Dhaka, Oct 12 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the nation’s first domestically made laptop named ‘Doel’.

The state-owned telecom company Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) has produced four models of the laptop.

The most basic model that runs the android operating system is priced at 10,000 taka (130 dollars), and is the cheapest laptop in the world.

TSS managing director Mohammad Ismail said that the new laptop would bring lots of benefits to the nation.

Dhaka, Oct 5 - West Indies cricket captain Darren Sammy said his side's month-long tour of Bangladesh will be quite challenging.

Sammy and the rest of the West Indies side minus five players taking part in the Champions League Twenty20 with Trinidad & Tobago arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the Bangladesh capital Tuesday.

"Playing Bangladesh at home is always tough, as New Zealand found out the last time they were here," said Sammy.

Dhaka, Oct 1 - Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) selectors have recalled seamer Shahadat Hossain and called up uncapped all-rounder Elias Sunny but axed batsman Junaid Siddique for the limited overs series against the West Indies starting here next week.

Shahadat was named in an 18-man squad for the three One-Day Internationals while Elias is part of a 14-man unit for the one-off Twenty20 International.

Bangladesh will also host the West Indies in two Tests in the tour Oct 7-Nov 2.

Dhaka, Oct 1 - Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves have dwindled below $10 billion after maintaining the double-digit-billion mark for three years, a media report said.

The reserves with the central bank stood at $9.88 billion Thursday, implying that it will be difficult for the country to meet next three months' import costs, the bdnews24. com reported Friday.

Jayed Bakht, senior researcher with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), expressed concern over the fall in reserves, saying that it would put the balance of payment under pressure.

"The reserves are under pressure due to hike in import cost and decreased flow of remittance," he said.

Dhaka, Sep 18 - Bangladesh Cricket Board director Enayet Hossain Siraj has questioned the axing of Shakib Al Hasan as captain, as the authorities begin shopping for a new skipper ahead of the West Indies tour.

Shakib, appointed for the 2009 tour of the Caribbean, was dismissed from the post following Bangladesh's disappointing tour of Zimbabwe recently.

Siraj, who did not attend the board meeting at which the decisions were taken, was highly critical of the process used to get rid of Shakib.

Dhaka, Sep. 6 : Indian officials accompanying the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on his two-day official visit to Bangladesh, the first by an Indian head of government in twelve years, revealed that there is tremendous potential for enhancing bilateral trade between the two countries.

Dhaka, Sep. 6 : Government sources on Tuesday indicated that India and Bangladesh are unlikely to sign a deal on the Teesta river waters issue during the current two-day visit to Dhaka of Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, but could come up with an interim agreement.

"We are still trying to find one solution that suits all. There will be no deal unless all are involved and are onboard. If all are not onboard, it cannot be implemented. One of the main states is West Bengal. We have to take them onboard," said the sources.

Dhaka, Sep. 6 : Disappointed over the last minute holding up of the Teesta River Agreement, the Bangladesh Government today said that India''s Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, must reassure the people of Bangladesh that the hold-up is temporary and that the agreement will be signed soon.

Dhaka, May 13 : A four-day retrospective of films by legendary director Satyajit Ray begins Friday to commemorate his 90th birth anniversary.

The opening day films will be "Ghare Baire" and "Aranyer Din Ratri", New Age said.

His other popular movies such as "Pather Panchali", "Jalsha Ghar", "Charulata", "Hirak Rajar Deshe" and "Jana Aranya" are also scheduled to be screened during the retrospective.

Dhaka, April 27 - A committee appointed by the Bangladesh government to probe the working of the Grameen Bank has accused the micro-credit agency run by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of "consistently violating its own laws, rules and regulations" and suggested that it needs an effective regulator.

Dhaka, April 16 - Bollywood actress Karishma Kapoor opened a furniture showroom in a posh downtown area of the national capital, saying this had the potential of becoming a world class chain in quality and design.

She was promoting N'Queens Furniture at Baridhara at a function flanked by film world colleague Chunkey Pande.

Karishma Kapoor praised the designs of the furniture and said Bangladesh was very good at making world class furniture, New Age said Saturday.

Dhaka, April 10 - Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel has an "unfair market advantage" over its competitors in Bangladesh, a report said here Sunday.

The draft Cellular Mobile Telecommunication Operators Licence Renewal Guidelines 2011, prepared by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on behalf of the posts and telecommunications ministry, allows unfair market advantage to Airtel, the latest operator to enter the market, "telecom industry insiders" were quoted as saying in New Age.

Dhaka, Jan 1 - Magsaysay Award winning Indian writer Mahasweta Devi has in a letter to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed concern at the condition of garment workers' leader Mushrefa Mishu and asked her to ensure justice to the detained woman.

"I am deeply perturbed by learning that Mishu has been arrested without warrant. She is now critically ill and admitted to hospital in custody," Mahasveta Devi wrote to Hasina Dec 27.

Dhaka, Dec 12 - Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan enthralled a packed show in Dhaka, dancing to his hit numbers and also spoke snatches of Bangla. But the superstar did not campaign to make the Sundarbans mangrove forests one of the seven natural wonders of the world as the organisers claimed he would.

At the show, titled 'King Khan Live in Dhaka', the over 25,000-strong audience comprising mostly youngsters kept up a chant of "Shah Rukh", "Shah Rukh".

One of the largest banks in the world- Citibank has appointed Pankaj Vaish as Head of Markets for Citi in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Vaish will shoulder the responsibilities for the fixed income, currencies, credit, commodities and equities businesses of the bank.

According to the official records, one in five deaths in Bangladesh stems from arsenic in drinking water, which the World Health Organization describes as the largest mass poisoning in history.

The Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh have devised a new system to begin a new operation of business activities between the two countries by introducing Haats (markets).

Haats have been offered, on various occasions, as a solution to the hawker "problem."  This is a trend that can be seen across cities in many countries of the world and had been effective in India prior to Independence.

They were ceased after the partition of India, but now both the Governments have decided to re-establish these Haats to execute trade between India and Bangladesh once again.

Yorkshire seamer Ajmal Shazhad has been given the test cap for the test match against Bangladesh. This will be his debut match for England. Ajmal will replace the injured seamer Tim Bresnan for the Second test match against Bangladesh to be played at Old Trafford.

The selection committee believes that it is the perfect time to provide a youngster a chance to perform. The team is pretty confident and performing well. Moreover both the seamers are also doing a good job with the new ball. The left arm bowler from Nottinghamshire, Ryan Sidebottom is a very experienced test bowler who can guide the young fast bowler Ajmal Shazhad.

Officials have said that two more bodies were pulled from the debris of a collapsed five-story building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 22.

Bdnews24. com has reported that the building toppled onto tin-shed shanties about 10:45 p. m. Tuesday. The online newspaper also said that twenty-one people had been rescued but others were still missing.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (BTRA), has banned the site for a temporary period following an incident where a Bangladeshi national was taken into custody for uploading sardonic images of Prophet Mohammed along with the country's leaders.