'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 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
Sheikh Rashid's party proxy of BJP, claims Mehbooba MuftiPDP president Mehbooba Mufti accused jailed MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid's Awami Ittehad Party of being a proxy for the BJP. She warned people in...
09 Sep, 2024, 02.03 PM IST
Bangladeshi border guards detain ex-supreme court judge near border with IndiaThe BGB headquarters, in an SMS, informed reporters that they have detained former apex appellate division judge of the Supreme Court Shams...
24 Aug, 2024, 08.53 AM IST
Khaleda Zia's BNP demands arrest and trial of ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh HasinaFollowing the ouster of Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) launched nationwide s...
15 Aug, 2024, 04.34 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
Indian envoy calls on Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, conveys greetings of PM Modi on her election victoryIndian Envoy Pranay Verma stressed that India will continue to support the people of Bangladesh in realising their vision of a stable, prog...
08 Jan, 2024, 03.13 PM IST
Bangladesh to hold general elections on January 7: election commission chiefThe political violence in the last two weeks killed at least five people, including a policeman. Over 200 people were wounded and dozens of...
15 Nov, 2023, 10.45 PM IST
Policeman killed, more than 200 injured in violence as tensions escalate in Bangladesh ahead of electionsThe opposition party has been mounting protests to press their demands for months though their ailing leader, Khaleda Zia, a two-time premi...
28 Oct, 2023, 08.49 PM IST
Initiate action against those who incited violence using religion, Bangladesh PM tells home ministerDuring the weekly Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Hasina instructed Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to initiate immediate action ...
19 Oct, 2021, 04.17 PM IST
Pakistan frees left-wing activist after nine yearsBaba Jan, a left-wing political and climate activist from the Hunza Valley in northern Gilgit-Baltistan, was convicted by an anti-terrorism...
28 Nov, 2020, 09.02 AM 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
BNP contests Bangladesh's 1st local body polls on party linesThe first-ever local body polls in Bangladesh sees opposition BNP contesting which had boycotted the 2014 general elections.
30 Dec, 2015, 04.15 PM IST
Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah orders militants to target Sharif's partyFazullah criticised ongoing military operation in the tribal areas and claimed that civilians were being killed in the aerial attacks.
09 Jan, 2015, 01.03 PM IST
Pakistan police file another terror case against Imran KhanEarlier, a Pakistani court had declared the cricketer- turned-politician an absconder in a case related to an attack on the PTV building in...
10 Dec, 2014, 07.16 PM IST
Tahir-ul Qadri suspends talks with Pakistan government"The govt was unwilling to hear out the legitimate grievances of people who had been camped outside the halls of power for a month now," Qa...
13 Sep, 2014, 04.16 PM IST
Protesters storm PTV office in Islamabad, stop transmissionClashes started when both Khan and Qadri asked their followers, camping in front of the Parliament, to shift the venue of protest to lawns ...
01 Sep, 2014, 01.02 PM IST