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.
Dhaka - Bangladesh's two arch political rivals - Sheikh Hasina Wajed of Awami League and Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh Nationalist Party - have agreed to resolve broader national issues through dialogue, political aides of the two leaders said Wednesday.
Dhaka- A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday granted bail to three former ministers of Bangladesh's predecessor government run by a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led alliance, two days after their detention in a graft case, court officials said.
Dhaka - Bangladesh's chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed is expected to meet Myanmar junta chief General Thein Sein to discuss disputes over territorial waters on the sideline of the BIMSTEC summit to be held in New Delhi Thursday, officials in Dhaka said Wednesday.
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.
