Dhaka  - Two army officers were killed Monday in a helicopter crash in Tangail district of central Bangladesh, according to officials.

Major General Rafiqil Islam and the pilot of the chopper, Lt Col Istiaq Shahid, died on the spot as the helicopter crushed into a field at Kalihati, 85 kilometres northwest of Dhaka, a district administration officer said.

The co-pilot survived the accident with severe injuries and was shifted to Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.

Dhaka - Two agents of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were due to arrive in Dhaka Sunday to help Bangladesh probe last week's troop mutiny that left dozens of army officers dead, a minister said.

"Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today to investigate and support Bangladesh's local investigators," the country's foreign minister, Dipu Moni, told reporters Sunday.

New Delhi, Mar 8 : Bollywood director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra''s ''Rang De Basanti'' will be screened at the ongoing SAARC Film Festival in Abu Dhabi.

Another major attraction of the festival is the Pakistani film ''Khuda Ke Liye'', which will be also screened. The film features Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah in a cameo as a Muslim scholar clarifying the tenets of Islam during a court case.

A film from Bangladesh - AHA, Caravan from Nepal and Sri Lankan movie Nisalgira and Samanala Thatu will be featured at the festival. All the movies will be subtitled in English and Arabic.

Dhaka - A section of Bangladesh's paramilitary border troops involved in last week's mutiny at their headquarters and killings of their commanders may face courts martial, a minister said Saturday.

"If needed, they will be tried in courts martial under the army rules," the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shafiq Ahmed told reporters in Dhaka while briefing on progress into the process of mutineers' trials.

Dhaka  - Authorities in Bangladesh Friday beefed up security at the parliament building and its premises following last week's troop mutiny in central Dhaka that left 71 people, including scores of military officers, dead.

"We have also asked the security agencies to improve the entire security system for parliament," Abdus Shahid, the chief whip of Bangladesh parliament told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa after a special meeting with the top security officials.

Dhaka  - The Bangladesh parliament Thursday unanimously approved separate motions for regaining memberships of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and International Parliamentary Union (IPU), officials said.

Approving the motions in the House, lawmakers from both sides of the political divide said the country, which returned to democratic system two months ago ending two years rule of a military-backed government, needed a sustainable parliamentary democracy for the greater interests of its people.