DHAKA - Electoral reforms in Bangladesh saw its election commission evolve into one of the most trusted and independent institutions in public life that could lead to long-term improvements in governance if they are sustained, says a UN report.
DHAKA - Bangladesh has signed a framework agreement for Russian cooperation for the country’s maiden nuclear plant that it hopes will be installed by 2017 and generate 2,000 MGW power by 2020.
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- Awami League wins contentious Bangladesh by-poll
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- Bangladesh ex-president Ershad critically ill
- Bangladesh remembers ‘Mujibnagar’ era
- Fight Indian pressure: Dhaka Jamaat leader
- India ‘instigating’ Dhaka war crimes trials, says Jamaat
- Be alert, says Hasina after tip-off on threat to her life
- Myanmar proposes re-drawing sea border with Bangladesh
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- Hasina vows easy access to Bangladeshis in Indian enclaves
- Hasina for easy access to Bangladeshis in Indian enclaves
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- Quit if you can’t govern, Zia tells Hasina
- War crimes trial not closed, Dhaka tells Islamabad
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- Hasina’s son joins politics, Zia’s party welcomes move
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- ‘Indo-US ties a model for Bangladesh and China’
- Dhaka, Delhi agree to install cross-border power cable
- Bangladesh’s Buddhist tribals seek Hasina’s intervention (Lead, changing dateline)
- Violence mars Bangladesh’s ‘language movement’ day
- Bangladesh pays tributes to language martyrs
- Zia shifts stance, to take on Hasina without Islamist allies
- Confrontation over names brewing in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh to rename establishments bearing Ziaur Rahman’s name
- Bangladesh to rename establishments bearing Zia’s name
- Hasina may visit China next month
- Dhaka airport to be renamed after Sufi saint
- Bangladesh parliament to have own TV channel
- India’s rise to provide opportunities for Bangladesh: US envoy
- India’s rise beneficial for Bangladesh, says US envoy
- Bangladesh opposition returns to parliament
- Bangladesh’s opposition alliance returns to parliament
- Should have been consulted before Hasina’s India visit: Zia
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- Hasina dares Zia to prove ’secret deal’ with India
- Plan to reserve more seats for women in Bangladesh parliament
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- Yangon accepts Dhaka’s basis for settling sea boundary dispute
- EU urges no death penalty as Bangladesh reviews political murders
- Dhaka to make public India-Bangladesh joint communique
- Hasina signed secret security deal with India: Bangladesh party
- Air Chief Marshal Naik to meet Bangladesh Prime Minister on Wednesday
- Bangladesh parliament mourns Basu’s death
- Hasina may visit Kolkata to attend Jyoti Basu’s last rites
- Hasina’s India pacts a total sell-out, says Khaleda Zia
- Hasina mourns Jyoti Basu’s death
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- Hasina slams criticism over India visit, accords (Second Lead)
- Hasina slams criticism over India visit, accords
- Dhaka for talks with India on Teesta next month
- Dhaka opposition seeks unity to protest India pacts
- Dhaka opposition to protest pacts with India
- Bangladeshi media hails Hasina’s Delhi visit
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- Zia must not prejudge talks with India: Dhaka daily
- Hasina, Zia exchange barbs on ties with India
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- Bangladesh reaches out to neighbours
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- Court to issue death warrants for Mujib killers
- Move to withdraw case against Zia’s son
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- Re-draw boundary in a small way: Indian envoy to Dhaka
- Zia’s party withdraws ex-minister’s expulsion order
- Dhaka seeks progress on river sharing
- Zia stresses political goodwill between Dhaka, Delhi
- Bangladesh-India summit talks likely Jan 11
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- Asiatic Society award for Hasina
- Hang Mujib killers, says Dhaka lawmaker
- Zia more powerful as son again accommodated in party
- Respect opposition, Zia tells rival Hasina
- Zia’s son may return to party fold
- Sheikh Hasina may now visit India Jan 10-11
- Khaleda Zia re-elected chief of Bangladesh Nationalist party
- Interpol red alert for Mujib killers
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