Jid Hafs, Bahrain  - Three Bengali workers were killed in a fire that broke out early Friday in a two-storey residential building in the village of Jid Hafs on the outskirts of Bahrain's capital, M

Dhaka, Nov 7: Former Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed last evening returned home to lead her party in December parliamentary elections. She spent the past five months in the US getting medical treatment.

Police said more than two lakh supporters packed the route to the airport to greet their leader after the emergency government this week lifted all curbs on political rallies ahead of the first polls in seven years.

Dhaka - Bangladesh has resolved to protect its sovereign territorial waters in the Bay of Bengal where it claims Myanmar authorities allegedly intruded for oil and gas exploration, officials said Thursday.

A high-level meeting of government and military officials in Dhaka reviewed the situation in the Bay of Bengal over Myanmar's presence in the disputed waters.

Dhaka, - Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed returned home Thursday, saying she wants to rescue her people from hardship and contest the December parliamentary elections.

Tens of thousands of jubilant supporters gave a grand reception to Hasina, the head of Bangladesh's Awami League party, on her return after five months of medical treatment abroad.

The former premier said on her arrival from Britain that her people were in hardship, and "only an elected government can rescue the nation from the crisis"

Dhaka- Dhaka on Wednesday explained to Beijing the reasons for the current tension in the Bay of Bengal over Myanmar's gas exploration in disputed maritime territory between the two neighbouring countries.

"I have explained our peaceful intentions to our Chinese friend, and expressed our hope that Myanmar dismantles the installations on the disputed waters," Bangladesh's Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said.

Dhaka - Bangladesh's major political parties have received certificates from the Election Commission to contest the upcoming general elections scheduled for December 18, election officials and political leaders said Wednesday.