The total number of Bangladesh's mobile phone subscribers reached nearly 114 million at the end of December 2013 with addition of 16.604 million new users in the immediate past year, statistics of the country's telecom regulator showed Monday.
Tensions were running high across the Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Monday as ruling party's women activists clashed with opposition protesters.
The Bangladeshi government has assured its regional neighbors of more security for their diplomatic missions as well as nationals in the country.
Defying the countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike enforced by an Islamist party protesting the execution of its leader convicted of war crimes, thousands of Bangladesh businessmen staged white flag rallies calling for a " peaceful business environment."
A court in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka Tuesday awarded death to 152 personnel of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), previously known as Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), for a two-day horrendous mutiny which left 74 people dead including 57 officers deputed from the Army.
A couple of years earlier, Abdul Hamid never thought that one day he could afford to buy a mobile handset.
The Bangladeshi government in collaboration with BRAC, the World's largest NGO, has launched the second phase of an eye-care project which in the slums of 10 city corporations of Bangladesh will cover an estimated 7.25 million people.
The Bangladeshi government Sunday made a Call to Action for Ending Preventable Child Deaths before 2035 at a program in Dhaka.
Bangladesh's cabinet Monday approved a proposal to sign a "controversial trade pact" with the United States, mostly likely later this month.
The Bangladeshi government Wednesday signed a deal with a Bangladesh-Malaysia joint venture to construct 11 km approach road linked up with the country's proposed longest Padma bridge.
Bangladesh police fired live rounds on Sunday afternoon in fierce clashes with thousands of Islamists, killing at least one and injuring dozens.
At least three people were shot dead in two western Bangladesh districts Monday as riots erupted last week over the conviction of the country's largest Islamist party leader for war crimes continued to the fifth consecutive day.
A dawn-to-dusk hartal in Bangladesh over petroleum price hike enforced by main opposition alliance passed off amid stray incidents of violence in the city and elsewhere in the country Sunday.
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