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Dhaka, April 1 – As the measles outbreak raises public health concerns across Bangladesh, at least four children have died from suspected cases and related complications in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 44 this year, local media reported on Wednesday.According to Shankar...

Dhaka, March 23. Despite the arrest of over 8,000 criminals in the Mohammadpur and Adabor areas during the eighteen-month tenure of the previous Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, Bangladesh continues to grapple with persistent crime, according to a local media report.During the same...

Dhaka, March 19 – Several rights groups have written to Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, urging him to take concrete steps to protect human rights and uphold press freedom in the country.In a joint letter, the Committee to Protect Journalists and eight other human rights...

Dhaka, March 14 – Several European and global civil society organizations have called on Tarique Rahman, the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh, to secure the immediate release and proper medical care of imprisoned journalist, writer, freedom fighter, and human rights activist Shahriar Kabir.In...

Dhaka, March 9 Bangladesh said on Monday that they have launched an initiative to repatriate two suspected assailants accused of killing student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, a day after Indian police said they were arrested in West Bengal after entering the country illegally."Initiatives have...

Dhaka, March 9 – The Bangladeshi government has ordered the closure of universities across the country to conserve electricity and fuel, as the escalating conflict in the Middle East intensifies the global energy crisis, local media reported on Monday.According to a directive issued by the...

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 18 Bangladesh's newly formed BNP-led government warned on Wednesday that "mob culture" would not be tolerated, amid a rise in mob violence, extrajudicial killings, and attacks on minority communities.Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the senior-most minister in the new Bangladesh...

New Delhi, February 18 – The resurgent Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is asserting itself politically, as evidenced by its firm stance on immediate constitutional reforms, directing its criticism at the newly formed government led by BNP's Tarique Rahman.In June last year, the registration of...

New Delhi/Dhaka, February 15. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent the Indian government at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected Bangladeshi government in Dhaka on February 17, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement.The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)...

Dhaka, February 15 – Members elected in Bangladesh's 13th National Parliamentary Election are set to take their oath of office on Tuesday, February 17, according to local media reports.The swearing-in ceremony will be administered in the morning by Chief Election Commissioner A.M.M. Nasir...

Dhaka, February 15 The President of Bangladesh, Mohammed Shahabuddin, will administer the oath of office to the new cabinet of BNP chairman Tarique Rahman on February 17 at the South Plaza of the National Parliament complex, deviating from the tradition of the ceremony being held at the...

New Delhi, February 14 – In Bangladesh, several rights groups and media reports have highlighted the lack of women candidates in the general election, despite the founding fathers and current leaders having pledged to make politics equally accessible to men and women.In the run-up to the 13th...

Dhaka, February 14 – Bangladesh’s fact-checking organization, Dismislab, has debunked a coordinated social media campaign alleging that manipulation by the “deep state” cost the radical Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, and its allies dozens of seats through “election engineering,” a report said...

Dhaka, February 14 – With the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) set to form the next government in Bangladesh following a decisive victory in the 13th Parliamentary election, the party’s chairman, Tarique Rahman, emphasized on Saturday the need to maintain law and order “at any cost” and urged...

Dhaka, February 14 – Following a decisive victory in the 13th Parliamentary election, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to form the next government in Bangladesh. In response, the radical Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, alleged that the results in some constituencies were rigged...