Bangladesh arms case: ULFA leader Paresh Barua gets death penalty

A Bangladeshi court on Thursday handed down the death penalty to 14 people, including the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami and a top leader of India's separatist outfit United Liberation Front of Asom, in......

2 former Bangla ministers aided HuJI against India

Bangladesh's two former ministers, who aided banned extremist group the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami in its botched attempt to kill Premier Sheikh Hasina in 2004, also helped the outfit procure arms......

Bangladesh: Hasina's bank accounts to be frozen

The Bangladesh revenue board has asked all banks to freeze accounts of detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her five family members and several other high-profile leaders, officials said......

Sheikh Hasina's home raided, Zia's son held

In a major development, security forces in Bangladesh arrested outgoing prime minister Khaleda Zia's son and raided the residence of a number of politicians including that of former premier Sheikh......