Bangladesh deployed troops on Sunday to a town where eight people were killed in clashes between police and Islamist party supporters protesting against the conviction of party leaders on charges stemming from the country's 1971 independence war. ...
06:36 PM, Mar 03, 2013
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia arrived in New Delhi on Sunday on a week-long visit and called on Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj. Zia, who is Leader of Opposition in Bangladesh, met Swaraj at her residence in New Delhi. The two leaders are learnt to have discussed bilateral issues. She will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Monday. India...
12:23 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court on Thursday sentenced Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, to six years in prison for illegally acquiring $2.7 million in corrupt payments, court officials said. The verdict could fuel street protests by Khaleda's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its Islamist allies who say the charges against Koko were politically motivated and pushed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government. Khaleda...
03:48 PM, Jun 23, 2011
Hasina's alliance wins 258 seats in B'desh parliamentary polls. ...
10:46 AM, Dec 30, 2008
Sheikh Hasina is racing to a landslide victory in Bangladesh elections. ...
08:32 AM, Dec 30, 2008
The vote was a return to democracy after two years of emergency rule. ...
08:07 PM, Dec 29, 2008
