BSF jawan killed, 1 injured in firing by Bangladeshi troops

In a first of its kind incident, Bangladeshi border guards opened fire at a Border Security Force (BSF) team on Thursday killing a jawan after a 'flag meeting' along the Indo-Bangla riverine......

Bangladesh jails 665 more paramilitary soldiers

A Bangladeshi paramilitary court handed down jail terms of varying degrees to 665 rebel border guards for their roles in the 2009 BDR mutiny, as the country nears the completion of trials of......

B'desh railway minister resigns over cash scandal

Bangladesh's embattled Railway Minister Suranjit Sengupta on Monday resigned from his post four months after assuming office following the last week's midnight cash scandal. "I am resigning for......

Hizbut Tahrir hand suspected in Bangladesh coup plot

Bangladesh authorities suspect that the Hizbut Tahrir (the Liberation Party), banned in October 2009, had links with the 16 middle-level officers of the Bangladesh army involved in the plot to......