Ahead of WTC games, India search for missing links against gritty AfghanistanIn a gripping standalone Test in Mullanpur, India faces off against Afghanistan, marking a pivotal moment for the Indian squad as they seek...
05 Jun, 2026, 11.07 AM IST
Bangladesh’s interests come first, says BNP chairman and PM-designate Tarique RahmanBangladesh's new leader Tarique Rahman states national interest and public welfare are paramount. His party, the BNP, is set to govern afte...
14 Feb, 2026, 05.18 PM IST
Tarique Rahman finally steps into the spotlight, set to be Bangladesh PMTarique Rahman, heir to a powerful political dynasty, is poised to lead Bangladesh after his party BNP claimed election victory. Returning ...
13 Feb, 2026, 08.34 AM IST
Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female PM, dies at 80Khaleda Zia dies: Bangladesh's first female Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia, has passed away at the age of 80 following a protracted illness. H...
30 Dec, 2025, 12.42 PM IST
Exiled leader Tarique Rahman will return to Bangladesh soon, says BNP' Khandaker MosharrafTarique Rahman, exiled BNP leader, is set to return to Bangladesh after 17 years. He will participate in the general election scheduled for...
25 Oct, 2025, 10.23 AM IST
Trouble brewing for Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus: Sheikh Hasina, Khaleda Zia, and army chief raise alarm over key movesBangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus faces mounting pressure as prominent figures voice disapproval. Sheikh Hasina criticizes judicia...
30 May, 2025, 10.18 AM IST
New textbooks in Bangladesh to alter credit of declaration of independence: ReportNew textbooks in Bangladesh now state that Ziaur Rahman declared independence on March 26, 1971, replacing earlier books crediting Sheikh M...
02 Jan, 2025, 03.32 PM IST
Jamaat’s Islami Chhatra Shibir was once ranked third most active non-state armed groupThe Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, was the third most active non-state armed group according to the 201...
30 Aug, 2024, 11.56 AM IST
Sheikh Hasina: As Bangladesh story unfolds, here's looking back at a similar past chapterThe violent overthrow of Sheikh Hasina has brought back memories of a similar tumultuous episode from the summer of 1981, when the then pre...
06 Aug, 2024, 10.06 AM IST
Dawood Malik, founder of Lashkar-e-Jabbar, gunned down in Pakistan by unknown assailantsA tribal elder, Malik, was shot dead by unknown assailants in Pakistan's North Waziristan. The attack, believed to be targeted, occurred at...
21 Oct, 2023, 07.46 PM IST
Bangladesh executes killer of country's independence leader BangabandhuAbdul Majed, a former military captain, was hanged at the central jail at Keraniganj near the capital, Dhaka, just one minute past Saturday...
11 Apr, 2020, 11.58 PM IST
Former military officer arrested 45 years after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s assassinationAbdul Mazed, a former captain of Bangladesh Army, was earlier hiding in India and other countries since 1996 to escape justice in Banglades...
08 Apr, 2020, 09.14 PM IST
Bangladesh polls: Election Commission rejects nomination of jailed ex-premier Khaleda ZiaThe Commission's decision came four days after the Bangladesh High Court ruled that a person jailed for more than two years cannot contest ...
02 Dec, 2018, 09.03 PM IST
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had ignored RAW alert ahead of bloody 1975 coupOver 7 months before 'Bangabandhu' was assassinated along with most of his family members, a former top RAW official had warned him against...
12 Jul, 2018, 04.27 PM IST
Bangladesh's former PM Khaleda Zia gets bail in graft caseThe two-times former PM has said that all of the cases against her are politically motivated. Zia was prime minister from 1991-1996 and 200...
30 Nov, 2015, 03.07 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
- Wildlife expert Ziaur Rahman dead
Last rites of noted hunter and wildlife expert Ziaur Rahman, popularly known as 'Jim Corbett' of Assam, was performed on Tuesday.
28 Apr, 2009, 08.01 PM IST