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Al-Badar leaders sentenced to death for war crimes

DHAKA, Nov. 3 (nsnewswire) — A tribunal has issued death penalty verdict against two Al-Badar leaders, who had masterminded the massacre of intellectuals during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 pronounced the verdict in absentia Sunday afternoon on a crime against humanity case, awarding death sentences to Chowdhury Moinuddin and Ashrafuzzaman […]

Bangladesh opposition calls another three-day strike

DHAKA, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s main opposition on Saturday called another round of nationwide non-stop 60-hour strike from Monday morning to press its demand for a non-party caretaker government to oversee the national elections slated for early 2014. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, acting secretary general of the main opposition party, in a press briefing […]

Rohingya Using Larger Boats to Flee Burma, Bangladesh

BANGKOK — Activists in Southeast Asia say thousands of people are fleeing Bangladesh and Burma by sea, resuming a seasonal migration that has seen many head south in recent years. Nearly all are attempting to illegally enter Malaysia via Thailand.Monitors along the Burma-Bangladesh border estimate that 17,000 people have already left the area since August, […]

Adidas joins European-led effort on Bangladesh factories

DHAKA, Nov. 1 (nsnewswire) — Sporting goods maker Adidas AG (ADSGn.DE) has signed a pact to promote the safety of garment workers in Bangladesh, picking a European-led initiative over a rival U.S. drive, it said on Tuesday. Adidas said although it had only limited production in Bangladesh, it thought that signing the Accord on Fire […]

Amidst new violence in Bangladesh, UN chief urges restraint, respect for rule of law

DHAKA, Oct. 31 (nsnewswire) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is concerned about the latest wave of deadly violence in Bangladesh ahead of parliamentary elections due by January. “He calls on all concerned to respect the rule of law, exercise restraint and to express their views peacefully,” Mr. Ban’s spokesperson said in a statement. Mr. Ban is hopeful that the recent […]

PM lays foundation stone of first-ever metro rail project

DHAKA, Oct. 31 (nsnewswire) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has laid the foundation stone of the country’s first-ever metro rail project scheduled to be implemented in three phases by 2022. The foundation laying ceremony took place in Gazipur on the outskirts of capital Dhaka on Thursday evening. Bangladesh in February this year signed a loan […]

Bangladesh customs seizes 170 gold bars

By Sheuli Akter DHAKA, Oct. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Just one day after seizing 146 gold bars, customs officials in Bangladesh’s main airport in capital Dhaka Wednesday morning again seized 24 gold bars weighing about 3 kilograms from an arriving passenger from Saudi Arabia, an official said. Nazma Zabin, assistant commissioner of the Customs Intelligence Department, […]

Bangladesh makes notable progress in reforms for easy business start:WB

DHAKA, Oct. 29 (nsneweswire) — A new World Bank Group report says that Bangladesh has made notable progress in reforms that make it easier to start and run a business in the country. The report, Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises,released today from Washington analyzes regulations that apply to businesses during their life cycle, […]

Three dead, scores injured in Bangladeshi hartal violence

DHAKA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — At least three politicians were dead and scores including cops injured in stray incidents of violence in the early hours of Bangladesh’s opposition enforced countrywide 60-hour non-stop strike which began on Sunday morning, sources said. They said a leader of ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was killed […]