Category: DHAKA

India on Thursday strongly condemned the vandalisation of the ancestral home of Rabindranath Tagore - historically called the Rabindra Kachharibari - in the Sirajganj district of Bangladesh,

A Bangladeshi diplomat was recently forced to return to Dhaka instead of joining his new posting in Kolkata after he opposed animal sacrifices on Eid in the High Commission premises to respect feelings of Hindus and non-Muslims.

As the Bangladeshi military compelled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign after a violent student uprising last year, she erupted at the officials and demanded they shoot and bury her at her official residence, Ganabhaban.

The re-activation of Lalmonirhat air base, reportedly for Chinese use, by Bangladesh's interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has prompted serious concerns over region's security, several experts have highlighted.

Confronting a major political crisis after a chaotic last few months, the interim government in Bangladesh led by Muhammad Yunus on Saturday blamed "defeated forces" and "foreign conspiracy" for obstructing the normal functioning environment and creating confusion and suspicion among the public.

In growing political turmoil in Bangladesh, the newly-formed National Citizen Party (NCP) on Saturday demanded that the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus announce a clear roadmap for upcoming national elections.

Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Wednesday addressed all officers at the Army Head Quarters (AHQ) in Dhaka, during which he reportedly stated that there will be no Humanitarian Corridor, nor any port allotted to any foreigners till an elected government comes to power in the country.

Bangladesh's leading actress Nusraat Faria was granted bail by a Dhaka court on Tuesday in an attempted murder case of one Enamul Haque related to the July 2024 movement.

The interim government of Bangladesh under Muhammad Yunus on Monday issued a gazette notification banning all activities of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party, Awami League and its affiliate organisations.

The Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on Wednesday evening stayed the High Court order given earlier in the day granting bail to Chinmoy Krishna Das, or Chandan Kumar Dhar, the former ISKCON monk and spokesperson of Bangladesh Sammilito Sanatani Jagaran Jote in a sedition case.

Political tensions in Bangladesh under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government may increase in the future due to differences of opinion among political parties on the timing of the elections, states a World Bank (WB) report.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Thursday alleged that those arrested were involved in creating public panic and conspiring to destabilise the country by organising and participating in unauthorised processions throughout Dhaka.

Bangladesh has requested Interpol to issue a red notice against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 11 others in connection with a case alleging conspiracy to overthrow the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, according to local media reports.

A Bangladesh court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against 18 people, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, in a case filed on allegations of corruption in a plot allotment under the Purbachal New Town project, local media reported.

Days after covering the mural of the Liberation War Memorial Mancha in the Lalmonirhat district in Bangladesh with cloth on the country's Independence Day, it was demolished at the instruction of the local authorities.

The Election Commission of Bangladesh has stated that it will not be possible to hold local elections before national elections. This confirmation came at a time when major political parties in Bangladesh were at loggerheads over which election to have first, according to the local media.

The crime rate in Bangladesh is increasing at an alarming rate, according to the police data, which shows that in January, cases of murder, abduction, robbery, burglary, and theft have all seen a spike across the country and have been the worst compared to the last six years.

In a major incident of lawlessness that is currently prevailing in Bangladesh under the interim government led by Chief Advisor Mohammad Yunus, several miscreants launched an ambush attack on an Air Force Base in Cox's Bazar on the southeast coast of the country.

The violent clashes at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) in Bangladesh since Tuesday has left more than 100 students injured, local media reported on Wednesday.

Student Against Discrimination (SAD), the group behind the nationwide protest and violence in Bangladesh in July and August 2024 leading to the fall of government led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is now aggressively demanding a ban on Awami League.

Touhid Hossain, the Foreign Affairs Advisor to the interim government in Bangladesh led by Muhammad Yunus, is expected to meet External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on the sidelines of the Indian Ocean Conference being held in Muscat next week, local media in Dhaka reported on Monday.

Four Bangladeshis have been arrested by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York as the local law enforcement agencies have launched a massive crackdown on undocumented illegal immigrants since Donald Trump returned to office as the 47th President of the United States on Monday.

US policies concerning Bangladesh may undergo significant changes in the coming days, fear several analysts in Dhaka as Donald Trump returned to the White House for a historic second term as the 47th President of the country, on Monday.

Local media reported that Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. Saiful Islam, who is on vacation, passed the order on Wednesday citing that the plea was rejected because Das did not have a lawyer's letter of attorney on his behalf.

Mark Malloch-Brown, the former President of the Open Society Foundations founded by Hungarian-born billionaire US investor George Soros, met Muhammad Yunus, the head of the interim government in Bangladesh, in Dhaka on Sunday.