Bangladesh: Unidentified miscreants vandalise Hindu temple, loot gold ornaments
Jul 12, 2023, at 11:28 pm
Dhaka: Unidentified miscreants vandalised a Hindu temple in Bangladesh's Lalmonihat Sadar area on Wednesday, media reports said.
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.
Jul 12, 2023, at 10:25 pm
New York: UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Tuesday called for the Government of Bangladesh to end all harassment against representatives of the human rights organisation, Odhikar, and to ensure respect for due process in legal proceedings.
Bangladesh: Man arrested os suspicion of killing neighbour in Jhenaidah
Jul 09, 2023, at 10:04 pm
A man was arrested in Bangladesh's Jhenaidah region on suspicion of murdering his neighbour.
Urumqi Massacre: Bangladesh demonstrates against China
Jul 08, 2023, at 12:15 am
Dhaka: Protesters demonstrated in different corners of Bangladesh on Wednesday to commemorate the Urumqi Massacre and express solidarity with the victims and their families.
Bangladesh: Clash between two insurgent groups at a Rohingya camp leaves five dead
Jul 07, 2023, at 11:29 pm
At least five people were killed during clashes between two insurgent groups at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar city, media reports said on Friday.
Bangladeshi Youtuber Hero Alam to contest in upcoming Dhaka-17 by-polls
Jun 26, 2023, at 08:00 pm
Bangladesh's popular Youtuber Hero Alam will be fighting the upcoming Dhaka-17 by-polls and he has been allocated the ektara symbol (one-string, a musical instrument).
Bangladesh: Average life expectancy rises to 72.4 yrs
Jun 14, 2023, at 03:06 pm
Dhaka: The average life expectancy reached 72.4 years in Bangladesh in 2022, statistics released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) showed.
Divorce is increasing in Bangladesh, 1 divorce registered in every 40 minutes in Dhaka
Jun 13, 2023, at 11:46 pm
Dhaka: The number of family breakups in Bangladesh is increasing day by day.
Bangladesh: Rohingya man killed during gunfight between two criminal gans in Cox's Bazar
Jun 13, 2023, at 11:29 pm
Dhaka: In a suspected gunfight between two criminal gangs a Rohingya man was killed in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar area on Tuesday, media reports said.
Bangladeshi-American Kairan Quazi joins SpaceX as its youngest-ever engineer, guess his age
Jun 12, 2023, at 04:24 pm
14-year-old Bangladeshi American Kairan Quazi has joined Elon Musk's SpaceX as the youngest-ever employee of the company.
Bangladesh: Four die in Cumilla road mishap
Jun 12, 2023, at 03:18 pm
Cumilla: At least four persons died as a van carrying them to Cumilla region in Bangladesh overturned and crashed underneath a covered van after a collision on Sunday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Two friends die while recording TikTok video
Jun 12, 2023, at 01:13 am
Dhaka: Two friends died and another was hurt as they were allegedly recording a TikTok video on the Kakina-Mahipur road in Kaliganj upazila of Bangladesh on Saturday, media reports said.
Jun 11, 2023, at 12:23 am
Bangladesh showed solidarity with the Muslim community of Yunan province as the Islamic Movement Bangladesh (IMB) on Friday organized a protest against China for attempts to destroy the minaret and dome of the mosque in the Nagu area.
Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert
Jun 09, 2023, at 09:22 pm
Bangladesh must “immediately suspend” a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar, where they face “serious risks” to their lives and freedom, a UN-appointed independent rights expert said on Thursday.
Bangladesh: Secondary schools to remain closed due to heatwave
Jun 08, 2023, at 05:50 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education announced that the classes of all secondary schools in Bangladesh will remain closed on Thursday, due to the heatwave.
Bangladesh: 13 die as truck hits pickup van in Sylhet
Jun 07, 2023, at 03:07 pm
Dhaka: At least 13 people died and eight others were hurt after a truck rammed into a pickup van on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway in Sylhet city of Bangladesh on Wednesday, media reports said.
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: Govt primary school briefly closed due to heat wave
Jun 06, 2023, at 12:05 am
Dhaka: The continuing heat wave will cause classroom activities in all government primary schools nationwide to be suspended for four days, according to a statement released on Sunday by Bangladesh's Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.
Bangladesh's second underground metro rail construction may begin next month
Jun 05, 2023, at 11:19 pm
Dhaka: The work on Bangladesh's second underground metro rail may start from July, media reports said.
Bangladesh and Pakistan: The Asian Phoenix and the Falling Star
Jun 05, 2023, at 08:42 pm
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global landscape has changed drastically, and this change has been no less drastic for the South Asian region. Two countries, Bangladesh and Pakistan, once part of the same nation, now stand worlds apart in their trajectories.
Bangladesh: 8 injured as blast-hit oil tanker catches fire
Jun 04, 2023, at 10:31 pm
At least 8 people were hurt as an explosion rocked an oil tanker that was anchored in the Shitalakkhya River in Narayanganj region of Bangladesh, media reports said.
Bangladesh: 12-year-old boy's body recovered from Dhanmondi Lake
Jun 03, 2023, at 07:23 pm
Dhaka: Police have recovered the body of a minor from Dhaka's Dhanmondi Lake, media reports said on Saturday.
Sheikh Hasina, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vow to strengthen bilateral relationships
Jun 03, 2023, at 03:22 pm
Dhaka: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who recently took charge of his office after winning a crucial poll for a third term, phoned Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and hoped to take the bilateral relationship to a new height.
UN in Bangladesh decries devastating new round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugees
Jun 03, 2023, at 12:32 am
The UN in Bangladesh on Thursday condemned a second cut in food rations for Rohingya refugees who are sheltering in the country, after a funding shortfall of $56 million compelled the World Food Programme (WFP) to enforce the cuts.
Bangladesh: Boy dies after flying rod from under-construction Dhaka expressway hits his head
May 29, 2023, at 11:04 pm
Dhaka: A boy died after he was hit on the head by a rod that dropped from the elevated expressway construction site in Dhaka’s Mohakhali region on Monday, media reports said.
Ex-Dutch MP urges Pakistan to declare the atrocities committed during Liberation War as genocide
May 29, 2023, at 01:59 am
Dhaka: Former lawmaker of the Netherlands Harry van Bommel has urged Pakistan to formally declare the atrocities the country committed during Bangladesh's Liberation War as genocide.
China, Bangladesh hold 12th Foreign Office Consultations in Dhaka
May 28, 2023, at 02:39 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh and China held the 12th Foreign Office Consultations at the State Guest House ‘Padma’ in Dhaka on Saturday.
US to bar visas to Bangladeshis responsible for undermining election process
May 25, 2023, at 04:54 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The United States has announced a new visa policy to support Bangladesh’s goal of holding free, fair, and peaceful national elections.
Macro-economic management policy of Bangladesh is prudent enough to avoid China's debt trap: Expert
May 25, 2023, at 05:04 am
Beijing/Dhaka: A top foreign policy analyst feels that the macro-economic management policy of Bangladesh is prudent enough to avoid China's debt trap.