Dhaka - Dhaka has alleged three Indian ships illegally entered Bangladesh's territorial waters to carry out hydrocarbon exploration activities in the Bay of Bengal, media reports said Friday.
Foreign ministry officials said the government protested the Indian intrusion into Bangladesh's maritime boundary and on Thursday night dispatched a naval frigate to the area, asking the Indian ships to go back to their territory.
Bangladesh's Foreign Secretary, Touhid Hossain, said he had information that Indian ships entered Bangladesh waters. However, he refused to give details.
The Indian survey vessels started seismic survey activities some 140 nautical miles south-west of Mongla seaport, a Bengali language newspaper reported, quoting a navy source.
Dhaka - Bangladesh votes in national elections Monday to return the South Asian nation to democracy in the New Year, ending two years of rule by a military-backed interim administration.
Dhaka, Dec 27 : Bangladesh goes for parliamentary election on December 29.
Dhaka - Scion of a political family, Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been devoted to politics since her student days, becoming the symbol of unity within her party and among her supporters.
Dhaka - Khaleda Zia is considered an "uncompromising" leader to her supporters in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, a major political force which she has led for the last two-and-a-half decades.
Dhaka - Police in Bangladesh arrested four suspected Islamist militants from the country's northern Gaibandha district Thursday, a day after the authorities beefed up security amid threats by militants against prominent political leaders.
