Bangladesh has abolished a controversial quota system for civil service jobs that had been the target of major street protests that paralysed parts of the country earlier this year
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20th Mar 2026 | Updated at 02:37am 20th Mar 2026
Bangladesh’s Tarique Rahman sworn in after historic vote
- 18 Feb 2026
Tarique Rahman and his cabinet ministers took oath, becoming the first elected leaders since the deadly 2024 uprising.Rahman is set to be the first male prime minister in 35 years in Bangladesh, a country of 170 million, while new parliament...
Rising attacks on Hindus spark calls to review Yunus’ Nobel Prize
- 07 Jan 2026
Atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh have reportedly increased, triggering criticism of Muhammad Yunus and renewed questions over his Nobel Peace Prize, amid accusations that he has failed, as Chief Advisor of the interim government, to curb...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the cooperation between India and Bangladesh as an example for the world as he and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated the construction of a friendship pipeline project through...
Bangladesh has urged the international community to put more pressure on Myanmar to provide a permanent solution to the Rohingya refugee crisis and ensure their safe return
Ludhiana-born Anshdeep Singh Bhatia has become the first Sikh to have been inducted into the security detail of US President Donald Trump
Television presenter Konnie Huq and the sister of MP Rupa Huq has said that she has lost pride in her Bangladeshi homeland after renowned photojournalist...
A woman TV journalist in Bangladesh has been hacked to death by some unidentified assailants at her home, media reports said.
Bangladesh police said they have arrested nearly 100 people as they step up a crackdown after student protests paralysed the capital
A British man who survived an Isis attack has been released from a prison in Bangladesh after more than two years of being held without charge over baseless...
- 08 Aug 2018
Protesting high school students have blocked major intersections in Bangladesh’s congested capital Dhaka for five straight days, choking traffic and vandalizing...
An Australian teenage girl has been charged for killing an Indian student she had met through a dating app
