New Delhi, March 30 Since the arrest of former Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and his then colleague, ex-Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, for their reported role in the September 2025 firing that left many dead in Kathmandu, mixed reactions have been coming from the Himalayan nation regarding...
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Dhaka, March 30 – A leader of the Awami League was seriously injured after being shot by unidentified assailants in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia district, according to local media reports. This is the latest incident of political violence in Bangladesh.The victim, 52-year-old Shafiqul Islam Azam...
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Dhaka, March 28 Former Bangladeshi minister and Awami League leader Mohammad Ali Arafat has called for the immediate lifting of the ban on his party, arguing that the move is essential to restore political pluralism and uphold democratic principles.He alleged that the February 12 parliamentary...
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Dhaka, March 26 – As Bangladesh marks its Independence Day on Thursday, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleged that anti-independence forces – supported by "domestic and foreign conspiracies" – are attempting to undermine the ideals of the country's 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan...
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Dhaka, March 26 – On Thursday, Bangladesh’s Awami League reiterated its commitment to upholding the principles of the 1971 Liberation War, defending democratic values, and pursuing economic emancipation on the occasion of the country’s 56th Independence Day.The nation observes Independence Day...
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Dhaka, March 25 The Bangladesh Cricket Board's newly appointed chief selector, Habibul Bashar, says he wants veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan to return to the country and play for at least two more years, including the 2027 ODI World Cup.The 39-year-old Shakib, who is a member of the Sheikh...
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Dhaka, March 21 – The newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government's "Bangladesh First" policy – if more than just a slogan – must guide all future negotiations on the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) and Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement...
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Dhaka, March 21 – Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina extended Eid greetings to the citizens, stating that the true joy of the festival would only be realized with the victory of the Awami League.In a statement shared by the Awami League on X, Hasina asserted that despite not being...
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Dhaka, March 15 – As the number of deaths of Awami League members in custody continues to rise in Bangladesh, another party leader died in custody at Keraniganj Central Jail in Dhaka, local media reported on Sunday.The 55-year-old Shahnur Alam Shanto died on the night of March 13 while...
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Dhaka, March 9 – The Awami League of Bangladesh said on Monday that several students from Dhaka University and other civilians were physically abused and tortured, and later arrested for playing the historic speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 7, 1971.The Awami League strongly...
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New Delhi, March 7 The Bangladesh Nationalist Party's overwhelming victory in the recent elections is more a reflection of the people's determination to keep Islamist radicals out of power than of the party's popularity, said Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin.She said that having...
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Kathmandu, March 4. Two subsequent youth-led protests in South Asia led to regime changes in two nations bordering India – in Bangladesh in the east, where former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is in exile with a death sentence hanging over her, and her party banned, and in Nepal to the north...
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Dhaka, March 3 – The Awami League of Bangladesh expressed grave concern on Tuesday over what it described as ongoing mass arrests and custodial killings of political leaders and activists across the country, saying that these actions violate fundamental rights and undermine justice and the rule...
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Dhaka, February 28 – The Awami League of Bangladesh has begun to reassert its political presence in the country following the recent parliamentary elections, with over a dozen party offices reopened in the past two weeks, according to local media reports.In several locations, however, party...
Dhaka, February 27 Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, is among the 25 people named in the chargesheet filed by the police in a murder case in the capital during the July Uprising, a media report said on Friday.The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of the police filed the chargesheet...
Dhaka, February 27 – Several allegations have emerged from opposition activists, journalists, local businesspersons, and ordinary citizens that the political transition in Bangladesh in August 2024 was exploited to implicate innocent people in legal cases, settle old disputes, and resolve...
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Paris, February 27 – A leading international human rights organization strongly condemned the "special directive" issued by the Rajshahi Range Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Bangladesh, Mohammad Shahjahan, instructing law enforcement authorities to re-arrest leaders and activists of...
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Dhaka, February 26 – A Bangladeshi court ordered authorities on Thursday to seek an Interpol "Red Notice" for the arrest of British MP Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, the niece of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, over allegations of corruption, according to local media reports.Dhaka Metropolitan...
Dhaka, February 25 According to reports in newspapers on Wednesday, the chief of the northwestern Rajshahi range of the Bangladesh police has ordered that leaders and activists of the banned Awami League, who were released on bail after court orders, be arrested again by "involving them in other...
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Paris, February 25 – A leading international human rights organization strongly condemned the recent "misconduct" by lawyers at the Court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Barishal district, Bangladesh, over the granting of bail to several leaders of the Awami League...
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