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......

2009 mutiny: B'desh court sentences 46 BDR rebels

A special court in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced 46 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) soldiers to prison terms up to seven years for staging a revolt at their unit in the southeastern Khagrachhari hills......