UN rights chief urges Bangladesh to ‘protect’ democracy after revolution DHAKA: UN rights chief Volker Turk on Tuesday urged students at Bangladesh’s Dhaka University, the heart of the... Published 29 Oct, 2024 07:00pm
World Bangladesh ex-PM palace to become revolution museum DHAKA: The once luxurious palace of Bangladesh’s autocratic ex-leader Sheikh Hasina will become a museum to honour... Published 28 Oct, 2024 06:14pm
World Pressure mounts to oust Bangladesh president DHAKA: Bangladesh’s President Mohammed Shahabuddin faced growing pressure Monday to quit from leaders of the... Published 28 Oct, 2024 03:15pm
World Bangladesh students decry surge in violence against women DHAKA: Crowds of Bangladeshi female students marched in Dhaka with burning torches late Tuesday, demanding the... Published 22 Oct, 2024 09:10pm
World Bangladesh’s Yunus calls India PM Modi, assures him of safety of Hindus NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he received a phone call from the head of... Updated 16 Aug, 2024 10:27pm
World Bangladeshi students on guard as exiled PM urges show of strength DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshi students wielding bamboo rods patrolled the site of a planned gathering Thursday of... Updated 15 Aug, 2024 06:48pm
World Bangladesh swears in chief justice as old guard removed DHAKA: Bangladesh’s new chief justice has been sworn into office after his predecessor, viewed as a loyalist of... Updated 11 Aug, 2024 07:19pm
World Bangladesh chief justice, central bank chief quit amid protests, officials say DHAKA: Bangladesh’s chief justice and central bank governor have resigned, officials said on Saturday, as student... Published 10 Aug, 2024 10:17pm
World Twelve killed in twin Bangladesh jailbreaks DHAKA: Twin jailbreaks in Bangladesh killed at least 12 inmates and freed hundreds more in the chaotic days after... Updated 10 Aug, 2024 11:40am
World Hundreds protest in Dhaka over violence against Hindus in Bangladesh DHAKA: Hundreds of people protested in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday against violence targeting the... Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:41pm
World 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
Pakistan Look forward to deepen cooperation with Bangladesh, PM Shehbaz congratulates Prof. Yunus Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday, while felicitating Professor Muhammad Yunus on his swearing in as Chief... Updated 09 Aug, 2024 01:41pm
World Nobel winner Yunus says ready to head Bangladesh ‘interim government’ PARIS: Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus said on Tuesday he was ready to head an interim government in Bangladesh after... Published 06 Aug, 2024 08:23pm
World Muhammad Yunus: Bangladesh’s ‘banker to the poor’ being tipped for interim PM DHAKA: Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus has been asked by Bangladeshi protest leaders to helm an... Published 06 Aug, 2024 07:24pm
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 IMF says it is ‘fully committed’ to Bangladesh after protests oust PM LONDON: The International Monetary Fund said it was “fully committed to Bangladesh and its people” after protests... Published 06 Aug, 2024 01:05pm
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 Families wait as some political prisoners freed in Bangladesh DHAKA: Families of political prisoners secretly jailed in Bangladesh under the autocratic rule of ousted premier... Published 06 Aug, 2024 11:33am
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
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 Sheikh Hasina flees Bangladesh, ‘heading to London’ as military takes over Bangladesh army chief General Waker-Us-Zaman confirms Hasina has resigned Television visuals show thousands of people pouring into the streets of the capital Dhaka in jubilation and shouting slogans Updated 05 Aug, 2024 10:23pm
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 students call for nationwide civil disobedience DHAKA: Student leaders rallied Bangladeshis on Saturday for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign as Prime... Updated 03 Aug, 2024 07:31pm