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
Bangladesh's former PM Khaleda Zia returns, adding pressure for electionsKhaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has returned from London. She was there for medical treatment. Her return increases press...
06 May, 2025, 10.43 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
Bangladesh: From East Pakistan times to Hasina era, recap of a turbulent journeyBangladesh: Here's a look at the tumultuous journey of India's eastern neighbour -- Partition, creation, political killings, army rule and ...
06 Aug, 2024, 03.29 PM IST
Bangladesh Protests: Sheikh Hasina makes it to India, but the road ahead is uncertain. Here's what we know so farSheikh Hasina : Bangladesh is facing a potential military takeover amid escalating protests demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resign...
06 Aug, 2024, 11.14 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
Lashkar activist's killing in Karachi keeps ISI guessing in PakistanThe striking similarity between these two killings of terror operatives has prompted Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI, often accused...
29 Sep, 2023, 01.08 PM IST
From Indira Gandhi to JFK: Heads of state, world leaders who were assassinatedJapanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, 67, was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech in Nara on Friday. He was airlifted to a h...
08 Jul, 2022, 09.30 PM IST
Bangladesh PM's son slams Pak-backed BNP-Jamaat's role in communal tensionsOn the involvement of the activists and leaders of Nurul Haq Nur's party in the attack on the temple in Chittagong, the video mentioned: “P...
29 Oct, 2021, 04.03 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
Killer of Bangladesh's founding leader faces execution 45 years onSheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was killed along with most of his family in a military coup on Augus...
08 Apr, 2020, 01.46 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 Supreme Court clears way for Khaleda Zia's trial on graft chargesThe ACC, which brought the charges against the 69-year-old two-time premier, however, said both the charities existed only in papers.
24 Nov, 2014, 12.25 PM IST
- Benazir: Yet another victim of political killings in S Asia
Benazir Bhutto on Thursday became the latest victim of political killings that have targetted national leaders in the Indian sub-continent ...
27 Dec, 2007, 11.42 PM IST