3 min readDhakaUpdated: Oct 6, 2018 07:52 PM IST Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia would be staying at a VIP cabin in the hospital (AP Photo/File) Bangladesh’s jailed former prime minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia was Saturday admitted to a specialised state-run hospital here for proper treatment following a court order as her health…
Bangladesh has a general election this weekend, but opposition candidate Abdul Moyeen Khan says he has yet to hold a single public meeting in his constituency about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Dhaka, the capital. Thousands of campaign fliers bearing photographs of the nuclear physicist with flowing grey hair lie in piles at his…
3 min readDhakaDec 31, 2018 06:52 PM IST Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling alliance swept to a landslide victory in the elections. (Reuters/File) Bangladesh’s election chief on Monday ruled out any scope of holding fresh election as demanded by opposition alliance, saying the allegations of ballot stuffing on the night before election is “completely untrue.”…
The newly-elected leaders of the BNP, headed by imprisoned former premier Khaleda Zia, will not take oath as they have rejected the results, the party announced Tuesday, hours after the government said the MPs-elect will be sworn into Parliament on January 3. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which rejected the poll outcome as “farcical” and…
2 min readDhakaApr 27, 2020 05:32 PM IST The cleric’s Bagharpara Pashchima village, which is one-and-a-half kilometres from the mosque, has been put under lockdown following the discovery. (AP) A Muslim cleric has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus after he conducted Ramzan prayers for a group of nearly two dozen people at a local…
3 min readDhakaJun 5, 2020 07:19 PM IST The orders for their release on bail came from virtual courts set up by the country’s Supreme Court with the help of UNICEF, officials said. Authorities in Bangladesh have been releasing hundreds of children suspected of committing mostly petty crimes as they try to keep the coronavirus…
3 min readDhakaJul 25, 2021 10:58 PM IST Bangladesh’s government on Sunday warned that there will be no space left in the hospitals for patients if the COVID-19 cases keep rising at the current pace, amid concerns over increasing number of deaths and infections after the Eid-ul-Azha holidays. Bangladesh, which is currently facing a renewed…
A Hindu temple has been valdalised in Bangladesh in a fresh case of communal unrest amidst days of violence unleashed by unidentified Muslim bigots who attacked the minority community’s places of worship during the Durga Puja celebrations over alleged blasphemy, prompting a minority group to announce a countrywide hunger strike, media reports said on Sunday….
All along the brand new six-lane expressway from Dhaka to Mawa in Munshiganj district, signs with pictures of Sheikh Hasina congratulate her and the people of Bangladesh on “amader swapner Padda Setu” — the Bridge of Our Dreams Across the Padma. The signs are sponsored by local leaders of the ruling Awami League and compete…
2 min readDhakaUpdated: Oct 5, 2022 09:57 AM IST A failure in Bangladesh’s national power grid plunged much of the country into a blackout on Tuesday, officials said. In the capital, Dhaka, market vendors lit candles and diners at restaurants ate food prepared by candlelight. Officials of the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board said power…
