Police in Bangladesh are searching for two statues of the Hindu god Vishnu which were stolen from Dhaka airport. The statues were to be flown to Paris with other artefacts for an art exhibition at the Guimet Museum when they went missing on Saturday night. Dhaka police say they are questioning 12 people they have detained in connection with the theft.

The charity launched more than 10 years ago gives some of Newport's Bangladeshi community trips in Wales and promotes integration within the community

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The European Commission (EC) is providing 30 million euros (about 44 million U.S. dollars) to finance Bangladesh's voter registration, local government reform and the activation of village courts.

Three contribution agreements to the effect were signed here Thursday, private news agency UNB reported quoting a release

Birshreshtha Hamidur Rahman was finally laid to eternal rest in his homeland yesterday with the highest state honours, 36 years after he embraced martyrdom during a battle with Pakistan occupation forces.

Before the burial, the nation paid homage to the Liberation War hero as the coffin with his remains reached the National Parade Square in the capital in the morning.

December 10, marks the 60th anniversary of United Nation's historic Genocide Convention, which is significant for Bangladesh, surviving a brutal genocide.

In his speech titled “60th anniversary of Genocide Convention and Bangladesh”, Mafidul Haque said, “According to the Genocide Convention, the government of the state as well as the UN are responsible to initiate the trials of war criminals. However, we have not found any initiative as of yet in our country.”