Bangladesh plunges into crisis as Islamists attack Awami League in Mujib birthplaceBangladesh is facing a major political crisis. Several people have died in Gopalganj due to violence. The Army launched a crackdown after I...
16 Jul, 2025, 10.04 PM IST
The politics of belligerence is back in BangladeshBangladesh's hopes for democracy under Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus have been dashed as his government banned the Awami League, echoing pa...
20 May, 2025, 08.20 AM IST
Day after UN report, BNP expects India to repatriate former Bangladesh PM HasinaKhaleda Zia's BNP party expects India to repatriate Sheikh Hasina following a UN report accusing her regime of human rights violations and ...
13 Feb, 2025, 06.07 PM IST
Awami League vows to continue with protests despite 'Op Devil Hunt'The Awami League remains resolute in its plans for a torch procession on February 17 and a strict hartal on February 18, despite crackdowns...
13 Feb, 2025, 08.13 AM IST
Who is Meher Afroz Shaon, the Bangladeshi National Film Award winner detained for conspiring against the state?Bangladeshi actress Meher Afroz Shaon has been detained by police for questioning on charges of conspiring against the state. Shaon has bee...
07 Feb, 2025, 02.20 PM IST
Nearly 400 Awami members killed since July: PartyBangladesh's Awami League reports that around 400 of its members have been killed since July, primarily by Islamist groups and Jamaat-e-Isl...
17 Dec, 2024, 11.50 PM IST
'Freedom of expression even for dissenting voices...': US on Awami League workers attacked in BangladeshThe United States has voiced concerns over the detention of hundreds of individuals associated with the Awami League in Bangladesh. This cr...
13 Nov, 2024, 01.32 PM IST
Bangladesh could ban Awami LeagueBangladesh's interim government has banned the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the Awami League. This move follows claims th...
24 Oct, 2024, 11.36 PM IST
Bangladesh bans student wing of Sheikh Hasina's partyBangladesh's interim government banned the student organization Bangladesh Chatra League after demands from the Anti-discrimination Student...
24 Oct, 2024, 07.08 AM IST
Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh not communal, issue 'exaggerated': YunusMuhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser to Bangladesh's interim government, claims that attacks on minority Hindus are exaggerated and politically mo...
05 Sep, 2024, 02.39 PM IST
Sheikh Hasina will be back in Bangladesh once democracy is restored, Pak's ISI fuelling unrest: Hasina's son SajeebSheikh Hasina, who stepped down as prime minister of Bangladesh and left the country, will return once democracy is restored, her son Sajee...
08 Aug, 2024, 02.28 PM IST
Anti-India activity will not be tolerated: Bangladesh home minister ahead of general electionsAs Bangladesh prepares for general elections, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan assures that Dhaka won't allow its territory for anti-India ac...
05 Jan, 2024, 02.11 PM IST
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina cautions people of possible repetition of 1975 carnageOn August 15, 1975, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, widely known as Bangabandhu, the first President of Bangladesh and most of his family members we...
21 Aug, 2022, 06.43 PM IST
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina had survived 19 assassination attempts in four decadesThere were two assassination attempts during the rule of Hussain Muhammad Ershad, four during the 1991-1996 BNP rule, four during the Awami...
29 Sep, 2021, 08.08 PM IST
Dhaka killers ideantified to be from elite schools, one was son of ruling party officialThe revelation came even as the Bangladesh government insisted that the killers were members of homegrown outfit Jamaeytul Mujahdeen Bangla...
04 Jul, 2016, 12.20 PM IST
Sheikh Hasina accuses Khaleda Zia, son for deadly 2004 grenade attackSheikh Hasina accused her archrival and opposition leader Khaleda Zia and her "fugitive" son Tarique Rahman of masterminding the 2004 grena...
21 Aug, 2015, 10.36 PM IST
- Bangladesh calls out paramilitary force amid violence, 42 killed
A police spokesman, meanwhile, said law enforcement agencies were on high alert as Jamaat and Sayedee's supporters planned more protests to...
01 Mar, 2013, 01.46 PM IST