Bangladesh's former Army chief found dead in ChittagongFormer Bangladesh Army chief, Lt Gen (retd.) M Harun-Ar-Rashid, 77, was discovered dead in a Chittagong Club room. He had traveled from Dha...
04 Aug, 2025, 11.08 PM IST
Bangladesh drops 'Father of the Nation' title for Mujibur Rahman as it amends freedom fighters' lawBangladesh's interim government has stirred controversy by amending legislation that removes the title "Father of the Nation" for Bangaband...
04 Jun, 2025, 03.09 PM IST
Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to visit China, will meet President Xi JinpingBangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is slated to visit China later this month to meet President Xi Jinping and enhance bilateral rela...
17 Mar, 2025, 01.36 PM IST
180 m denied voting rights...we want to end their deprivation: Bangladesh CECMeanwhile, the EC has decided to investigate irregularities and shortcomings in all previous elections.
05 Jan, 2025, 11.39 PM IST
No meeting between Modi, Yunus at UNGA; Bangladesh foreign adviser will meet JaishankarBangladesh's Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain announced that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus will not meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a...
21 Sep, 2024, 07.21 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
Bangladesh deposed PM Sheikh Hasina sued in 2013 'mass murder' caseA Bangladesh court received an application accusing ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others of mass murder during a 2013 rally. Over ...
18 Aug, 2024, 04.23 PM IST
Dhaka University students protest in solidarity with demonstrations over Kolkata rape incidentStudents at Dhaka University in Bangladesh protested in solidarity with demonstrations over the rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor i...
17 Aug, 2024, 02.42 PM IST
Probe starts against former Bangladesh PM Hasina, 9 others for genocide, crimes against humanityBangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal started investigating ex-PM Sheikh Hasina and nine others for genocide and human rights abuses d...
15 Aug, 2024, 01.00 PM IST
Bangladesh interim govt warns media shutdown for misleading newsThe interim government in Bangladesh warned media outlets of shutdowns for spreading false news. Home Affairs Adviser M Sakhawat Hossain st...
11 Aug, 2024, 05.22 PM IST
Bangladesh's top police official urges policemen to resume their duties and maintain public safetyBangladesh faced unprecedented law enforcement breakdowns after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government, with attacks on over four hundred...
07 Aug, 2024, 10.44 AM IST
Death toll climbs to 440 in Bangladesh protests; efforts on by army to bring situation under controlBangladesh is facing a fluid political situation with the country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigning from her post in the wake of mou...
06 Aug, 2024, 03.45 PM IST
Death toll rises to 64 in Bangladesh boat capsizeThe devotees, including women and children, were heading towards the Bodeshwari Temple on the occasion of Mahalaya, the auspicious start of...
27 Sep, 2022, 03.58 PM IST
'You have the same rights as I have', Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina tells the Hindu community on JanmashtamiThe prime minister said the number of mandaps in Dhaka is higher than the number in West Bengal or Kolkata, and across Bangladesh during th...
19 Aug, 2022, 10.34 AM IST
Bangladesh's former chief justice SK Sinha sentenced to 11 years in graft caseDhaka Special Judge 4 Shaikh Nazmul Alam sentenced the former chief justice, who currently lives in the United States, to seven years in pr...
09 Nov, 2021, 06.49 PM IST
Bangladesh to impose 7-day nationwide lockdown amidst spike in COVID-19 casesBangladesh on Friday logged 6,830 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest count in a day, taking the tally of infections to 624,594. The ...
03 Apr, 2021, 02.14 PM IST
Arson attack on houses of Hindus: Bangladesh assures India of compensation to victimsBangladeshi authorities have also assured adequate security to the affected persons, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.
12 Nov, 2017, 09.50 PM IST