Bangladesh women lose ground after quota reformBangladesh's 2024 student-led uprising was fuelled by a demand that coveted government jobs be awarded on merit, not through quotas. In 202...
30 Sep, 2026, 08.59 AM IST
School assembly headlines for September 24: Top India, international, business and sport newsSchool assembly news for September 24 includes major weather alerts in India, developments at the United Nations, new medal achievements by...
23 Sep, 2026, 06.19 PM IST
Bangladesh dengue outbreak accelerates as hospitals come under strainBangladesh faces an accelerating dengue outbreak with over 42,000 cases recorded. Daily hospital admissions have reached a year-high of 1,5...
07 Sep, 2026, 08.35 AM IST
Nepal floods: Hundreds of workers feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as deaths cross 900Rescuers race to free hundreds of workers trapped in tunnels after catastrophic floods. The combined death toll in Nepal and China surpasse...
02 Sep, 2026, 06.31 PM IST
Nepal floods expose risks to hydropower in a warming HimalayasNepal’s devastating floods have damaged hydropower plants, roads, bridges and essential infrastructure, knocking out about 10% of the count...
01 Sep, 2026, 08.40 AM IST
Bangladesh's gas crisis hits factories, homes and transportIn the face of an acute natural gas scarcity, Bangladesh is witnessing the shutdown of key fertiliser plants, impacting hundreds of factori...
23 Aug, 2026, 09.27 AM IST
Bangladesh gets new President as BNP’s Mirza Fakhrul takes top postMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir secured 255 votes to become Bangladesh's 23rd President. He defeated Oli Ahmed, who received 88 votes in the pa...
20 Aug, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
Bangladesh's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir tipped to become new presidentBangladesh's parliament will elect Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the nation's new president. He is expected to win the largely ceremonial ...
20 Aug, 2026, 07.54 AM IST
'You will be Ambassadors of Bangladesh in India': HC Dinesh Trivedi tells ICCR scholarship recipientsIndian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi congratulated Bangladeshi students receiving ICCR scholarships. These scholars will pursue higher e...
05 Aug, 2026, 11.25 AM IST
Turkish Erdogan's son Bilal on quiet Dhaka visit after Tarique Rahman sworn in as Bangladesh PMBilal Erdogan, son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arrived in Dhaka. He was accompanied by former footballer Mesut Ozil and TIKA...
19 Feb, 2026, 12.31 AM IST
Chaos reigns in Bangladesh’s biggest university as student threatened with gang rapeA Dhaka University student, Ali Husen, threatened a female student with gang-rape on Facebook. The female student had filed a petition rega...
04 Sep, 2025, 07.25 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
China's attempt to influence Bangladeshi youth: Center for China StudiesChina has chosen a different path to establish its soft power dominance in Bangladesh by introducing an initiative called the 'Center for C...
12 Jun, 2024, 02.30 PM IST
No Hindus will be left in Bangladesh after 30 years: Dhaka university economistFrom his 30-year-long research, Barkat said he found that the exodus mostly took place during military governments after independence in 19...
22 Nov, 2016, 06.10 PM IST
PM Modi impresses Bangladeshis by his Bengali languageNarendra Modi today drew rapturous applause from the crowd at Dhaka University by beginning his address to the varsity in Bengali language.
07 Jun, 2015, 11.36 PM IST
Bangladeshi terror outfit threatens to kill 10, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's political advisorDhaka University Proctor Amzad Ali said a case has been filed over the matter at Shahbagh Police Station.
21 May, 2015, 04.29 PM IST
Mukherjee 'emotional' while receiving degree in DhakaPresident Pranab Mukherjee struck a emotional chord while receiving an honorary law degree from the prestigious Dhaka University.
04 Mar, 2013, 04.04 PM IST