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Bangladesh Executes Killers of Independence Leader

Anjana Pasricha VOA News 01/28/2010
Bangladeshi Woman Takes Attacker's Penis To Police

A 40-year-old Bangladeshi woman cut off a man's penis during an alleged attempted rape and took it to a police station as evidence, police in a remote part of the country said Monday.

Bangladesh Executes Killers of Independence Leader

Five former army officers convicted of killing Bangladesh's founder, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, have been hanged. They were executed nearly 35 years after he was assassinated, in an army coup.

India, Bangladesh to Sign Security, Energy Pacts After Talks

Bibhudatta Pradhan Bloomberg.com 01/10/2010
India and Bangladesh sign five agreements

India and Bangladesh have signed five agreements including treaties on tackling cross-border crime and combating terrorism.

India, Bangladesh to Sign Security, Energy Pacts After Talks

India and Bangladesh will today sign agreements on strengthening security and energy ties during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s first visit to New Delhi since coming to power last year.

South Asian cyclone toll 200, villagers return home

DHAKA (AFP) — The death toll from a cyclone that tore through southwestern Bangladesh and eastern India hit 200 as villagers began returning to their homes to assess the damage, an official said.

Bangladesh seizes alleged mutiny leader

Bangladeshi police say they have arrested the suspected ringleader of a deadly mutiny by border guards.

Bangladesh asks FBI to help probe mutiny: US

The Bangladeshi authorities have asked the US Federal Bureau of Investigation to help probe a troop mutiny last week which killed at least 74 people, US officials said Tuesday.

Bangladesh hunts for more than 1,000 mutinous border guards

Bangladeshi soldiers are hunting for more than 1,000 mutinous border guards who fled with stolen weapons after a bloody insurrection left scores of army officers dead.

Bangladesh manhunt for mutineers

The Bangladesh army has launched a manhunt for border guards who mutinied at their headquarters in Dhaka last week, killing about 140 army officers.

Mutineers forced to surrender after massacre in Bangladeshi capital

Details of a bloodbath in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, emerged yesterday in the wake of an uprising by paramilitaries who were finally forced to surrender by columns of advancing tanks.


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