At least 53 Indian nationals held on various charges, including smuggling and trespassing, have been released from a jail in Bangladesh, a media report said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments on sections of Bangladeshi people being under the influence of ISI, have sparked negative reactions here with a former foreign minister terming them "frustrating" and Jamaat-e-Islami contending that the remarks do not go with his status.
Schools and businesses were shuttered and transportation was disrupted in major cities across Bangladesh on Wednesday as opposition parties led a general strike against a constitutional amendment they say will allow the government to rig elections.
At least seven people were killed when a ferry with over 50 passengers on board capsized in a Bangladesh river, officials said.
The stage has been set for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Dhaka on September 6 and 7. This followed the two countries agreed on an ambitious agenda, as external affairs minister SM Krishna met his Bangladesh counterpart Dipu Moni.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will visit Dhaka on July 25 where she is expected to receive a special award from Bangladesh government, on behalf of her late mother-in-law Indira Gandhi, for her contribution to the liberation war of this country.
Bangladesh on Thursday sought to put a lid on the controversy sparked by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent remarks about the neighbouring country, saying “there is no misunderstanding now and such mistakes do happen.”
In a tragic accident, at least 42 school children were killed and over 30 others missing after a truck carrying them plunged into a canal near Bangladesh's southeastern port city of Chittagong on Monday, police said.
A man in Bangladesh was forced to parade naked through his village with a brick tied to his penis as punishment for kidnapping and marrying a minor.
Congress party president Sonia Gandhi arrives here tonight to receive Bangladesh's highest state award on behalf of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for her outstanding contribution to the country's 1971 'Liberation War'.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday lauded Bangladesh's efforts to root out terrorism in the region and vowed to work with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to thwart the scourge.
At least 17 people were killed and 25 others injured today when a passenger bus collided head on with a truck in Sherpur area of northwestern Bangladesh, police said.
India and Bangladesh on Friday inked a key agreement aimed at enhancing quality of border management and ensuring cross-frontier security through measures like joint vigils to deal with human trafficking and smuggling of drugs and weapons.
The Bangladesh Supreme Court today confirmed the removal of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus from as the managing director of the Grameen Bank that he had founded in 1976.
A former Bangladeshi lawmaker arrested on charges of crimes against humanity during the country's 1971 'Liberation War' was freed on bail on Friday, a day after a special tribunal ordered his release on health grounds.