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B’desh formally seeks extradition of Zia’s son from

Bangladesh has formally asked Britain to extradite ex-premier Khaleda Zia’s “fugitive” elder son as he is wanted by courts here on charges of graft and a deadly grenade attack on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Zia’s 45-year-old son Tarique Rahman has been living in London since 2008 in self-imposed exile as he faces corruption and criminal […]

Bangladesh became the First South Asian Country to Approve Commercial Cultivation of Bt Brinjal

Bangladesh on 31 October 2013 approved the commercial cultivation of transgenic Bt brinjal. With this decision Bangladesh became the first country in South Asia to cultivate the genetically modified food crop. National Committee on Biosafety (NCB), the highest regulatory body for GM crops in Bangladesh, officially approved the Bt brinjal varieties. With this step, Bangladesh becomes the 29th […]

India, Bangladesh to meet at border for joint retreat

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will meet Bangladeshi counterpart at the Indo-Bangla border’s Petrapole-Benapole post to flag-off the joint retreat ceremony between border forces of the two countries. Shinde along with Bangladesh Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir will be present at the Petrapole-Benapole border on Wednesday, a BSF officer said, adding, that the director […]

Move on to form Bangladesh poll-time cabinet

Dhaka, Nov 5 (IANS) Despite the main opposition alliance’s threat to boycott elections, the Bangladesh ruling coalition has initiated moves to form an all-party poll-time interim cabinet in line with PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina’s proposal. “We’ll submit our resignation letters to the prime minister in a week,” Xinhua quoted Communications Minister Obaidul Quader, one of the influential members of the […]

Bangladesh concludes mutiny trial, hundreds sentenced to death, life in prison

By Sharmin Akter DHAKA, Nov. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Hundreds of paramilitary soldiers have been sentenced to death and life in prison for a two-day horrendous mutiny which left 74 people dead including 57 officers deputed from the Army. The Dhaka court awarded death to 152 personnel of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), previously known as Bangladesh Rifles […]

Climate Action Brings Big Benefits to Human Health

DHAKA, Nov. 5 (World Bank Press Release) — Fast action to cut common pollutants like soot – also known as black carbon – and methane will not only slow global warming, but save millions of lives. Reductions of these so-called short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) would slow rapid melting in the Arctic and in mountain regions with […]

Bangladeshi opposition’s hartal sparks violence

DHAKA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — A protester was shot dead and a dozen others including cops injured in stray incidents of violence in the early hours of Bangladesh’s opposition enforced countrywide 60- hour non-stop hartal which begins on Monday morning. Nasir Uddin, 24, a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of ex-Prime Minister […]

Bangladesh plays key role in China’s rebalancing in Southeast Asia

By Dan Steinbock Recently, Bangladesh’s foreign minister Dipu Moni met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing to push forward the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar economic corridor. The initiative follows China’s intensified co-operation with Pakistan in South Asia and recent Asian summits in which both President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have been promoting a new […]

Bangladesh seal ODI series whitewash over New Zealand with Fatullah win

DHAKA, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh clinched a 3-0 whitewash in the their one-day series against New Zealand after after a thrilling four-wicket victory in Sunday’s final match. Batting first, the visitors (Black Caps) set a target of 307 runs in their allocated 50 overs losing five wickets at the Fatullah Stadium in Narayanganj […]