Dhaka Tense

Bangladesh's capital Dhaka remains tense on Sunday as several Awami League supporters were reportedly beaten following the party's decision to hold a protest march at Shaheed Noor Hossain Square in commemoration of Noor Hossain Day.

A former Bangladeshi prime minister and other leading opposition figures were indicted in two related corruption cases on Wednesday that could further complicate the country's tense political situation.

Border Security Force has intensified its patrolling along the 856 km long Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura to check infiltration into the Indian territory in view of the tense political situation there.

Bangladesh continues to be on the boil over the death sentence given to a top Islamist opposition leader for his role in atrocities, including rape and killings, during the country's 1971 freedom war. Twenty four people have died overnight in clashes across the country.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Bangladesh today on the second leg of her tri-nation South Asia tour which will also take her to India. She arrived in the capital of Dhaka, which has been increasingly tense in recent weeks with general strikes protesting the disappearance of an opposition leader and a crackdown on dissent. Homemade...

Bangladesh's capital Dhaka remains tense on Sunday as several Awami League supporters were reportedly beaten following the party's decision to hold a protest march at Shaheed Noor Hossain Square in commemoration of Noor Hossain Day.

A former Bangladeshi prime minister and other leading opposition figures were indicted in two related corruption cases on Wednesday that could further complicate the country's tense political situation.

Border Security Force has intensified its patrolling along the 856 km long Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura to check infiltration into the Indian territory in view of the tense political situation there.

Bangladesh continues to be on the boil over the death sentence given to a top Islamist opposition leader for his role in atrocities, including rape and killings, during the country's 1971 freedom war. Twenty four people have died overnight in clashes across the country.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Bangladesh today on the second leg of her tri-nation South Asia tour which will also take her to India. She arrived in the capital of Dhaka, which has been increasingly tense in recent weeks with general strikes protesting the disappearance of an opposition leader and a crackdown on dissent. Homemade...