Suspecting involvement of more officers in the botched coup attempt earlier this month, the Bangladesh army has constituted five more "courts of enquiry" to probe the plot, officials said.
Bangladesh's elite anti-terror force has arrested five members of the banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir in connection with a failed coup attempt, as it launched a massive manhunt to nab key suspect Major Syed Ziaul Haque.
A failed plot to oust the Bangladesh government, by what the army described as “religiously fanatic” officers, has raised questions over the level of Islamist penetration in the military, analysts say.
Bangladesh has a history of bloodshed and political violence since gaining independence in 1971.
As reports came in of a coup attempt being foiled, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reasserted that she wants democracy and peace in the country.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed today made light of the turmoil over the aborted Teesta waters-sharing agreement even as there was no representative of the West Bengal government to receive her at Tinbigha. HT reports.
Bangladesh's main opposition BNP pulled out its candidate from Sunday's crucial mayoral election in the suburban Narayanganj area after the government declined to deploy army to ensure poll security defying an Election Commission requisition.
A Bangladeshi man who held his wedding at the auspicious moment of 11:11 am on November 11 had his hopes of a long and happy life with his wife dashed when she left him minutes after the ceremony.
Bangladesh today began the controversial war crimes trial with a top Islamist party leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi being the first suspect to go on trial for allegations of genocide, rape, murder and arson committed during the country's 1971 Liberation war.
Bangladesh today sought a comprehensive joint study with India on a proposed cross-border dam to assess the "negative and positive impacts" of the hydropower project in Manipur.
At least 11 people, including 10 river pirates, were killed and five policemen wounded today in a gun battle on a river island in Bangladesh, police said.
Four blasts took place today in a Bangladesh district during a strike organised by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) protesting the killing of a local party leader. There were, however, no reports of damage or casualties.
Explosions rocked Bangladesh's capital Dhaka and southeastern Sylhet with the main opposition BNP activists fighting pitched battle with police leading to the death of two people, as the country marked the 40th anniversary of its independence.
Twenty-five activists of an environment protection group who tried to lay siege to the energy ministry in Dhaka were injured during a clash with police.
The Bangladesh army said it had foiled a coup plot by certain “religiously fanatic” serving and retired army officers to overthrow the democratically elected government of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and arrested two former officers.