Dhaka - Bangladesh's election authorities Wednesday proposed the deployment of troops to help the civil administration maintain order during the December parliamentary polls slated to restore democracy in the country, officials said.

"The Election Commission planned deployment of the army troops a week ahead of the voting day to ensure election security," commission spokesman Humayun Kabir told reporters after a law and order review meeting with Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda.

Officials at the commission say the troops will be deployed to aid the civil administration to look after the pre- and post-election situation. The troops will be deployed throughout the month of December, they added.

London, November 11 : Scientists have found that cholera outbreaks can be predicted using satellite monitoring of marine environments, especially in India and Bangladesh where such epidemics occur regularly.

Dhaka - The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies announced nationwide protests against the detention of three former ministers in a graft case, saying it was a ploy to keep the alliance out of the December elections, media reports said Tuesday.

Dhaka  - A special court on Monday ordered the detention of three former ministers of the last elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance government on graft charges over a coalmine deal, court officials said.

Judge Amar Kumar Roy of the special court set up by the military-backed interim government for speedy trials into graft cases, ordered arrest of the country's longest-serving finance minister M Saifur Rahman, also a senior BNP leader, and the president

Dhaka  - Authorities in Bangladesh Sunday claimed that Myanmar has suspended oil and gas exploration in the disputed Bay of Bengal as a result of Dhaka's efforts to defuse tension between the two countries.

"Diplomatic endeavours and a strong presence by the Bangladesh navy resulted in the suspension of exploration by Myanmar in the disputed waters," a statement issued by the Inter-Service Public Relations office of the country's Defence Ministry said.

Dhaka - Bangladesh election authorities on Sunday extended the deadline for submission of nomination papers for the December general election by a week, in apparent response to requests by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

The deadline has been extended until November 20.

"Although the submission date has been extended, the election date will be unchanged," Election Commissioner Sohul Hossain told reporters after the meeting, saying that the election commission has made every preparation for December 18 balloting.