four suspected Islamist militants in the southern port city of… Read More

Pakistan reacts to UAE’s criticism of its neutrality on Yemen

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday termed the statement of UAE… Read More

Bangladesh hangs JI leader Kamaruzzaman for 1971 war massacre

DHAKA: Bangladesh authorities on Saturday hanged a top Islamist leader for overseeing a massacre during… Read More

Bangladesh to hang top Islamist for 1971 massacre

DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to hang a top Islamist leader Saturday for overseeing a massacre… Read More

Bangladesh sentences top Indian insurgents to life

DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh's north Wednesday sentenced two Indian insurgents to life in prison… Read More

Another blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh: police

DHAKA: A blogger was hacked to death in the Bangladesh capital on Monday, in the… Read More

Bangladesh orders Nobel laureate Yunus to pay $1.5 million in taxes

DHAKA: Bangladesh officials have summoned Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus over $1.51 million in allegedly unpaid… Read More

Bangladesh students to stand trial over 2013 atheist blogger murder

DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Wednesday ordered seven university students and a Muslim cleric to… Read More

Bangladesh factory collapse traps about 100 workers; four dead

DHAKA: About 100 workers were feared trapped on Thursday when a cement factory collapsed in Bangladesh,… Read More

Slain US blogger's widow voices fury at Bangladesh police

DHAKA: The widow of an American atheist blogger who was murdered in Bangladesh last month… Read More

Japan cricketers take a jab at England after World Cup defeat

TOKYO: After England cricket team's unexpected defeat to lesser rivals Bangladesh in a World Cup… Read More

Top Bangladesh Islamist in new bid to halt execution

DHAKA: A leader of Bangladesh's largest Islamist party lodged an appeal Thursday in the Supreme… Read More