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Bangladesh govt seeks Interpol's assistance to repatriate Sheikh Hasina

Nov 10, 2024, at 11:50 pm

The Bangladesh government is trying to seek Interpol's red notice to bring back those involved in the mass killings during July and August, including former PM Sheikh Hasina.

Bangladesh: Nothing wrong if new political parties are formed, says BNP leader Tarique Rahman

Sep 18, 2024, at 07:12 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladeshi politician Tarique Rahman has said there is nothing wrong in moving towards forming new political parties in the country, which is presently under the interim government that was formed after the fall of Sheikh Hasina regime.

Bangladesh crisis: Yunus government decides to scrap law which ensures additional security for ex-PM Sheikh Hasina, family members

Aug 30, 2024, at 03:05 pm

The interim government in Bangladesh has decided to scrap the law which ensures additional security for the family members of country's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by considering it a 'discriminatory policy'.

Sheikh Hasina ouster: Ex-Bangladesh Textile Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi arrested in Dhaka

Aug 25, 2024, at 10:55 pm

Former Bangladeshi Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, who was part of the ousted Awami League government, has been arrested in Dhaka, media reports said on Sunday.

Sheikh Hasina is still Bangladesh PM as she didn't formally resign, claims her son

Aug 10, 2024, at 08:19 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed has claimed his mother is still the Prime Minister of the country as she didn't get time to formally resign before fleeing to India following violent anti-quota protests by students.

Bangladesh violence: Hindu homes, temples under attack after Sheikh Hasina's exit

Aug 07, 2024, at 07:00 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: A large number of Hindu homes, temples have come under attack by violent mobs in unruly Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina fled the country resigning as the Prime Minister giving in to the weeks-long aggressive anti-quota protests in Dhaka, media reports said.  

Bangladesh President officially dissolves Parliament, BNP supremo and Sheikh Hasina's political rival Khaleda Zia released

Aug 06, 2024, at 10:44 pm

Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday made way for the formation of the interim government after officially dissolving the Parliament, a day after ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and escaped to India amid anti-government demonstrations in the country.

Nobel laureate and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus agrees to become adviser to Bangladesh's interim government

Aug 06, 2024, at 08:23 pm

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has agreed to lead the interim government in Bangladesh as the chief adviser, a day after Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country amid violent anti-government protests which left over 100 people dead so far, leaving a political vacuum in the nation.

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League to return to power for fifth term after clinching national polls

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.

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League focuses on continuing cooperation with India in its poll manifesto

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.

Policeman killed in violence during opposition rally in Bangladesh, buses torched in Dhaka

Oct 29, 2023, at 07:34 am

Dhaka: A police constable was killed in a clash between law enforcers and BNP activists in Bangladesh’s capital city Dhaka on Saturday.

BNP has secret ties with Israel and intelligence agency: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader

Jul 12, 2023, at 11:16 pm

A senior leader of the ruling Awami League of Bangladesh claimed that BNP  has secret ties with Israel and its intelligence agency.

Free, fair elections not possible under Awami League govt in Bangladesh: BNP tells US Ambassador

Jun 07, 2023, at 04:50 am

Dhaka/ UNI: Bangladesh’s Opposition party BNP in a meeting with US ambassador Peter Haas on Tuesday accused the ruling Awami League government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of destroying the democratic institutions, including the electoral processes.

Bangladesh: PM Sheikh Hasina says removing Awami League from power is not an easy task

Dec 19, 2022, at 06:19 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has said removing her Awami League from power is not an easy task. 

Bangladesh: Awami League to be blamed for attack on Hindus, says BNP

Jul 29, 2022, at 03:26 am

Dhaka/UNI: Minorities are being attacked in Bangladesh as the government resorts to strategies for altering attention for a non-partisan government, said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

ANP leader says funds by Korean bank to construct Dir expressway lapsed

Nov 30, 2021, at 10:11 pm

Awami National Party (ANP) spokesperson and former senator Zahid Khan has claimed that  90 million dollars, which was earmarked by a Korean bank for construction of 120 kilometres Chakdara to Dir expressway, hsa now lapsed due to  disinterest of the currently ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

Awami League leader hacked to death 

Jul 24, 2020, at 02:35 pm

Dhaka: Unknown attackers hacked to death a Awami League leader in Bangladesh's Nabiganj upazila, media reports said on Friday.

Bangladesh: Awami League activist hacked to death

Mar 04, 2020, at 04:38 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: An Awami League activist was hacked to death by unidentified person in Jashore’s Sharsha area in Bangladesh, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Body of Awami League found

Feb 09, 2020, at 03:57 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Police have recovered the body of an Awami League leader in Bangladesh's Noakhali area, media reports said on Sunday.

BUET expels 26 students charged with Abrar murder

Nov 22, 2019, at 03:36 pm

Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has expelled 26 students, 25 of  whom are charged with killing a fellow student Abrar Fahad last month, reported Dhaka Tribune.

BUET expels 26 students charged with Abrar murder

Nov 22, 2019, at 03:12 pm

Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has expelled 26 students, 25 of  whom are charged with killing a fellow student Abrar Fahad last month, reported Dhaka Tribune.

Bangladesh: PM Sheikh Hasina's 73rh birthday celebrated across nation 

Sep 28, 2019, at 06:26 pm

Dhaka, Sep 28 (UNI) Bangladesh on Saturday celebrated the 73rd birthday of it's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, albeit in her absence.

Casino links: Jubo League expels Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan

Sep 20, 2019, at 05:00 pm

Dhaka, Sept 20 (IBNS): Jubo League, the youth front of the ruling Awami League, has expelled its leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan, after he was arrested for allegedly running an illegal casino in Bangladesh capital city Dhaka, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Local Awami League leader shot dead

Sep 15, 2019, at 04:46 pm

Dhaka, Sept 15 (IBNS): Unknown people shot dead a local Awami League leader in Bangladesh's Savar area, media reports said on Sunday.

Bangladesh: Miscrenats gun down two Awami League leaders in Bandarban, Satkhira

Jul 22, 2019, at 05:20 pm

Dhaka, July 22 (IBNS): Miscreants gunned down two Awami League leaders in Bandarban and Satkhira areas of Bangladesh, media reports said on Monday.  

Bangladesh: Female Awami League leader hacked to death

Jun 26, 2019, at 05:53 pm

Dhaka, June 26 (IBNS): Unknown attackers hacked to death a ruling female Awami League leader at Rupganj area of Bangladesh, media reports said on Wednesday.

Militancy can raise heads anytime, says Bangladeshi ruling party leader Mohammed Nasim

Jun 01, 2019, at 10:08 pm

Dhaka, June 1 (IBNS):  Awami League Presidium Member Mohammed Nasim  on Saturday expressed his fear that there can be fresh emergence of militancy in the country.

Bangladesh: Awami League leader found dead in Sunamganj

Mar 19, 2019, at 04:27 pm

Dhaka, Mar 19 (IBNS):  A union level leader of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League was found dead in the country's Sunamganj Sadar upazila on Tuesday, media reports said.

BNP can only complain: Awami League leader Quader

Jan 05, 2019, at 05:00 pm

Dhaka, Jan 5 (IBNS): Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the key opposition in the Muslim majority country, has no other task left but to make allegations after losing the 2018 general polls.

Bangladesh Polls: US envoy Earl R Miller meets BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

Jan 04, 2019, at 03:48 pm

Dhaka, Jan 4 (IBNS):  US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller on Friday met key opposition party of the country Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)'s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and discussed the recent general polls of the nation.