Bangladesh News

SALEEM SAMAD in Dhaka THE SUPREME Court of Bangladesh has imposed a ban on political parties that propagate Islamic ideology, reverting to the first Constitution 38 year ago.

The second death in a week of a Bangladeshi Vertex factory employee led to a rampage by garment workers that was broken up by police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.

Two secretary-level government officers were killed in a road accident on Saturday in Manikganj.

The stage was erected after the liberation war and allows a seating capacity for about 1,000 people.

This September and October, Americans mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the ninth year of war in Afghanistan, respectively.

Several injured and scores arrested in Bangladeshi capital as 'inadequate' rise in minimum wage prompts angry riots Protesters clash with police in Dhaka during a bitter pay dispute.

Bangladeshi police used batons and teargas to disperse thousands of garment workers who went on a rampage in Dhaka on Friday, burning cars and pelting stones to protest against a wage hike they consider inadequate.

Last week I wrote about the happy-happy-joy-joy spin of Vikas Bajaja about how garment factories in Bangladesh were helping young women.

A mother and her minor daughter died in a house fire and another daughter received burn injuries at Anandipur village in Sadar upazila Thursday night.

Gunmen who abducted four journalists in northern Mexico are demanding their media outlets broadcast videos apparently taped by the Sinaloa drug cartel.

Bangladesh's Supreme Court has restored 'secularism' as one of the basic tenets in the country's 1972 constitution.

Deputy Assistant Director Abdur Rahim of Bangladesh Rifles, a key accused of criminal offences during BDR mutiny, died last night at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee on a one-day fresh remand in connection with a case filed on charge of making an attempt to kill late Prof Humayun Azad in February 27, 2004.

India has agreed to export 3 lakh metric tons of rice to Bangladesh. "India had earlier agreed to give 1 lakh metric tons of rice, but now it has agreed to give 2 lakh tonnes of rice more," Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzaque told The Daily Star on Thursday.

Islamist parties in Bangladesh face a ban from politics after the Supreme Court ruled religion-based organizations cannot participate in political life, the law minister said Thursday.

Wage rises to $43 a month for about 3.5 million who make clothes for JC Penny, Wal-Mart, H&M and other global giants Anis Ahmed Dhaka - Reuters Published on Thursday, Jul.

Bangladesh has raised minimum monthly wages for its millions of garment workers by about 80 percent after months of violent protests over poor pay and conditions, a government minister said.

The Border Security Force Thursday said it was in touch with Bangladesh Rifles officials for the safe release of an Indian farmer from Meghalaya who was abducted by Bangladeshi nationals.

Bangladesh, along with other countries in the world, is commemorating the 'World Tiger Day' with the slogan "Save endangered tigers, save the Sundarbans". Environment and forest ministry, the forest department, the World Bank, the mobile telecom operator Banglalink and the World Life Trust of Bangladesh have jointly organised various programmes to ...

Former BNP secretary general and war veteran Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan has been buried at his family graveyard at Dhanua village.