Dhaka wants to demarcate maritime boundaries in Bay of BengalDHAKA - The new Bangladesh government wants to engage neighbours India and Myanmar to demarcate maritime boundaries in the Bay of Bengal to be able to file its claim before the United Nations by 2011, a media report said Friday. Take neighbours along to fight terror, US tells DhakaDHAKA - The United States has told the new government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that Bangladesh needs to work with neighbouring countries to fight terrorism. Japan offers $400 mn loan to BangladeshDHAKA - Japan has offered a $400-million loan to Bangladesh, officials said here Friday. According to a government statement, Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso Friday telephoned his Bangladeshi counterpart to inform about the offer. US may return bribe money involving Zia’s son to DhakaDHAKA - The US has said that Bangladesh may get the bribe money allegedly paid by a telecom giant to former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s younger son, but ‘only if the verdict in the case filed by the US justice department goes in its favour’, a media report said. Bangladesh’s opposition pledges constructive role in parliamentDHAKA - Bangladesh’s opposition leader Khaleda Zia Thursday promised to play a constructive role in parliament, which is scheduled to convene later this month. US begins probe into scam involving Zia’s sonsDHAKA - A team of the US’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the $200 million money laundering scandal pertaining to a Siemens telecom deal that implicates both sons of Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia, a media report said Wednesday. Mukherjee to discuss terrorism during Dhaka visit: officialDHAKA - Joint fight against terrorism and some of the long-pending bilateral issues will be discussed when Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee visits Dhaka in early February, an official said. Women stopped from using road in Bangladesh townDHAKA - For the last month, women in a Bangladesh town have been unable to use a road that has a mosque on it, but also the post office and several homes, thanks to a self-styled Muslim cleric who says their presence is illegal under Islamic law. Delhi, Dhaka to resume river water sharing talksDHAKA - Bangladesh will resume after more than three years talks with India on sharing of river waters in order to augment water availability and prevent erosion. Bangladesh presidential election next monthDHAKA - Having just elected a new parliament and installed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government, Bangladesh is scheduled to hold its presidential elections next month, a media report said Tuesday. Non-performers will be removed, Hasina tells ministersDHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told her team of ministers, 25 of whom are newcomers, that she would remove them if they fail to perform. US, Britain seek Dhaka’s help to recover $200 mn in kickbacksDHAKA - The US and Britain have sought Bangladesh’s assistance in their bid to recover $200 million allegedly paid in kickbacks to former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s son Arafat Rahman Koko and some ministers. Dhaka’s envoy to Malaysia to be tried for killing MujibDHAKA - Bangladesh’s high commissioner to Malaysia M. Khairuzzaman, one of the accused in the 1975 assassination of the country’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is being recalled and will be tried for the crime. We would have won but for rigging: ZiaDHAKA - Ready to join the new parliament and take on the government of her rival Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia insists that she would have won but for rigging in the Dec 29 poll. Bush hails ‘non-communal democracy’ in BangladeshDHAKA - Outgoing US President George W. Bush called up newly-sworn in Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to congratulate her on her victory and hailed the recent polls for ushering in ‘a non-communal democracy’ in the country. Zia parts ways with Islamists after poll debacleDHAKA - The ‘nationalists’ and ‘Islamists’ in Bangladesh are to go their separate ways following last month’s massive poll defeat, media reports said Sunday. Bangladesh recalls Mujib’s ‘homecoming’ 36 years agoDHAKA - Fresh from last month’s poll victory of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Saturday observed the anniversary of the ‘historic homecoming’ of its founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, from a Pakistani prison in 1972. BNP leaders to take oath, attend parliamentDHAKA - Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders led by former prime minister Khaleda Zia have decided to take oath and join the first session of the country’s ninth parliament for the ’sake of democracy’. Zia’s BNP to take oath, attend parliament’s first sessionDHAKA - The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by former prime minister Khaleda Zia has decided to take oath and join the first session of the country’s ninth parliament for the ’sake of democracy’. Hasina chooses 25 novice ministers, makes personal physician foreign ministerDHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made her personal physician the foreign minister in her 32-member team in which as many as 25 are newcomers. Zia criticises Hasina as she is being sworn in as PMDHAKA - Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia launched a broadside against her political rival and now prime minister Sheikh Hasina even as the swearing-in ceremony was being conducted, accusing her of ‘killing, snatching and criminal activities’. Sheikh Hasina starts work as Bangladesh PMDHAKA - Bangladesh’s first democratically elected government in over two years got to work Wednesday, as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended office after a landslide victory in the Dec 29 poll. Dhaka will take initiative to combat terror: new foreign ministerDHAKA - Bangladesh’s newly-appointed foreign minister Dipu Moni has said Dhaka will take the initiative to form a Joint Task Force on terrorism in consultation with other South Asian nations. Will Zia boycott Hasina’s oath-taking ceremony?DHAKA - Speculation is rife that former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, who was defeated in last week’s poll, may boycott the oath-taking ceremony of Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina, in a repeat of what has become a political tradition in the country. Bangladeshi diaspora sent home over $9 bn last yearDHAKA - Despite the global financial meltdown, remittances by Bangladeshis abroad, one of the country’s economic mainstays, crossed the $9 billion mark last year. Zia to send delegation to Hasina’s oath-taking ceremonyDHAKA - A five-member delegation of lawmakers-elect will represent former prime minister Khaleda Zia at Sheikh Hasina’s oath-taking ceremony at the Bangabhavan Tuesday evening, a media report said. Sheikh Hasina - The reluctant politician is Bangladesh PM again (Profile)DHAKA - She was initiated into politics through the crucible of one of the world’s bloodiest assassinations when her entire family was terminated. More than three decades after that fateful August day in 1975, when the legacy of her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman fell on her, Sheikh Hasina has become Bangladesh prime minister for a second term. Sheikh Hasina is sworn-in Bangladesh PM for second timeDHAKA - Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of the nation’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was sworn in as prime minister of Bangladesh for a second time Tuesday following her landslide win in last month’s general election. Sheikh Hasina sworn-in Bangladesh PM for second timeDHAKA - Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of the nation’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was sworn in prime minister of Bangladesh for a second time Tuesday following her landslide victory in last month’s general election. She was premier previously 1996-2001. Triumphant Hasina takes oath as Bangladesh PMDHAKA - Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League (AL), the daughter of Bangladesh’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was Tuesday sworn-in prime minister for a second time following her landslide victory in last month’s general election. She was premier previously 1996-2001. |
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