Bangladesh

PM Sheikh Hasina says 'a white man' offered her smooth return to power in exchange for airbase in Bangladesh

PM Sheikh Hasina said trade and commerce have been going on in the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean since ancient times. She said that many have their eyes on this place. "There is no controversy in this place and no one has conflict in it. I won’t let that happen. This is also one of my crimes,” she said.

Remal cyclone leaves trail of destruction in Bangladesh: Over 30k houses destroyed, death toll rises to 10

Fierce gales and crashing waves battered the coast as Cyclone Remal made landfall on Sunday night. By Monday afternoon, it had weakened into a storm, but winds and rain still lashed the coast. "Heavy rains unleashed by the cyclone are going on, and the wind speed is also high," said Showkat Ali, government administrator of Barisal district, where seven people died

Bangladesh braces for Remal cyclone as thousands flee coastal villages

"The cyclone could unleash a storm surge of up to 12 feet (four metres) above normal astronomical tide, which can be dangerous," senior weather official Muhammad Abul Kalam Mallik told AFP. Most of Bangladesh's coastal areas are a metre or two above sea level and high storm surges can devastate villages

Bangladesh court sends 3 accused to 8-day police custody over MP's murder in Kolkata

According to a police officer in Kolkata, the West Bengal CID has detained a Bangladeshi national who works as a butcher in the state's Bangaon area of the North 24 Parganas district on suspicion of being involved in Anar's murder

Is Sheikh Hasina hinting at US role in 'Christian State like East Timor' plot using Bangladesh and Myanmar territory?

Prime Minister Hasina's relationship with the US has been strained before the January elections and beyond

Bangladesh MP honey-trapped by 24 YO woman in Kolkata; his murder was planned three months ago

Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar went to the flat at the invitation of the woman and according to CCTV footage acquired by CID, the leader was seen entering the flat with two people, a man and a woman

Body chopped, skin peeled: How Bangladesh MP was murdered in India by illegal immigrant

A Bangladeshi national Jihad Hawladar, a butcher by profession, has been detained for allegedly murdering Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar. He dismembered the body before disposing it. According to media reports, the politician’s friend, Akhtaruzzaman, a US citizen, is the mastermind behind the heinous crime

Missing Bangladesh MP found dead in Kolkata with body chopped into pieces

Anwarul Azim Anar, a member of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party in Bangladesh, arrived in the capital of West Bengal on May 12. The news of his death was confirmed by Bangladeshi Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan

Quicksplained: Was missing Bangladesh MP, now found dead in Kolkata, murdered?

Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim, who was reported missing for the past eight days in Kolkata, was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday. He visited India for medical treatment on 12 May and went missing two days later. As per media reports, two suspects have been arrested in the case

Development not possible without good ties with India: Bangladesh FM on 'India boycott' campaign

"Our development is not possible without maintaining good relations with the country (India) with which we have a common border of several thousand kilometers on three sides," he told the reporters here