Bangladesh News

Mahe Noor left her village in southern Bangladesh after Cyclone Sidr flattened her family's home and small market in 2007.

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government plans to set up four satellite towns around the capital city besides taking effective steps to protect the city from the clutches of land grabbers.

Bangladesh economy has made a turn around after the global recession and it is now in a strong position, said Bangladesh Central Bank chief Atiur Rahman.

A plume of smoke rises from an oil tanker that exploded on December 26 last year at a ship-breaking yard in Sitakunda that left six people dead.

Bangladesh's envoy to India has sought immediate steps for upgrading the New Delhi mission's security fearing retaliation by ULFA in the wake of BSF arresting two top militant leaders, who were reportedly earlier, detained in his country.

A Dhaka court on Sunday issued death warrants against five former army officers convicted in the assassination of Bangladesh's founding President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, court officials said.

Celebrities in celebration of New Year 2010 'Praner Mela', hosted by beautician Kaniz Almas Khan and singer Fahmida Nabi, was what the name suggested.

A judge signed on Sunday the death warrants for five killers of Bangladesh's independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, formally setting the clock for their executions within four weeks.

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UNB, Faridpur Four people were killed and 15 injured in a head-on-collision between a truck and a lorry on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Madhukhali upazila on Saturday morning.

"We will not accept any accord which will go against the country's interest," Zia told a party rally on Friday night.

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the country's businessmen to help remove the income inequalities between the rich and the poor by generating job opportunities in the industrial sector.

BNP announced on Friday a 386-member executive committee with Khaleda Zia as chairperson and Khondaker Delwar Hossain as secretary general.

At least 17 people died and 45 others were injured as a bus crashed into a roadside tree after one of its tyres punctured in Faridpur early Friday.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said a committee of experts will be formed within a month to make recommendations for modernising the libraries across the country.

Anisur Rahman ?? Dhaka, Jan 1 A leading Bangladeshi social worker has been knighted by the British Queen in contribution of his services in fighting poverty, making him the first person in independent Bangladesh to receive the honour.

At least 18 people were killed and 40 injured on Friday when a crowded bus crashed into a tree about 150 km southwest of Dhaka, police said.

At the end of nearly two-year's military-installed caretaker government rule, Sheikh Hasina takes oath as prime minister for a second term.

Dhaka, Dec 31 : Ahead of summit level talks with India next month, Bangladesh has sought to reach out to its neighbours by stressing on the importance of a timetable to resolve its maritime issues with India and Myanmar and on its relations with China.

Yes, it's true, Virgina: once again a government has decided on making a last minute change to their daylight saving time .