Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was on Tuesday ordered to appear before a court on April 13 to face trial in a $1.85-million graft case over contracting out cargo handling work to a com
24 Feb 2016 2:35 AM
Court awards various jail terms to 6, including Ansarullah Bangla team chief
01 Jan 2016 5:54 AM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members faced the risk of being massacred but were saved by a group of Indian soldiers during the 1971 liberation war, her father’s close aide said on Wedne
17 Dec 2015 6:32 AM
Civil society members and mainstream media in Bangladesh on Wednesday asked the government to sever ties with Pakistan as anger mounted over Islamabad’s denial of committing war crimes during Banglade
03 Dec 2015 6:12 AM
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister and Opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia is set to surrender before a trial court to face corruption charges over contracting a gas field to a Canadian company in exchang
30 Nov 2015 2:30 AM
India has deported one of Bangladesh’s most wanted criminals and the prime accused in the sensational 2014 Narayanganj murder case, Nur Hossain, two days after Dhaka handed over top Ulfa leader Anup C
14 Nov 2015 5:29 AM
Bangladeshi freedom fighters who fought in the 1971 war of indepence with Pakistan take part in a protest calling for the death penalty for those convicted of war crimes outside the Supreme Court in Dhaka on Monday. Bangladesh’s highest court on Monday rejected a plea by a death-row Opposition politician that it should summon several high-profile witnesses to testify, including a former Pakistani Premier. — AFP
03 Nov 2015 5:19 AM