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Gulshan Kumar murder convict out of Bangladesh jail

Bangladesh on Monday freed a top aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim on the expiry of his jail term for cross-border...

8 Nov 2016 6:33 AM IST

Bangaldesh residents stand near a vandalised Hindu temple in the eastern district of Brahmanbaria. (Photo: AFP)

15 Hindu temples in Bangladesh vandalised

At least, 15 Hindu temples in Bangladesh have been vandalised over allegations of disrespect shown to Islam on Facebook,...

1 Nov 2016 12:57 AM IST

Re-elected party chief, Sheikh Hasina eyes third term

Re-elected party chief, Sheikh Hasina eyes third term

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was on Sunday re-elected unopposed as the ruling Awami League’s...

24 Oct 2016 4:26 AM IST

26 killed in Bangladesh factory fire

26 killed in Bangladesh factory fire

At least 26 people were killed and more than 70 others injured on Saturday in a huge fire triggered by a boiler...

11 Sept 2016 11:13 AM IST

Bangladesh Supreme Court upholds Jamaat chief’s death term

Bangladesh Supreme Court upholds Jamaat chief’s death term

Fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami party leader and key financier Mir Quasem Ali could be executed soon after...

31 Aug 2016 7:07 AM IST

Bangladesh attack ‘mastermind’ killed in police raid

Bangladesh attack ‘mastermind’ killed in police raid

Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, the mastermind of Bangladesh’s worst terror attack at a cafe here that claimed 22 lives,...

28 Aug 2016 7:26 AM IST

A Bangladeshi resident (right) is treated in hospital following an explosion at a chemical factory in Chittagong. -AFP

Toxic gas leak at Bangla unit sickens 250 people

About 250 people, including children, have fallen sick and hundreds of residents have been evacuated from their homes...

24 Aug 2016 6:19 AM IST

Bangladesh bachelors face accommodation crisis

Bangladesh bachelors face accommodation crisis

Bachelors in Bangladesh are finding it hard to find accommodation with landlords declining to rent out houses to them in...

1 Aug 2016 5:44 AM IST

Dhaka attack: 4 JMB militants arrested in Bangladesh

Dhaka attack: 4 JMB militants arrested in Bangladesh

Four Islamist militants of the banned home-grown JMB group, including its top regional head, were arrested on Thursday,...

22 July 2016 2:04 AM IST

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (Photo: AP)

Inform police about your missing children: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

Those who carry out assaults even in Id congregations are “enemies of Islam and humanity”, Bangladesh Prime...

8 July 2016 7:22 AM IST

Dhaka refuses to identify sixth eatery attacker

Dhaka refuses to identify sixth eatery attacker

Bangladesh on Tuesday pressed anti-terrorism charges against several suspects and identified the fifth assailant in the...

6 July 2016 1:15 AM IST

Policemen on Sunday guard a makeshift memorial, set on the road leading to the site of Friday’s Dhaka siege. (Photo: AFP)

Home-grown terror, no ISIS role: Dhaka

BSF put on high alert all along India-Bangla border

4 July 2016 5:34 AM IST