In an unprecedented move the Supreme Court in Bangladesh stayed the bail granted to opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a graft...
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19th Mar 2026 | Updated at 08:46pm 19th 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...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced seven terrorists to death after finding them guilty of killing a shrine worker in 2015, court officials said
A Bangladeshi passenger on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Dhaka was tied up mid-flight after he stripped off his clothes and attacked a stewardess
A 21-year-old man was arrested in Bangladesh for allegedly stabbing a secular writer multiple times during a university seminar, presuming him an "enemy of Islam", police said
Bangladesh's High Court has deferred verdict on imprisoned ex-prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia's bail petition,...
Myanmar Home Minister Kyaw Swe told Bangladesh's president that Myanmar is ready to take back Rohingya Muslims who fled violence, though Bangladesh said...
Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia was sentenced to five years in jail in a corruption case, a setback for the opposition BNP chief as she...
Repatriation of the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh will be high on the agenda of the ministerial-level meeting to be held between Bangladesh and Myanmar in Dhaka on Friday.
Stating that the root of Rohingya problem lies in Myanmar, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the international community, including Switzerland,...
UK has once again led the response to the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh, by contributing to a vaccination programme which will protect more than 350,000...
