Niko Resources: Ottawa’s corruption test case in Bangladesh
Greg McArthur

By Bangladeshi standards, the red-brick compound of A.K.M. Mosharraf Hossain is a country estate. A four-foot wall encircles the property in the capital city of Dhaka. The only way inside is past a guard booth and a metal gate that leads to the politician’s roundabout driveway.

But there was no problem gaining admission on May 23, 2005, when two representatives from Niko Resources (NKO-T48.93-0.06-0.12%) , a Canadian natural gas company, arrived at the ... Read More

Bangladesh border guard held after killing Indian
Agartala, Jan 20 (IANS) Troopers of Border Guard Bangladesh shot dead an Indian farmer along the border with Tripura Friday, but one of them was detained by angry Indian villagers as he was trying to drag the body into his country, police here said.

"BGB troopers, while patrolling along the border, abruptly fired on the Indian villager, Shah Alam Mia, 40, killing him on the spot. The slain man was doing his personal work on ... Read More

Bangladesh coup attempt: 5 members of banned Islamist outfit arrested
Dhaka: Bangladesh's elite counter-terrorist force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Friday arrested five members of the banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir from Dhaka, a day after the army said it had foiled a coup attempt. Sources said that one of the main plotters has been identified as Major Zia-ul-Haq who's linked to the extremist religious group.

A detective of the RAB was injured during the arrests, some media reports said.

The Bangladesh army had said yesterday that Major ... Read More

Bangladesh army says foils coup attempt
DHAKA (Reuters) - The Bangladesh army has foiled a coup planned against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a military spokesman said on Thursday.

Bangladesh has a history of coups with army generals running the impoverished South Asian nation for 15 years until the end of 1990.

"Specific information has been unearthed that some officers in military service have been involved in the conspiracy to topple the system of democratic governance," Brigadier General Muhammad Masud Razzaq ... Read More

India, Bangladesh to cooperate in power sector
New Delhi, Jan 12 : The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India and Bangladesh have agreed to cooperate in the power sector.

In response to a question on cooperation in power sector between India and Bangladesh, the official spokesperson said that during the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Bangladesh in September 2011, India and Bangladesh had agreed to promote trans-border cooperation in the management of shared water resources, hydropower potential and eco-systems and ... Read More

Bangladesh 'war crimes mastermind' Ghulam Azam arrested
Bangladesh has arrested an Islamist leader on charges of masterminding war crimes during the 1971 liberation struggle against Pakistan, lawyers say.

Prosecutors say that Ghulam Azam, 89, was detained after the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) rejected his bail application.

They accuse Mr Azam of crimes against humanity - including murder, rape, arson and looting - in 1971.

He denies the charges, arguing that they are politically motivated.

Mr Azam, the former leader of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, is alleged ... Read More

Bangladesh board chief Ahmed dies at 57
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh Cricket Board chief executive officer Manzur Ahmed has died of a heart attack at the age of 57, his family and the board confirmed on Tuesday.

"We deeply regret to inform you that our chief executive officer died of a cardiac arrest this morning at his home," BCB doctor Debasish Chowdhury said in a statement.

The former cricketer, who played for a Bangladeshi representative side against a visiting MCC team in 1977, took ... Read More

Bangladesh tops WB procurement black list
David Bergman

The World Bank in the last three years has barred from bidding for bank-financed contracts more organisations and individuals from Bangladesh than from any other country.

An analysis of a World Bank database containing details of all current suspensions shows that since the beginning of 2009, 22 individuals and 16 organisations based in Bangladesh have been de-barred for either a three or four year period.

Eleven of the suspensions took place in 2011.

All the Bangladeshi organisations ... Read More

Stop minority persecution in Bangladesh
Bangladesh, January 05, 2012: Amesty International and probe commission report reveals bitter truth. It is now proved that persecution of minorities in Bangladesh was just religion cleansing, done with help of the then government to clean away the Hindus, Buddhists and Christians of the county.

The 1st October of 2001 is a black day for the rational people and the minority community of Bangladesh. What has been occurring to the minority community from that day onwards ... Read More

Three Bangladeshis killed in firing near Indo-Bangla border
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday informed that reports have been received of the deaths of three Bangladesh nationals as a result of firing on the Indian side of the border with Bangladesh in two separate incidents in Govindpur in West Bengal's Malda District and Narayanganj in West Bengal's Coochbehar District.

"Reports have been received of the deaths of three Bangladesh nationals as a result of firing on the Indian side of the border ... Read More

India ready to receive Bangladesh delegation
New Delhi, Dec 19: Bangladesh have written to the Government objecting to Tipaimukh hydroelectric project over Barak river in Manipur seeking consultations on the issue between the two sides, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

Answering a question, Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent Pala said in a written reply that India had welcomed proposal to hold consultations on the project and has agreed to receive a delegation in this regard.

India, he said, had reiterated ... Read More