Violence continued unabated on the second day of the 48-hour nationwide strike in Bangladesh on Monday as the death toll rose to 83 in clashes that erupted after the conviction of three top Islamist leaders for 1971 war crimes. ...
08:35 PM, Mar 04, 2013
As thousands of youth continued their movement at Shahbagh in Dhaka to press for death penalty for war criminals, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said he believed Bangladeshi youths would determine the country's future. ...
04:08 AM, Mar 03, 2013
At least four people, including two teenagers, were killed in violence that rocked Bangladesh for the third day on Saturday as the death toll rose to 50 in clashes over death sentence given to a top leader of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami for "crimes against humanity" during the 1971 liberation war. Bangladesh police opened fire at Jamaat-e-Islami protesters, killing three people outside the port city of Chittagong. ...
08:21 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Following clashes in the country in which at least 42 people have been killed, security was tightened and paramilitary border guards were deployed at various districts in Bangladesh on Friday. Nationwide riots sparked off in Bangladesh on Thursday after a top Islamist opposition leader was sentenced to death. ...
04:57 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Bangladesh on Friday deployed paramilitary border guards to beef up security after a top Islamist opposition leader was sentenced to death, sparking nationwide riots that killed at least 42 people. "Our troops were deployed in 15 troubled districts in aide of civil administration... BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh) has been kept alert so it could move immediately wherever they are required," BGB chief major General Aziz Ahmed told reporters. ...
03:35 PM, Mar 01, 2013
