Bangladesh has been led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a student-led mass uprising in August last year. A large number of her Bangladesh Nationalist Party thronged at Dhaka airport to accord a welcome to their party leader. Khaleda Zia, Hasina’s archrival, and her BNP […]
The Indian government, led by Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, often describes undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants as “Muslim infiltrators”, accusing them of posing a threat to the country’s security. Rights groups say the anti-immigrant rhetoric is aimed at boosting the ruling party’s vote bank by appealing to the majority Hindu population. “Police forces collectively detained […]
Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch is representing Pakistan while Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin is leading the Bangladesh side during the bilateral talks, as per sources. This is the first such diplomatic engagement in 13 years. The meeting discussed trade, education, communication, regional peace, and other bilateral issues. Ties between Pakistan and Bangladesh are improving, especially […]
The Detective Branch (DB) of the Bangladesh Police raided Meghna Alam’s house while she was livestreaming on Facebook, claiming a relationship with a Saudi diplomat. In the now-deleted 12-minute video, authorities can be seen barging in and identifying themselves as police before the stream abruptly ended. Alam was taken into custody without formal charges under […]
Israel is a flashpoint issue in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, which does not recognize it. The phrase “valid for all countries except Israel,” which was printed on Bangladeshi passports for decades, was removed during the later years of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s tenure. Nilima Afroze, a deputy secretary at the home ministry, told Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha […]
The remains were identified as Mumtaz Begum, who had been missing since 1994. Her daughter, Asma, has filed a murder case against her stepfather, Farid Alam, alleging that he killed her mother and buried her inside the house. According to police, the human bones were discovered during digging for new construction on the property. The […]
The Nobel laureate took charge of Bangladesh last August after the ouster of autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India after a student-led uprising. India was the biggest benefactor of Hasina’s government, and her ouster sent cross-border relations into a tailspin. That has prompted the caretaker government helmed by Yunus to seek greater ties […]
Chad and Bangladesh were the world’s most polluted countries in 2024, with average smog levels more than 15 times higher than WHO guidelines, according to figures compiled by Swiss air quality monitoring firm IQAir. Only Australia, New Zealand, the Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Estonia and Iceland made the grade, IQAir said. Significant data gaps, especially in […]
The two teams will look to close out their campaign on a high by winning the dead rubber at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Both Pakistan and Bangladesh squads arrived at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, however, ground staff covered the pitch while the outfield was also covered due to heavy rain. Defending champions Pakistan crashed out […]
The new Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad, or Democratic Student Council, includes key organizers from the powerful Students Against Discrimination (SAD) group that spearheaded the uprising that overthrew iron-fisted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August. Politics in Bangladesh are notoriously fractious and other students then accused them of undermining the revolution. Disputes over over-representation led to […]
