Dhaka: Large number of people have flocked to Dhaka's ferry terminals to get out of the city before a strict national lockdown comes into force. For seven days from Thursday, no one in Bangladesh will be allowed to leave their homes unless if...
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4th Dec 2024 | Updated at 10:26am 4th Dec 2024
Clashes erupt in Bangladesh over arrest of Iskcon priest
- 27 Nov 2024
A public prosecutor was killed after violent clashes erupted in Bangladesh on Tuesday following the arrest of a prominent Hindu leader and Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari. The unrest followed the denial of bail to Brahmachari,...
Have patience, efforts on to overcome challenges: Yunus
- 28 Aug 2024
Bangladesh interim govt chief adviser Muhammad Yunus has requested people in his county to have patience and allow his govt time to address the challenges instead of insisting on addressing everything right now
Dhaka: When Bangladesh emerged as an independent country in 1971, it was arguably the poorest country in the world or close to it. Today, the country is growing rapidly and ranks ahead of its big neighbour India. Planning Minister of Bangladesh...
Dhaka: Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Li Jiming, warned that Bangladesh should not join the ‘Quad’ group. The diplomat said that Bangladesh’s relations...
- 05 May 2021
Dhaka: Amid surging coronavirus cases, Bangladesh has decided to impose a seven-day nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly virus. The...
Dhaka: Mamunul Haque, an influential leader of hardcore Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam in Bangladesh, along with other leaders, has confessed to wanting...
Dhaka: An influential hardline cleric of an Islamist group was arrested in Bangladesh on charges of instigating violent protests in the Muslim-majority country. Police raided an Islamic seminary and arrested Hefazate-Islam joint secretary-general...
At least 26 people were killed after a ferry capsized in the Shitalakkhya river in Bangladesh’s Narayanganj district on Monday. The accident site is about 20 km away from the capital Dhaka.
DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned all Hefazat-e-Islam militant involved in the long spell of violence since last month following the...
As he paid glowing tributes to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhaka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the two countries had not just descended from...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina followed up the bonhomie and goodwill exuded on Bangladesh’s National Day with a bilateral...
