New Year Party in Bangladesh

Celebrations are underway in Bangladesh today. Dancing and face painting usher in the traditional New Year. We take a look at one festival in the capital city. Bangladeshis welcome the traditional New Year today amid major pomp and festivities. Thousands of men, women and children dressed in traditional colorful clothes in the streets of Dhaka [...]

bangladeshi cricket song alaur kaya suzana

Official Bangladeshi cricket team song sang by Alaur, Kaya, Saif, Ameen, Rubayyat, Suzana, Sohini and Ashraf.     

Bangladesh seeks FBI assistance in BDR mutiny investigation

On Sunday Bangladesh sought assistance from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI) to investigate the mutiny by soldiers of paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on Wednesday. The Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheik Hasina Wajed sought the assistance when U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher telephoned her on Sunday morning and [...]

BDR Gunfight in Bangladesh

Gunfights were reported inside the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Headquarters in the capital this (Wednesday) morning. Artillery and rifle shots were reportedly fired. Scores of civilians were injured in front of the BDR headquarters by stray bullets. Fire smoke billowed out of the BDR compound. BDR soldiers who have made the mutiny have offered to negotiate. [...]

Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) agitated with demands, open severe firing in Dhaka

A rebellion broke out in paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Headquarters in Pilkhana area in Dhaka with witnesses reporting heavy gun battle among the troops at their main barracks. According to the reports, revolt erupted over pay and perks. At least 14 BDR officers including the top brass are feared killed. Director General of Bangladesh Rifles [...]

Illegal establishment of buildings at Sylhet

The building of multi-story buildings in Sylhet City in Bangladesh has gone crazy. They lack underground parking facilities. The number of vehicles in Sylhet is increasing rapidly and so are the buildings and traffic jams.     

Sylhet – Bangladesh

Sylhet or Srihatta (land of beautiful huts), as this region was originally known as, became the sixth administrative Division of Bangladesh in the year 1995. This division is situated in the North eastern portion of Bangladesh and is flanked on three sides by India and on the western sides by Dhaka and Chittagong and is [...]

Rajshahi – Bangladesh

Rajshahi, which, during the medieval times, was called “Rampur Boalia” or “Beuleah”, is situated in the north-west part of Bangladesh. Prior to the partition Rajshahi was a part of the Pundru region and is now one of the 6 metropolitan cities of the country. Rajshahi which, according to the year 2006 survey of the London [...]

Mymensingh – Bangladesh

Bangladesh is divided into 64 administrative districts, and Mymensingh is one of the districts of the Dhaka division. The British had originally demarcated Mymensingh as an administrative unit in 1787. Lying in the northern part of the country, Mymensingh is bordered by the Indian state of Meghalaya in the north, lying on the foot of [...]

Khulna – Bangladesh

Khulna, which happens to be the third largest industrial city in Bangladesh, lies in Khulna district, on the banks of the Bhirob and Rupsha rivers. Since Khulna district happens to be a part of the largest delta of the world, this city continues to be a major source of attraction for people all over the [...]

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