Dhaka  - The Bangladesh parliament Thursday unanimously approved separate motions for regaining memberships of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and International Parliamentary Union (IPU), officials said.

Approving the motions in the House, lawmakers from both sides of the political divide said the country, which returned to democratic system two months ago ending two years rule of a military-backed government, needed a sustainable parliamentary democracy for the greater interests of its people.

Dhaka - Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday postponed the tour of Pakistan cricket team for an indefinite period by government advice over security concerns, officials said.

"We have decided to postpone the tour following advice from the home affairs ministry," Jalal Yunus, the spokesman of the BCB, said without elaborating the present security situation.

Dhaka - Bangladesh's government on Thursday described last week's mutiny at the headquarters of its border guards as a plot against the nascent democracy of the South Asian country.

"It was a big conspiracy against democracy," Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed said. "It is presumed initially that the mutiny was staged to put the democratically elected government in danger and cause embarrassment for it."

Dhaka - The Bangladesh army on Tuesday launched an independent probe into last week's troop mutiny, a day after the government reconstituted a civilian body for the inquiry, officials said.

A senior army officer, Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, accompanied by a number of junior officers, visited Bangladesh Rifles headquarters, where mutineers killed at least 74 people, mostly mid-ranking and junior army officers, to collect evidence related to the carnage.

Dhaka, Mar 3: China has expressed deep shock over the death of army officers and civilians in the February 25-26 mutiny at the BDR headquarters

A statement by a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said: "As a friendly close neighbour, the Chinese side hopes Bangladesh enjoy political stability, economic development and social harmony."

Conveying sympathies to the family members, the statement also said, "We hope and believe that with the joint efforts of Bangladesh government and people, Bangladesh can maintain peace, stability and solidarity."

Islamabad  - Pakistan on Monday denied an Indian newspaper report claiming its military intelligence was linked to the bloody mutiny in Dhaka by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) last week.

On Sunday, the Times of India citing unnamed sources, said arrested mutineers had "thrown up the name" of senior Bangladeshi businessman and politician, Salauddin Qadeer Chowdhury - who is close to Pakistan's "military intelligence complex" and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

The newspaper also reported that the mutineers had received around 140,000 dollars to finance their revolt.