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Bangladesh opposition protests move to bring back Zia's son
( 22-Aug-2010 )
Dhaka: Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) held a nationwide demonstration Sunday against the government's move to bring back their leader Khaleda Zia's son from Thailand where he is undergoing treatment after his parole in 2008. He was arrested for alleged corruption.
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Bangladesh preparing to import Indian power
( 24-May-2010 )
Dhaka: Bangladesh will allocate Taka 17 billion ($245 million) in its annual budget next month for constructing the infrastructure necessary to import 500 MW of electricity from India, an official said.
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has consented to the allocation.
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Hasina promises minimum wages for troubled garment sector
( 03-May-2010 )
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised minimum wages for the industrial violence-hit garment sector that is also the country's highest foreign exchange earner.
She accused "a third party" of being behind the recurring violence in the key industrial sector and clai .... |
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Myanmar's persecuted Rohingyas starve in Bangladesh
( 30-Mar-2010 )
Dhaka: Thousands of Rohingyas, Muslim tribals from Myanmar who have taken refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh following years of persecution, are allegedly facing "arbitrary arrest, illegal expulsion, and forced internment", a charge hotly denied by Dhaka.
An international rights group has .... |
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From Afghanistan to Arakans, militants converge on Dhaka
( 30-Mar-2010 )
Dhaka: At least 15 foreign militant organisations were active or are still operating in Bangladesh since 1991 using the country as a safe haven or transit point to infiltrate India and other neighbouring countries, those nabbed have confessed.
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Suspect 'flees' to Saudi Arabia as Dhaka begins war crimes trial
( 29-Mar-2010 )
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has issued a travel alert after a senior leader of Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), suspected of being involved in "war crimes", left for Saudi Arabia unhindered.
The move came amid what media reports Monday called ?confusion' over the measures .... |
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India, Bangladesh to allow truck movement May 1
( 27-Mar-2010 )
Dhaka: Bangladesh and India will allow from May 1 trucks to carry cargo from one country to another, a media report said Saturday.
A "standard operating procedure" will be framed for the easy movement of vehicles across the border in the absence of a legal framework accord, the New Age ne .... |
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War crimes trial will be transparent, Dhaka assures opposition
( 27-Mar-2010 )
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has assured the political opposition that the war crimes trial that is to begin shortly would be "hundred percent transparent".
Also, the government sought cooperation from the opposition parties.
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We will wait, watch: Jamaat on war crimes trial
( 26-Mar-2010 )
Dhaka: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), whose top leaders are expected to be tried for alleged war crimes during Bangladesh's independence movement, has adopted a wait and watch policy as judges were named for the trial.
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Bangladesh mourns martyrs, to begin trial of `war criminals'
( 25-Mar-2010 )
Dhaka: Bangladesh observes its 40th Independence Day Thursday, when it also sets in motion the trial of the "war criminals", the Islamist militia who killed unarmed civilians during the freedom movement.
The intervening night of Thursday-Friday would be mourned as the "black night&qu .... |
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Bangladesh Islamist leaders sued for hurting Muslim sentiments
( 22-Mar-2010 )
Dhaka: Top leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Bangladesh's largest Islamist party, have been sued for "hurting Muslim sentiments" by a comparison with the prophet at a public function, a media report said.
A criminal case was filed at a Dhaka court Sunday against five JeI leaders, .... |
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Dhaka to ratify Rome Statute for '71 war crimes trial
( 21-Mar-2010 )
Dhaka: Bangladesh is set to ratify the Rome Statute 1998 of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to try those accused of war crimes during the country's 1971 war of independence.
The statute that Dhaka signed in 1999 is expected to be ratified by the cabinet before March 26, the independenc .... |
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Experts to Hasina: balance ties with Delhi, Beijing
( 15-Mar-2010 )
Dhaka: Experts from various fields have advised Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who embarks on her Beijing visit Wednesday, to "balance" ties with larger neighbours India and China.
One regional power should be a "counterweight", even a "deterrent" to the othe .... |
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Graft charges against Hasina in Mig purchase quashed
( 09-Mar-2010 )
Dhaka: The Dhaka High Court in Bangladesh Tuesday quashed the charges of corruption against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed in the procurement of Russian fighter plane Mig-29.
The court observed that there was no element of misappropriation of state fund by the prime minister in this case, which .... |
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