Sheikh Hasina will return to Bangladesh for elections, her son says NEW DELHI: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return to her country when its new caretaker... Published 09 Aug, 2024 11:59am
Opinion Lessons from illusionary revolutions Amid escalating student-led protests and mounting unrest, Bangladesh’s long-serving Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina... Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am
World Nobel winner Yunus returns to Bangladesh, hails ‘second independence’ DHAKA: Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus hailed Bangladesh’s “second independence” as he returned Thursday to... Updated 08 Aug, 2024 02:49pm
World How Bangladesh student protests brought in a new leader DHAKA: A student-led uprising in Bangladesh against government hiring rules culminated this week in the prime... Published 08 Aug, 2024 11:54am
World Bangladesh awaits installation of interim government after weeks of strife DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to get a new, interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad... Updated 08 Aug, 2024 12:32pm
World New Bangladesh police chief vows probe into protest killings, offers apology DHAKA: Bangladesh’s newly appointed police chief on Wednesday offered an apology for the conduct of officers during... Published 07 Aug, 2024 08:25pm
World Yunus urges Bangladeshis to ‘get ready to build the country’ DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus, who is set to lead a caretaker government after mass protests ousted the... Updated 07 Aug, 2024 06:11pm
World Bangladesh garment factories reopen after Sheikh Hasina’s flight DHAKA: Garment factories in Bangladesh, forecast to account for 90% of the country’s exports, reopened on Wednesday... Published 07 Aug, 2024 04:47pm
World Protesters force four Bangladesh central bank deputies to resign, bank sources say DHAKA: Four deputy governors of Bangladesh’s central bank were forced to resign on Wednesday after about 300-400... Updated 07 Aug, 2024 02:55pm
World Bangladesh army refused to suppress protest, sealing Sheikh Hasina’s fate DHAKA/NEW DELHI: The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her... Updated 07 Aug, 2024 08:44pm
World Who is Nahid Islam, student leader of campaign to oust PM Sheikh Hasina? DHAKA: Often seen in public with a Bangladeshi flag tied across his forehead, Nahid Islam is a soft-spoken sociology... Updated 06 Aug, 2024 05:02pm
World India ‘deeply concerned’ at Bangladesh crisis: foreign minister NEW DELHI: India’s foreign minister told parliament on Tuesday he was “deeply concerned till law and order is... Published 06 Aug, 2024 03:25pm
World Bangladesh students ramp up pressure to dissolve parliament DHAKA: Bangladesh’s protesting student leaders demanded on Tuesday that parliament be dissolved and warned of a... Published 06 Aug, 2024 02:17pm
World Bangladesh garment factories to stay shut on Tuesday, says manufacturers’ body DHAKA: Garment factories in Bangladesh will remain closed on Tuesday, an official of the Bangladesh Garment... Published 06 Aug, 2024 12:55pm
World Western powers urge Bangladesh calm, democratic transition WASHINGTON: Western powers called Monday for calm in Bangladesh after long-ruling leader Sheikh Hasina fled, with... Published 06 Aug, 2024 11:51am
World Bangladesh Nobel winner Yunus should lead caretaker government: student protest leader DHAKA: Bangladesh student protesters said Tuesday they would push for Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead an... Published 06 Aug, 2024 11:39am
World Bangladesh Parliament dissolved, president’s office says DHAKA: Bangladesh’s parliament was dissolved on Tuesday, the president’s office said in a statement, a day after... Updated 06 Aug, 2024 02:38pm
Opinion Bangladesh coup The more than one month long agitation in Bangladesh against the quota policy has finally ended in a military coup.... Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am
World Bangladesh president orders release of jailed ex-PM Khaleda Zia Zia, 78, is in poor health and confined to hospital after she was sentenced to 17 years in prison for graft in 2018 Published 05 Aug, 2024 09:36pm
World After 15 years in power, Sheikh Hasina falls as Bangladesh look to start new chapter DHAKA: Sheikh Hasina once helped rescue Bangladesh from military rule but her long rule came to a sudden end on... Published 05 Aug, 2024 04:40pm
World Who is the Bangladesh army chief who announced Hasina’s resignation? Just over a month after he became Bangladesh’s army chief, General Waker-Us-Zaman has been thrust into the... Published 05 Aug, 2024 03:39pm
World Bangladesh protesters call for march to Dhaka in defiance of curfew DHAKA: Protesting students in Bangladesh have called for a march to the capital Dhaka on Monday in defiance of a... Published 05 Aug, 2024 12:05pm
World At least 73 killed as clashes rock Bangladesh, curfew imposed Mobile services, internet remain tightly restricted Updated 04 Aug, 2024 09:36pm
World Bangladesh protests to resume after ultimatum ignored DHAKA: Bangladeshi students called new street protests for Monday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government... Published 29 Jul, 2024 12:37pm
World Bangladesh students vow to resume protests unless leaders freed DHAKA: A Bangladeshi student group has vowed to resume protests that sparked a lethal police crackdown and... Updated 28 Jul, 2024 08:38pm
World Bangladesh protests quelled but anger, discontent remain DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina imposed a nationwide curfew last week and used the army to quell... Published 26 Jul, 2024 12:34pm
World Bangladesh PM surveys destruction as unrest recedes DHAKA: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wept Thursday as she surveyed the destruction wrought by days of... Published 25 Jul, 2024 05:10pm
World Bangladesh garment factories reopen after unrest DHAKA: Garment factories and banks reopened in Bangladesh Wednesday after authorities eased a curfew imposed to... Published 24 Jul, 2024 05:01pm
World Bangladesh arrest total passes 2,500: AFP tally DHAKA: The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday,... Updated 23 Jul, 2024 06:08pm
World Bangladesh extends curfew ahead of court hearing on controversial job quotas DHAKA: Bangladesh extended a curfew on Sunday to control violent student-led protests that have killed at least 114... Published 21 Jul, 2024 10:56am
