Judges of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, prosecutors and defense lawyers inspected a secret detention facility Saturday where the tribunal’s chief prosecutor said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was once held and tortured.
Nearly 33,000 people have been killed in road accidents across Bangladesh over the past five years, with motorcycle riders accounting for about one-third of the deaths, according to figures cited in a report on road safety.
A Bangladesh Nationalist Party minister claimed Saturday that the country’s media enjoy “complete freedom,” days after the Tarique Rahman government threatened news organizations with legal action for carrying former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s speech from New Delhi.
Bangladesh plans to establish an industrial park on about 400 acres in Bogura to accommodate growing demand from small and medium-sized enterprises, commerce, industry and textiles minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir said Saturday.
At least 30 people were injured Saturday when supporters of two rival groups clashed in a village in eastern Bangladesh, police said.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Saturday that India cannot seek friendly relations with Bangladesh while allowing ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to make statements from Delhi that he said undermine Bangladesh’s democracy.
India said Friday it does not endorse remarks made by former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other Awami League leaders during an Aug. 5 media event in New Delhi.
A proposed pipeline carrying natural gas from Myanmar to Bangladesh would require cooperation from the Arakan Army because the armed group controls much of the territory along the planned route, analysts said.
National Citizen Party convenor Nahid Islam accused the government Friday of diplomatic weakness that he said allowed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to hold a press briefing in Delhi.
A major fire damaged at least five shops and a nearby home in Netrokona’s Boro Bazar, injuring five people as firefighters battled the blaze with 10 units, according to an Ekattor TV report.
