Dhaka, Bangladesh News

Dhaka, Dec 6 : Bangladesh has declared a three-day state mourning from Saturday to pay tribute to former South African president Nelson Mandela, who passed away Thursday night.

The latest faultline to surface in Bangladesh's fractious politics is on the modalities of conducting the next general elections, scheduled to be held on January 5, 2014.

Dhaka, Dec.7: December 2, 2013 was the last date for the filing of nominations for the tenth parliamentary elections being held on January 5, 2014.

Dhaka, Dec 7: UN Assistant Secretary General Oscar FernA ndez-Taranco has arrived here in an apparent last-ditch effort to broker a deal between Bangladesh's ruling Awami League party and the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party over the issue of conducting Jan 5 parliamentary polls.

A year ago, Kalpona Akter stood inside a still-smouldering garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, looking for clues amid a scene of horror.

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We begin on the evening of March 25, 1971, in Dacca in East Pakistan . United States consul general Archer Blood spends the night on his rooftop, watching the Pakistan army begin its ruthless crackdown on Bengalis.

Workers burned a sweatshop to the ground, just 25 miles from Dhaka. London police took roundhouse swings at stundent protesters.

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The final-flight honor goes to Bangladesh Biman Airlines, operator of the world's last passenger DC-10 -- which the airline says will be making its final scheduled flight on December 7, on an otherwise routine flight.

Bangladesh is entering a new phase of violence and uncertainty triggered by the opposition's objections to elections due to be held on 5 January.

In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 photo, Rickshaw driver Nizam Uddin gets treatment at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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.