Bangladesh

  • Dec 31, 2008
  • 7 min read

BANGLADESH: Awami League sweeps the election

The Awami League won the December 29 election with a landslide. On a high turnout, the election...

Bangladesh
  • Dec 29, 2008
  • 1 min read

BANGLADESH: Election risks return to a difficult past

Voters voted in a general election today, the first since 2001.

Bangladesh
  • Nov 6, 2008
  • 1 min read

BANGLADESH/BURMA: Dispute is likely to recur

Burma today withdrew two warships from the Bay of Bengal, according to news reports citing the...

Bangladesh
  • Nov 4, 2008
  • 1 min read

BANGLADESH/BURMA: Navies engage in resource stand-off

Bangladeshi diplomats will travel to Yangon tomorrow in efforts to resolve a territorial dispute...

Bangladesh
  • Oct 28, 2008
  • 1 min read

BANGLADESH: Leaders are permitted to contest poll

Former Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia will face no legal obstacle to leading their...

Bangladesh
  • Oct 2, 2008
  • 2 min read

INDIA: Bomb attacks wound regional relations

The capital of Tripura state was yesterday hit by five bomb explosions, which left at least two...

India
  • Aug 4, 2008
  • 7 min read

BANGLADESH: Awami League will return to dominance

Local elections are underway today. The result of the polls, the first since emergency rule was...

Bangladesh
  • Aug 1, 2008
  • 2 min read

BANGLADESH/INDIA: Tata cancels mega-project plans

India's Tata Group yesterday announced that it was cancelling plans to implement a 3 billion...

Bangladesh