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Bangladesh has role to play in South Asia: US

A US official on Tuesday said Bangladesh with its geographical advantages and a politically opening Myanmar provided greater opportunities to enhance regional cooperation in South Asia. Addressing a two-day seminar on “Building Pan Asian Connectivity”, US Department of State Regional Affairs’ deputy director Neil Kromash also assured his country’s support in restoring democracy in Sri Lanka. bangladesh“Bangladesh sometimes is overlooked in the discussions about regional connectivity. Strategically situated at the intersection of China, ...

Long political crisis leads to more deaths, stilted economy

Two months into a bloody standoff in Bangladesh that has left at least 118 people dead, the violence has eased but the political crisis continues to deepen. After weeks of deadly arson attacks by anti-government protesters enforcing a crippling transport blockade, commercial vehicles and office workers have slowly begun to return to the streets in the congested capital of Dhaka. violance BDOpposition leader Khaleda Zia even called for a temporary break in the blockade on Tuesday to allow Bangladeshis to celebrate the national cricket ...

Politics in Bangladesh on the boil

THE endgame may have started, but this week it became clear that it will take its time to play out. On February 25th a warrant was issued for the arrest of Khaleda Zia, the leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP); many people had expected police to haul her in this week. Mrs Zia (pictured in the poster above, to the left) is not only the archenemy of the prime minister, Sheikh BNPHasina; she is also virtually her government’s last standing opponent. Over the past two months, as the confrontation between the two rivals has...

Militancy may rise in blood-stained Bangladesh

As dusk falls on the mango orchards in northern Bangladesh, Zem Ali and about a dozen other men leave their mud-thatched homes to sleep under the stars. The nightly ritual began in January when the body of Motiur Rahman, Ali’s 25-year-old brother, was found riddled with bullets in a pool of blood. He was last seen alive in the hands of the Rapid Action Battalion, an anti-terrorism squad that reports to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed. human rights Bangladesh“Anybody can be arrested, anytime,” Ali said from h...

‘Indo-Bangla rail project to suffer due to lack of funds’

Criticising the railway budget, Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey said Friday that the India-Bangladesh railway project will suffer due to lack of funds. “Due to lack of funds, the land acquisition for the India-Bangladesh bd-indiarailway project connecting Tripura would be delayed. The new railway project will also suffer,” Dey told reporters here. He said: “In the railway budget (for 2015-16), there was no fund allocated for land acquisition. We want the early completion of the vital railway project.” The minister said the total cost of the pr...

BD-Switzerland bilateral talks on March 1

The second round of the bilateral political consultation between Bangladesh and Switzerland will be held hon March 1. Switzerland-BangladeshThe talks will mainly focus on reviewing the two country’s current relation status. Additional Secretary (Bilateral) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, Ambassador Mizanur Rahman and Assistant State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, Ambassador Johannes Matyassy will lead their respective delegations. The two countries wil...
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