Twenty one more people have been killed in clashes between Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) supporters and police taking the toll to about 80 after a tribunal awarded death penalty to Islamist leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee for 1971 war crimes. A two-day strike called by JI that started on Sunday coincided with President Pranab Mukherjee's maiden visit to the country. ...
09:20 AM, Mar 04, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee is visiting Bangladesh on March 3-5, 2013 in a trip that is expected to take bilateral relations between the two neighbours to new heights. ...
07:22 AM, Mar 03, 2013
Hundreds of thousands of Portuguese poured into the streets of Lisbon and other cities on Saturday to demand an end to austerity measures dictated by an international bailout and for the centre-right government to resign. ...
04:28 AM, Mar 03, 2013
The mother of three minor girls, who were raped and murdered in Maharashtra's Bhandara district in February, has threatened to return the compensation amount of Rs 10 lakh she received from the government and hit the street in protest if police failed to arrest the culprits in the next two days. ...
05:56 PM, Mar 02, 2013
The interrogation of four MNS workers has revealed that the car which was set on fire by MNS workers belonged to them. This new development comes following the police probe on four MNS workers. ...
03:22 PM, Mar 02, 2013
A 7-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside an MCD school in Mangolpuri on Thursday leading to violent protests in Delhi. "I have given instructions to the police. I said in Parliament yesterday in relation to the Bhandara case in Maharashtra that such cases need to be treated seriously. The government is currently prosecuting a case strongly, and has introduced an ordinance calling for the death penalty for heinous crimes in ...
01:45 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Expressing concern over eruption of violence in the country that has killed more than 46 people, the US has asked Bangladesh to help calm the ongoing situation and demanded citizens to engage in peaceful protest. ...
10:46 AM, Mar 02, 2013
The police claim to have recovered vital clues saying they are close to a breakthrough and have ruled out the role of an outsider in connection with the rape of a seven-year-old girl inside an MCD school in Mangolpuri on Friday. Four people including two teachers were questioned on Friday. ...
10:08 AM, Mar 02, 2013
Protesters clashed with police for the second day on Friday as the death toll rose to at least 44 from violence triggered by a death sentence given to an Islamic party leader for crimes linked to Bangladesh's 1971 independence war, police said. ...
08:00 AM, Mar 02, 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
More than 15 days since the tragic death of three minor sisters in the Bhandara rape and murder case, no arrests have been made yet. Members of the National Commission for Women (NCW) were at Bhandara on Thursday and met the victims' mother. ...
11:01 AM, Mar 01, 2013
What shocked the country a fortnight ago has now turned into a baffling jigsaw puzzle. Culprits behind the horrendous rape and murder of three school going sisters in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra are still at large, as a clueless police is struggling to make headway in the investigation. ...
08:50 AM, Mar 01, 2013
Bangladesh war crimes tribunal on Thursday handed down death penalty to a top leader of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami for "crimes against humanity" during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan, triggering fierce clashes across the country that left at least 35 people dead. 73-year-old Delwar Hossain Sayedee, vice-president of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), was sentenced to death after he was found guilty of eight counts out of 20 involving rape, mass killings and...
11:55 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Bangladesh was on the boil on Thursday as at least 23 people, including three policemen, were killed and scores injured in violence after a death sentence was handed down to a top leader of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami for "crimes against humanity" during the 1971 liberation war. The violence followed the verdict of the special Bangladeshi tribunal that handed down death penalty to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, vice-president of the party, amid...
08:17 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Thousands of people demonstrated in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka to demand a death sentence for an Islamic party leader accused of committing atrocities during the country's 1971 Liberation war. More than 5,000 people rallied on Wednesday after a special tribunal said it would deliver its verdict against Delwar Hossain Sayedee on Thursday. ...
10:59 PM, Feb 27, 2013
A printers' conference, which will begin in New Delhi later this week, has got into a controversy with several participants pulling out to protest participation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the Chief Guest. ...
10:24 AM, Feb 26, 2013
The Jamaat activists have been demanding punishment for bloggers who they accuse of maligning Islam. ...
08:32 AM, Feb 25, 2013
Two people were killed on Saturday in continuing violence in Bangladesh as supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami party clashed with police while thousands of anti-Islamist protestors vowed to carry on their street campaign demanding death penalty for radical leaders being tried for alleged war crimes. ...
11:07 PM, Feb 23, 2013
At least 50 persons, including women, were injured when private college teachers and security personnel fought a pitched battle in front of the Odisha assembly in Bhubaneswar on Friday, the police said. ...
10:36 PM, Feb 22, 2013
