Dhaka: Bangladeshi Islamist leader Ghulam Azam, 89, has been charged by a special tribunal with war crimes and alleged atrocities including genocide and murder carried out during the country’s 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan. The tribunal was set up by the Awami League-led government to try those Bangladeshis accused of collaborating with Pakistani forces who [...]
Dhaka/Kolkata: In the wake of Presidential elections and losing its grip in South Asia, theUnited States has finally come forward to play its ‘Hillary Card’ in the region. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on Bangladesh, India and Pakistan visit, has stressed the need for consensus in the region. Clinton, who was in Dhaka [...]
Kolkata: Teesta treaty is expected to be high on agenda, as US secretary of state Hillary Clinton meets West Bengal’s first woman chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday. Mrs. Clinton has arrived Kolkata today in the morning. According to the reports, besides Teesta treaty with Bangladesh, she will be discussing foreign direct investment (FDI) in [...]
Dhaka: A six-year-old boy from Bangladesh often called as ‘Computer Kid’ is now eyeing to get recognition from the Guinness World Records as the world’s youngest computer expert. The prodigy began typing when he was only 3-year-old and started to programme and download games at the age of four. BBC reported that as a toddler, [...]
By Saad Shafqat So Bangladesh team is finally touring Pakistan—or is it? The news on this topic has been shifting back and forth so frequently, that it has been difficult to keep track. Late last year, when the proposal for this tour was first mooted, Bangladesh cricket authorities had warmed to the idea. But reservations [...]
Washington: More than 10 million Indian wish to move to America, claimed a new survey. The Gallup survey has said that the United States is the most desired and undisputed destination for Indians wishing to settle there, despite global economic slowdown. The startling survey found that other than India, 22 million Chinese, 7 million Brazilians, [...]
Dhaka: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)is still hoping for BD tour asking Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to keep it update and share details of any appeal filed against the writ petition in the High Court. In the mean time, the Bangladesh Board has approached South Africa for a series in May after the postponement of a [...]
Islamabad: Reacting angrily over Bangladesh’s decision to shun Pak tour, the Pakistan Cricket Board said that the new situation has created disappointment for the country waiting eagerly for a cricket series. The Board said in a statement: “PCB has been extremely disappointed due to the creation of this new situation.” However, the Bangladesh Cricket Board [...]
Dhaka: Giving a setback to Pakistan’s cricket fraternity, the Bangladesh High Court today suspended national cricket team’s planned Pakistan tour later this month citing security reasons. Hearing on a petition a two-member bench issued an order to ‘suspend the tour for four weeks.’ Bangladesh team was due to play a one-day on April 29 and [...]
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