Page 28 - Bangladesh

Bangladesh detains 10 for possessing fake currency notes

TV channels said that most of the detained were foreigners from different African countries

Bangladesh blocks over 30 news sites

The websites have been shut down on govt orders

Militant accused of attacking Bangladesh's biggest Eid gathering killed

RAB claimed the gun battle took place while militants were trying to take Shafiul Islam away

Bangladesh blocks 35 websites

BTRC Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood told the media that sheershanews.com BD was blocked on government orders

Bangladesh police kill suspect in minority murders

Dhaka police described Islam, also known as Bike Hasan, as a "top JMB terrorist" and said they recovered a pistol and bullets from the site of the gunfight

Jumbo affair

After successfully bringing back several Indians in difficult situations in foreign countries, the Ministry of Home Affairs has taken up the case of a female elephant stuck in Bangladesh. The elephant landed in an island in the neighbouring country when flood waters washed it away from the Kaziranga National Park. The ministry sprung into action when the Bangladesh government informed it about the elephant's whereabouts and expressed its willingness to send the animal back. A three-member team is getting ready to go to Bangladesh to bring it back. A lot of planning is underway since the only channel of evacuation would be the waterways connecting India and Bangladesh.

Bangladesh says 260 missing amid hunt for extremists

Rapid Action Battalion, published the list on Facebook and called on citizens to report the whereabouts of the missing

Owner of Rana Plaza among 41 indicted in Bangladesh building collapse case of 2013

Dhaka District and Session Judges' Court Judge S M Kuddus Zaman passed the order in the case

3 get death penalty, 5 jailed for life over Bangladesh war crimes

Prosecution lawyers said six of the convicts were members of the infamous Al-badr auxiliary force of the Pakistani Army

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina seeks nationwide alert amid Islamist attacks

Bangladesh in the past two years has witnessed deadly attacks on liberals, secular writers, activists and religious minorities

Bangladesh stops open defecation in just over a decade

Activists say small-scale surveys show that the campaign has improved public health

'Peace Schools' in Bangladesh under scan after ban on Zakir Naik's 'Peace TV'

Intelligence agencies were asked to inquire into the 20 Peace Schools so far detected by the government

Earthquake of magnitude nine can hit Bangladesh, India: Scientists

The researchers are not forecasting an imminent great earthquake but said it was an under-appreciated hazard

Eight JMB militants charged with murder of Japanese farmer

Though international terror outfit Islamic State was quick to claim responsibility, the government had refuted it

Land acquisition for Bangladesh rail link to start soon

The process of laying the 15.054-km-long railway tracks to connect Agartala with Akhaura in Bangladesh will be completed by 2017

In wake of Dhaka attack, Bangladesh assures Indian tourists of proper security

Japanese tourists account for the maximum number of visitors from foreign countries to Bangladesh followed by those from Italy

Bangladesh hasn't gained from India's growth: Chinese daily

Some analysts felt Bangladesh had become a focus for the growing geopolitical rivalry between China and India

Japanese aid agency may withdraw from Bangladesh

A JICA spokeswoman said the agency is considering withdrawing from Bangladesh after the most recent killings

China plans $9 billion loan for Bangladesh

Bangladesh wants to use the low-interest loans to build at least six rail projects connecting its capital Dhaka with key domestic industrial areas and the Indian border

No freedom of expression in Bangladesh: Taslima Nasreen

Nasreen, who has been living outside Bangladesh for many years, said the government failed to give security to the writers leading to their steady exodus