Colombo: Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held bilateral talks on Saturday at the Bangladesh Prime...
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19th Mar 2026 | Updated at 08:29pm 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...
Dhaka: Muslims and ‘student activists’ in Bangladesh took out a protest march ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka. PM Modi is...
DHAKA: Bangladesh wants to buy up to 40 million more doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII), its health secretary said, potentially more than doubling its purchases. Bangladesh, a country of more...
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Monday received the first consignment of the 5 million doses of Covishield vaccines from India under a procurement agreement, four...
- 30 Dec 2020
Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal this month,...
A 17-year-old Bangladeshi teenager has been awarded a prestigious global children’s award for taking action against cyberbullying and an online crime against children
- 09 Dec 2020
Bangladesh naval vessels carried about 1,600 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal despite complaints by refugees and rights groups...
- 09 Nov 2020
DHAKA: The Transgender community is now officially recognised as a third gender in Bangladesh. They will now be able to study Islamic and vocational subjects free of cost at a privately funded madrassa in the capital, Dhaka.
Hundreds of people in Bangladesh lynched a man last Thursday. The man who was lynched had allegedly desecrated the Quran. According to WION news, two men were accused of stepping on the Muslim holy book in the main mosque of the town of Burimari,...
Bangladesh's Cabinet has approved an amendment to introduce the death penalty for rape cases after a series of recent sexual assaults sparked nationwide...
