Dhaka, Bangladesh News

The Asian Human Rights Commission is writing to you on the eve of your third visit to Bangladesh, a country plunged into deep political and constitutional crisis.

By focusing the lens on people he meets on the street, Jeremy Fokkens makes personal connections in order to get authentic snapshots that tell a story Jeremy Fokkens met Rubina on one of his evening treks through Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Anwar Ibrahim made an 'appearance' at the Umno general assembly when party president Najib Abdul Razak showed delegates a video clip showing the opposition leader allegedly claiming that Bangladeshis voted in the 13th general election.

Bangladesh's former military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad threatened to kill himself today after security forces besieged his home following his decision to boycott next month's elections.

Tens of thousands of UK visa applications made in the Ukraine are being approved, despite the country being considered a high-risk location for forged documents, an inspection report has warned.

Dhaka, Dec. 4 : India today said it will not "broker any deal or mediate" between Bangladesh's feuding parties, but it wants the successful completion of the country's troubled election process.

The violent political crisis currently plaguing Bangladesh is having deadly consequences [en] for the country's people, who have borne the brunt of a series of politically motivated attacks in the last few weeks, such as the November 28 petrol bombing of a bus [en] full of passengers in Shahbag [en], near the center of capital Dhaka.

Smoke rises as a bus burns on a street after a nationwide strike was called, in Dhaka November 9, 2013 .

AN IRISH woman who played a key role in the Bangladesh Liberation Struggle in 1971 has died at her South London home, aged 73. Law graduate Nora Shariff , who passed away on Friday, had been suffering from cancer.

Bangladesh now faces the biggest challenge of its existence. Indian government has gone mad and they are in city of Dhaka to kill the opposition party leader.

Opposition activists derailed a train in Bangladesh, killing three people, as part of a campaign against elections due to be held next month, officials said.

At least eight people, including three teens, were killed and scores injured in violence in different districts across the country yesterday, the fourth day of the 131-hour opposition blockade.

The U.S. Department of State alerts U.S. citizens traveling to or living in Bangladesh to the upcoming national elections that are scheduled for January 5, 2014.

Unhappy workers in Bangladesh have burned down a ten-story garment factory outside of Dhaka where clothes were produced for many major US and international retailers, CBC News reports.

Agartala, Dec. 3: India and Bangladesh continue to move ahead in strengthening bilateral relations through closer connectivity between the two countries.

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DHAKA, Bangladesh-Millions of Bangladeshi garment workers-key players in a supply chain that produces inexpensive clothing for Western retailers-got a pay raise over the weekend, as a new government-mandated minimum wage of $67 a month kicked in.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured businessmen of maintaining security of the country's readymade garment industry, Atiqul Islam, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association told reporters after a meeting with the PM, BSS reported.

Dhaka, Dec 3: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has urged the Election Commission to postpone the Jan 5 parliamentary elections in order to "save the country" as the countrywide blockade of road, rail and water transport called by the BNP-led opposition alliance entered the third day Monday.

"The old bitch," said Richard Nixon of Indira Gandhi. "I don't know why the hell anybody would reproduce in that damn country but they do."