Bangladesh unrest: Govt imposes curfew, orders army deployment
Jul 20, 2024, at 05:59 am
Dhaka/IBNS: The Bangladesh government has imposed a countrywide curfew and deployed troops as at least 105 deaths have been reported so far since Friday morning in violent protests and clashes over the government job quota system, media reports said.
Bangladesh snaps internet services as anti-quota protests turn violent killing 39
Jul 19, 2024, at 05:53 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: At least 39 people have been killed in the violent protests against the quota system for government jobs in Bangladesh forcing the state to snap internet services in a bid to control the situation, media reports said.
Anti-quota protests leave over 30 dead in Bangladesh
Jul 19, 2024, at 03:18 pm
Bangladesh, the nation which voted to power PM Sheikh Hasina and her government to power for another term this year, has been put on high alert as clashes between students and police continue over quota issues.
Bangladesh quota unrest escalates, 32 dead; protesters set state TV HQ on fire
Jul 19, 2024, at 06:33 am
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladeshi students Thursday set ablaze the country's state broadcaster BTV's headquarters, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appeared on the network seeking to calm escalating tension that has left at least 32 people dead.
Violent clashes erupt at Bangladesh's Jatrabari over quota reform movement, 6 sustain bullet wounds
Jul 18, 2024, at 07:50 am
Dhaka/IBNS: At least six people, including a child, received injuries from tear gas shells and rubber bullets in a violent clash between protesting students and the police during the quota reform movement in the Shonir Akhra area in the capital's Jatrabari on Wednesday evening, media reports said.
Jun 25, 2024, at 03:21 pm
Bangladesh's deadliest executioner Shahjahan Bhuiyan, who had executed six killers of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, died at a hospital in the capital Dhaka City on Monday.
May 28, 2024, at 09:56 pm
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has claimed a 'white man' offered her to create an airbase of a foreign country in her nation in return for smooth re-election in the January 7 general polls.
Experts, intellectuals hold Pakistan accountable for Bangladesh war crimes in 1971
Mar 25, 2024, at 09:55 pm
International geopolitics experts and intellectuals held Pakistan accountable for the war crimes of 1971 in Bangladesh.
Global experts to participate in international webinar on 'Bangladesh Genocide' on March 24
Mar 21, 2024, at 05:07 pm
Eight experts from across the world will participate in an international webinar to mark 'Bangladesh Genocide Remembrance Day' on March 24.
Bangladeshi detectives arrest three members of Chinese fraud gang
Mar 19, 2024, at 11:42 pm
Detectives have arrested three Bangladeshi associates of a Chinese gang that has been embezzling a huge amount of money by targeting Bangladeshis through various online scams.
Somali pirates hijack Bangladesh-flagged cargo vessel
Mar 13, 2024, at 10:40 pm
Somali pirates on Tuesday hijacked a Bangladesh-flagged cargo vessel in the Indian Ocean and held hostage all the 23 crew members, Bangladeshi officials confirmed.
Bangladesh building fire leaves 44 dead
Mar 01, 2024, at 02:37 pm
At least 44 people, including 26 women and three children, died after a fire broke out at the seven-storey Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Thursday.
Bangladesh's far-right political outfit rejects 'India Out' social media campaign
Feb 21, 2024, at 08:39 pm
Bangladesh's far-right political party Bangladesh Islami Front has negated 'India Out' social media campaign which has been circulating on social media in recent times with the potential to damage the relationship between the two neighbouring nations.
8 Bangladeshi migrants drown in Mediterranean Sea
Feb 21, 2024, at 06:14 am
Dhaka: At least eight Bangladeshi nationals are among those who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea on Feb. 14, the Bangladeshi government said on Tuesday.
Border Guard Bangladesh personnel sends back five Myanmar nationals
Feb 18, 2024, at 10:41 pm
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has sent back five people who arrived in Shapuree Dwip from Myanmar on Saturday.
Case filed against Madrasa chairman over child rape charges in Bangladesh
Feb 18, 2024, at 09:52 pm
A case has been filed against Madrasa managing committee chairman in Mongla region of Bangladesh for allegedly raping two children.
Case filed against Madrasa chairman over child rape charges in Bangladesh
Feb 18, 2024, at 09:52 pm
A case has been filed against Madrasa managing committee chairman in Mongla region of Bangladesh for allegedly raping two children.
Unknown attackers stab to death Rohingya man in Bangladesh camp
Feb 18, 2024, at 08:54 pm
Unknown attackers stabbed to death a Rohingya man at Ukhia’s Jamtoli camp in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar region on Saturday, media reports said.
Two siblings die due to unknown virus in Bangladesh, doctors trying to find cause
Feb 18, 2024, at 07:54 pm
At least two minor siblings died due to an unknown virus at Chuniapara village in Bangladesh's Rajshahi area after eating Boroi (jujube), media reports said.
Jan 08, 2024, at 05:39 am
PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League is all set to return to power in Bangladesh for the fifth term after registering a dominant show in the national elections held on Sunday.
Voting for Bangladesh's general elections underway
Jan 07, 2024, at 05:30 pm
Dhaka/IBNS/UNI: Nationwide voting opened Sunday morning in Bangladesh's general elections to elect hundreds of representatives to the country's Parliament.
Bangladesh all set for Sunday's general elections
Jan 07, 2024, at 08:03 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh is all set for Sunday's general elections in which about 120 million voters are expected to cast their ballots at over 42,000 polling stations across the country.
Jan 06, 2024, at 02:54 pm
At least four people died after an intercity train caught fire in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Friday.
Bangladesh government wants to create international standard education system: Sheikh Hasina
Jan 01, 2024, at 02:03 am
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government wants to create an international standard education system in the country.
Dec 30, 2023, at 05:01 am
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League has released its poll manifesto where it vowed to continue cooperation with neighbouring countries, including India, in various areas like cross-border communication, transit, energy partnership and equitable water sharing, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Four killed in capital train coach fire
Dec 19, 2023, at 06:36 pm
Dhaka/UNI: At least four people were killed after miscreants set three coaches of a train on fire in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka early Tuesday.
Bangladesh: Train derailment leaves 1 dead
Dec 13, 2023, at 10:57 pm
One person was killed when seven compartments of a train were derailed on an overpass in Gazipur near the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Wednesday.
Bangladesh: BNP-police clash in Habiganj, 50 hurt
Dec 11, 2023, at 12:52 am
At least 50 people, including journalists, were injured during clashes between BNP and police over a human chain formed in Bangladesh's Habiganj region to mark International Human Rights Day.
Blast rocks residential building in Bangladesh, four injured
Dec 09, 2023, at 08:00 pm
Four family members, including an elderly woman and a child, were injured after a blast rocked a residential building in Bangladesh's Munshiganj region on Saturday.
The Democracy Forum webinar participants discuss Jamaat's role in Bangladeshi political paradigm
Nov 20, 2023, at 12:36 am
The Democracy Forum (TDF) recently hosted a webinar named ‘Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh – the subcontinental Brotherhood? where speakers discussed whether the rise of Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh would take the country in a regressive direction.