Bangladesh army says coup bid foiled
A ‘heinous’ plot to overthrow the Awami League-led government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by some serving military officers has been foiled and two former officers have been arrested, the Banglade
Bangladesh PM Hasina will visit Tripura on Wednesday
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina makes a historic border crossing here on Wednesday with a 100-member delegation to commemorate the northeast Indian state's role in her nation's liberation.
Bangladeshi man given jail term for ‘wishing PM Sheikh Hasina’s death’ on Facebook
A Bangladeshi university lecturer has been sentenced to six months in jail after he posted a Facebook status wishing for the death of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Ruhul Khandakar, who was sentenced
Teesta water deal to be signed soon: Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said India and Bangladesh will soon ink a pact on Teesta water sharing, but refused to specify any timeline for the landmark deal.
“I will not mention any
Peace on the border, but row over water
India and Bangladesh looked past the unexpected acrimony triggered by a failure to agree on a water sharing deal that ran aground over strong objections by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,
Bangladesh daily objects to Hasina congratulating Mamata
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina “undermined her status and office” by calling up Mamata Banerjee, victor of the election in India's West Bengal state, a Dhaka daily said on Sunday.
Hasina to meet panel on Islamic references in Constitution
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will on Wednesday appear before a parliamentary committee examining whether to retain or remove Islamic religious references in the country's constitution.
Hasina angry at being called an atheist
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has objected to being called an atheist, and wondered whether the Islamist leader who called her so is himself a Muslim. She reacted angrily Sunday to Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) chairman Fazlul Haque Aminee calling her an atheist, the New Age newspaper reported.
Bangladesh PM declares 2011 World Cup open
The opening ceremony of the World Cup got under way on Thursday with the captains of the 14 competing teams paraded through Dhaka's historic Bangabandhu stadium in colourfully draped rickshaws.
US diplomats pushed boeing deals: cables
US diplomats have on several occasions intervened to convince foreign governments to buy aircraft from boeing rather than its European rival airbus, newly released diplomatic cables show.
The cables, obtained by the New York Times from the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks, document several incidents in which diplomats were involved in haggling over the billion-dollar deals seen as key to US economic growth.