Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 13:34
A supporter of ruling Awami League sued Bangladesh`s main opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia for making "hateful and defamatory" remarks about the home district of her archrival Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 13:31
A fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leader was killed in Bangladesh in a clash with security forces as the opposition geared up for a non-stop nationwide blockade from the New Year to derail the January 5 polls.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 12:18
The US has said that violence in poll-bound Bangladesh is not acceptable, saying parties should intensify efforts to engage in constructive dialogue to hold free and fair elections on January 5.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 10:31
Bangladesh`s capital was cut off from the rest of the country Monday, with transport services into Dhaka halted to thwart the second day of a protest march against next week`s elections.
Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 21:07
An Islamist party leader was killed in a gunfight in Bangladesh`s Sathkhira district Monday afternoon amid country`s opposition`s "march for democracy" agitation.
Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 12:19
Dhaka on Monday remained tense as the opposition vowed to continue its protest in a bid to scupper the elections scheduled for January 5.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 16:33
Defying a ban, hundreds of opposition BNP supporters today took to the streets of the Bangladeshi capital and clashed with security forces who tried to foil their attempt to seige government offices to derail the January 5 polls, leaving a student dead.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 15:12
Bangladeshi authorities detained over 700 opposition activists trying to gather in the capital in defiance of a ban on a protest march called on Sunday by the BNP to derail the January 05 polls.
Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 15:32
A policeman was killed overnight after suspected activists of main opposition BNP and its radical ally Jamaat hurled a bomb at a police van.
Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 00:11
13 people, including the owners of a garment manufacturing unit, were on Sunday charged with culpable homicide for the death of 112 people in Bangladesh`s factory fire.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 11:58
Bangladesh`s Election Commission (EC) has decided to deploy the army for a 15-day period, beginning from Dec 26 in a move to ensure free, fair and peaceful parliamentary elections in the country.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 10:24
A court sentenced eight Bangladesh Chhatra League activists to death and 13 to life imprisonment for killing tailor Bishwajit Das in Old Dhaka a year ago, media reported.
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