Dhaka wants more information from Delhi on Tipaimukh damAugust 23rd, 2009 DHAKA - Ahead of Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni's visit to India Sep 7, Dhaka wants more information on Delhi's plan to build Tipaimukh dam in Manipur state, a senior official has said. Foreign Secretary Mirajul Quayes described last month's visit to India by a parliamentary team as "useful" and said the data supplied by India was being examined by a committee of experts, New Age newspaper reported Sunday.
Dhaka not to recognise Kosovo: officialAugust 23rd, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh has decided not to recognise Kosovo as an independent Balkan state, rejecting a request from the US. Dhaka has made it clear that it would like to keep away (from the Kosovo issue), New Age newspaper said Sunday quoting Foreign Secretary Mirajul Quayes.
13 killed in Bangladesh bus crashAugust 14th, 2009 DHAKA - A speeding bus hit a tree and crashed into a canal in Bangladesh, killing at least 13 people and injuring 10, reports said here today. The accident occurred in Feni, a town 80 miles east of Dhaka, United News of Bangladesh said.
Dhaka downpour shatters 53-year recordJuly 29th, 2009 DHAKA - At least 10 people died and large parts of the national capital were inundated in a heavy downpour that broke a 53-year record, an official said. Dhaka ended its relatively dry spell, thanks to a delayed monsoon wherein 333 mm rain fell Monday and Tuesday.
Dhaka opposition parties keep out of team to inspect Indian damJuly 26th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh's opposition parties have opted out of a team that will visit the site of the Tipaimukh dam in India's Manipur state. While Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has conveyed that their two lawmakers would not join it, a lone member of its Islamist ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Saturday said he had met with an accident and was unlikely to join.
China supports Bangladesh-India talks on Tipaimukh damJuly 24th, 2009 DHAKA - China has expressed support for talks between Dhaka and New Delhi over the proposed construction of Tipaimukh dam in India's Manipur state. The Barak river, on which the dam is to be built, flows from China into India and then goes to Bangladesh.
Bangladesh parliamentary panel wants ex-speaker expelledJuly 6th, 2009 DHAKA - An all-party probe committee of the Bangladesh parliament has recommended that former speaker Jamiruddin Sircar be stripped of his membership of the house for financial irregularities. The committee said it had studied constitutional provisions and parliamentary practices followed in India, Britain and Canada before recommending action against Sircar and two senior lawmakers of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Confident India will do nothing harmful on river project: BangladeshJune 20th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh has expressed confidence that India would do "nothing harmful" on a proposed river dam in Manipur state in north-eastern India, a minister has said. Dhaka would do "everything possible if the dam proves to be a threat to Bangladesh's environment", Foreign Minister Dipu Moni told reporters Friday.
Bangladeshi experts to visit controversial Indian dam projectJune 16th, 2009 DHAKA - A Bangladeshi team of parliamentarians and water experts is to visit an Indian dam construction project to assess its possible ecological effects on the country, a parliamentary panel said Tuesday. "We have decided to send a delegation to India to witness its Tipaimukh project," said Abdur Razzak, the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the Water Resources Ministry.
Dhaka-Kolkata passenger ship service proposedMay 28th, 2009 DHAKA - Travel between Dhaka and Kolkata by ship, something that stopped over four decades back, may be revived to promote people-to-people contact and eco-tourism. Bangladesh Shipping Minister Afsarul Amin Wednesday commended a proposal mooted by the parliament's standing committee.
Dhaka mutiny: Slain officers' families demand fair probeMarch 7th, 2009 DHAKA - Family members of Bangladesh Army officers killed in a mutiny by border guards formed a human chain here to demand a fair probe into the massacre. The grief-stricken family members, among them women and school girls, set up the winding chain from Jahangir Gate of Dhaka Cantonment to the Prime Minister's Office, The Daily Star newspaper said Saturday.
Dhaka opposition wants parliamentary debate on India pactsFebruary 16th, 2009 DHAKA - The opposition in Bangladesh wants to debate the pacts the Sheikh Hasina government signed with India last week. Opposition leader and two-term former prime minister Khaleda Zia and her allies are boycotting parliamentary proceedings demanding front seats for most of its 32 members.
Bangladesh Cricket Board blocking practise: cricketersFebruary 2nd, 2009 DHAKA - Dhaka Warriors, an Indian Cricket League (ICL) franchise comprising Bangladeshi cricketers, have alleged that the Bangladesh Cricket Board has been trying to block them from practising at a rented city ground. The BCB has barred the Dhaka Warriors from using the grounds and practice facilities owned by it and its affiliated organisations.
Dhaka asks US for money siphoned off by Zia's sonFebruary 2nd, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh has sought from the US the money that was allegedly stashed away by opposition leader Khaleda Zia's businessman son in a telecom deal signed during her tenure. Finance Minister A.M.A.
UN urges Bangladesh ruling party to show generosity to oppositionJanuary 1st, 2009 DHAKA - The UN Friday urged Bangladesh's government-in-waiting to show generosity in accommodating the opposition parties and to show restrain in order to make democracy work. 'I encourage the winner to extend their hand of friendship to the new opposition to make parliament effective.
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