Tag: Bangladesh

Pakistan’s envoy presents credentials to Bangladeshi President

Pakistan's High Commissioner Rafiuzzaman Siddiqui presented his credentials to the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid at the Bangabhaban on Wednesday....

Bangladesh set to hang extremist leader

Security was tightened in a Bangladesh southern city on Sunday ahead of the expected execution of a senior extremist leader whose group has been...

China woos key India ally Bangladesh with investment

Bangladeshi leaders will on Friday welcome the first Chinese president to visit in three decades, seeking to secure much-needed infrastructure investment without alienating China's...

Jos Buttler regrets reaction after dismissal

England stand-in captain Jos Buttler said he regretted his angry reaction after his dismissal during Sunday’s second ODI against Bangladesh in Dhaka, which his...

Bangladesh’s Benjamin Button: Medical condition makes newborn look like 80-yr-old

A boy with a rare medical condition known as progeria has been born to a couple in Bangladesh’s Bhulbaria village. Born to Parul Patro, wife of...

Bangladesh pulls out of Saarc summit in Islamabad amid India-Pakistan row

Bangladesh on Wednesday pulled out of a key regional summit to be held in Pakistan, a day after India said it was boycotting the...

Bangladesh-Canada to discuss extradition of Mujibur Rahman’s killer

Bangladesh and Canada, after years of failed negotiations, have finally agreed to find a solution to perhaps the most crucial issue between the two...

At least 22 dead in Bangladesh factory fire

At least 22 people have been killed and 70 injured, many critically, in a huge fire triggered by a boiler explosion at a Bangladeshi...

Bangladesh executes another JI leader for ‘war crimes’

Bangladesh executed another Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader, wealthy tycoon and top financial backer of its largest Islamic party on Saturday. Law and Justice Minister of Bangladesh,...

England won’t force players to tour Bangladesh, says Morgan

England will not force any player to tour Bangladesh, limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan said, in the wake of the July 1 attack on a...

5 suspected extremists arrested in Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s elite security force said Wednesday it had arrested five suspected members of a banned militant outfit, which has been blamed for a series...

Bangladesh sack assistant coach for skipping conditioning camp

Bangladesh cricket authorities said Friday they have sacked the national team's assistant coach Ruwan Kalpage after he failed to report for duty. The Bangladesh Cricket...

Flood-hit elephant that travelled 1,700km dies in Bangladesh

An elephant thought to have travelled at least 1,700 kilometres from India into Bangladesh after becoming separated from its herd by floods died on...

Heavy rains, lightning kill 41 in India, 15 in Bangladesh

At least nine people were killed when a three-storey building collapsed in heavy rains in a Mumbai suburb on Sunday, state media reported, and...

Masked attackers target religious devotees in Bangladesh

Masked attackers stormed a religious meeting place in southwest Bangladesh, cutting off the long hair of the worshippers, police said on Saturday. It was not...

Bangladesh upholds death sentence for six militants

A Bangladesh court Thursday upheld the death sentence for six militants convicted over a suicide bombing in 2005 of a lawyer's office that killed...

Bayliss wants to rehire Saqlain for India, Bangladesh tours

After England's comprehensive 330-run victory over Pakistan in the second of the four-match Test series, head coach Trevor Bayliss looks to rehire Saqlain Mushtaq...