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Hossain appointed as Bangladesh CJ
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 4 (ANI): Syed Mahmud Hossain has been appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh barely three months after Surendra Kumar Sinha resigned from the post.
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B'desh to build power plant in India
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh] Feb 3 (ANI): Through the Bangladesh-India Friendship Company (BIFCL), Bangladesh is planning to build a solar or coal-based power electricity general plant in the Indian soil.
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Boris Johnson to visit Dhaka
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 1 (ANI): British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will be in Dhaka on a two-day official visit commencing from February 9.
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Bangladesh to appoint new chief justice tomorrow
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 31 (ANI): Bangladesh is likely to appoint its new chief justice on Thursday as the post has remained vacant since former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha stepped down on November 10 last year.
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Two BNP leaders arrested in Dhaka
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 31 (ANI): Two Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders were arrested on Wednesday for plotting an attack on policemen and snatching two party activists from a prison van in Dhaka.
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Indonesia, Bangladesh committed to enhancing ties
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 29 (ANI): Indonesian President Joko Widodo wrapped up his two-day visit to Bangladesh on Monday and called for stronger ties with the latter. He also extended his support to the Rohingya refugees for their safe return to Myanmar.
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Abdur Razzak makes comeback in B'desh Test squad
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Chittagong [Bangladesh], Jan 29 (ANI): Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak has been recalled in the 14-man squad as a replacement for injured Shakib Al Hasan for the first Test of the two-match series against Sri Lanka, beginning Chittagong on January 31.
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Investigate fate of disappeared men in B'desh: HRW
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 27 (ANI): The Bangladesh Government should take urgent steps to confirm the whereabouts and the release of men held by its security authorities outside the authority of the courts, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina o
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Bangladesh cancels Chinese road construction project on corruption charges
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka, [Bangladesh], Jan.24 (ANI): Bangladesh has cancelled a road construction project with a major Chinese company which was building the Dhaka Sylhet highway on charges of attempting to bribe Bangladeshi officials and has blacklisted the firm from participating in any future ventures, acc
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Bangladesh postpones Rohingya refugees return to Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan.22 (ANI): The Bangladesh government on Monday said that the repatriation of Muslim Rohingya refugees to Myanmar will not take place on Tuesday as earlier planned.
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Rohingya leader shot dead in Bangladesh
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 20 (ANI): A Rohingya leader has been shot dead by unknown assailants at a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhiya.
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Tripura gets second passenger bus to Kolkata via Dhaka
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Jan.19 (ANI): A second passenger bus to Kolkata via Dhaka was started from Agartala, Tripura, to give a boost to the trans-border relationship between India and Bangladesh.
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