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
International rights watchdog slams Bangladesh interim govt for banning Hasina's Awami LeagueHuman Rights Watch criticized Bangladesh's interim government for banning the Awami League. The ban targets supporters of Sheikh Hasina. HR...
22 May, 2025, 04.29 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
"We escaped death by 20-25 minutes," says former Bangladesh PM Sheikh HasinaFormer Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleged multiple assassination conspiracies against her and her sister, Sheikh Rehana. High...
18 Jan, 2025, 08.57 AM 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
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
Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's son wants role for her party in reforms, electionBangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed, expressed approval of the army chief's 18-month election timeline but...
25 Sep, 2024, 01.31 PM IST
Ex-Bangladesh speaker, former commerce minister arrested in murder caseFormer Bangladesh speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and ex-commerce minister Tipu Munshi have been arrested over the killing of a goldsmith ...
29 Aug, 2024, 11.10 AM IST
Sheikh Hasina on course to be Bangla PM for third straight term despite ISI designsProminent winners included PM Hasina herself besides all leading members of her cabinet.
31 Dec, 2018, 09.18 PM IST
Voting ends in Bangladesh election marred by violenceThe voting started at 8 AM (local time) and ended at 4 PM. The results would be announced within 24 hours.
30 Dec, 2018, 04.09 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 tribunal sentences former Awami League leader Mobarak Hossain to deathBangladesh's special tribunal sentenced to death ruling Awami League's expelled leader Mobarak Hossain for committing crimes against humani...
24 Nov, 2014, 01.34 PM IST
Awami League sweeps Bangladesh polls; 21 killed in violenceAwami League swept general election in Bangladesh which were marred by deadly clashes, low turnout and a boycott by opposition parties, eve...
06 Jan, 2014, 09.55 AM IST
Result of upcoming Bangladesh polls has implications for IndiaBNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is convinced that elections cannot be free and fair, especially with Sheikh Hasina-le...
18 Dec, 2013, 06.20 AM 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