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Watching Akshay Kumar headline a horror-comedy under Priyadarshan’s direction is being seen as a winning formula in itself. Akshay Kumar and Priyadarshan reunite for Bhooth Bangla. Film marks Akshay's ...

Bangladesh’s newly elected government will call on the UK to extradite Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over alleged corruption, according to a senior aide to prime minister-in-waiting Tarique Rahman. The ...

Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of the Indian state of West Bengal, sent out greetings to Tarique Rahman, who is set to become the prime minister of Bangladesh after a massive win in the elections on ...

Bangladesh Elections: Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus, center, waves after casting his vote as he comes out of a polling center during the national parliamentary elections in Dhaka, ...

Historic Bangladesh elections: Implications for India’s security and trade Bangladesh holds historic elections after Hasina's ouster and 15 years of Awami rule. BNP and Jamaat are main contenders; ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel stand guard next to a bullet proof bus of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman and election candidate Tarique Rahman featured alongside his late parents, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Voters in Bangladesh will head to the polls on Thursday for the country’s first parliamentary elections since former Prime ...

The United States has announced an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (Agreement) with Bangladesh to strengthen bilateral ties and lowering reciprocal tariffs on Bangladesh imports to 19 per cent. File ...

In Bangladesh, programs targeting ultra-poor, rural households can help families escape extreme poverty. However, the programs may have the unintended consequence of reinforcing gender gaps, a new ...

A Bangladesh court sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last ...

Bangladesh has become Asia’s most active spot LNG buyer as domestic gas output falls and demand rises. Long-term deals with Qatar and Oman cover only part of the gap, so spot imports have surged.