Bangladesh and China will sign an economic cooperation pact during the visit of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, a Bangladeshi official said Monday. Xi, who arrived here Monday on a two-day official visit, is making a ‘return visit’ to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s March trip to China and will see updating on the pacts signed [...]

Jamaat-e-Islami has agreed to change the clause in its constitution on ‘divine law’ in the face of Election Commission’s objection. The fundamentalist religion-based party will exclude sub-clause 5 under section 2 which states, in short, that the only sovereign power is the almighty Allah and that the party would not accept any law except that [...]