Hindu priest Shyam Das Prabhu arrested in Bangladesh: ISKCON Kolkata

Hindu priest Shyam Das Prabhu arrested in Bangladesh: ISKCON Kolkata

Hindu priest Shyam Das Prabhu | Photo Credit: X/@RadharamnDas International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Kolkata on Saturday (November 30, 2024) said that a Hindu priest Shyam Das Prabhu had been arrested in Bangladesh. ISCKON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das in a post on X said tha the priest was “arrested by the Chattogram police”. The … Read more

Situation for minorities ‘alarming’ in Bangladesh: Ex-foreign minister Hasan Mahmud slams interim govt for rise of extremists

Situation for minorities ‘alarming’ in Bangladesh: Ex-foreign minister Hasan Mahmud slams interim govt for rise of extremists

Kolkata: Fuelling anti-India rhetoric, emboldening fundamentalists and terror forces are “interlinked” strategies that have driven Bangladesh into “total anarchy,” country’s former Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said and accused the interim government headed by chief advisor Muhammad Yunus of allowing “mobocracy” to replace democracy. In an exclusive telephonic interview with PTI recently from an undisclosed location, … Read more

200 Bangladeshis abducted during Hasina regime still missing: inquiry

200 Bangladeshis abducted during Hasina regime still missing: inquiry

Around 200 Bangladeshis abducted by security forces during toppled premier Sheikh Hasina’s rule are still missing. File photo | Photo Credit: Manvender Vashist Lav Around 200 Bangladeshis abducted by security forces during toppled premier Sheikh Hasina’s rule are still missing, a commission tasked with investigating enforced disappearances said on Tuesday. Hasina, 77, fled by helicopter … Read more

Bangladesh SC reinstates Supreme Judicial Council, reverses parliament’s power to remove judges

Bangladesh SC reinstates Supreme Judicial Council, reverses parliament’s power to remove judges

Dhaka: Bangladesh‘s Supreme Court on Sunday reinstated the Supreme Judicial Council with authority to investigate allegations of judicial misconduct, while upholding its previous ruling that declared the 16th constitutional amendment, which transferred the power of removing judges to parliament, as “illegal”. “The order was passed by a six-member bench of the Supreme Court’s apex Appellate … Read more

Unprecedented level of ‘mob justice’ can turn Bangladesh into a failed state, says criminologist

Unprecedented level of ‘mob justice’ can turn Bangladesh into a failed state, says criminologist

People walk past vandalised shops following a clash between a tribal group and settlers in Rangamati, in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts on September 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP In the backdrop of the sudden eruption of inter-ethnic violence between the indigenous population of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and the people from the plains, … Read more

Interim Government gives magisterial and policing powers to Bangladesh Army 

Interim Government gives magisterial and policing powers to Bangladesh Army 

The delegation of magisterial powers to the Army will allow the Army to carry out police and jail related functions as well as the task of executive magistrates. File. | Photo Credit: AP The interim government of Bangladesh on Tuesday (September 17, 2024) granted magisterial and policing powers to the Bangladesh Army. An order issued … Read more

ICC Test Rankings: Rohit Sharma returns to top 5 ahead of Bangladesh series

ICC Test Rankings: Rohit Sharma returns to top 5 ahead of Bangladesh series

India captain Rohit Sharma returned to the top 5 of men’s batting rankings for the first time since September 2021. Rohit was highest-ranked Indian batter in the list updated by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday, September 11. His teammates, Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal, also gained places in the latest rankings, moving to … Read more

Bangladesh interim govt warns against communal unrest during Durga puja

Bangladesh interim govt warns against communal unrest during Durga puja

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus signs a document after taking the oath of office as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Amid concerns of possible unrest during Durga puja, Bangladesh’s interim government on Sunday (September 8, 2024) warned potential troublemakers, pledging tough action against those disrupting … Read more

Clash between students and Ansar members leaves nearly 40 injured in Dhaka

Clash between students and Ansar members leaves nearly 40 injured in Dhaka

Clashes between students and Ansar members in Dhaka has left nearly 40 people injured. Photo: Special Arrangement A clash between students and Ansar members near the Secretariat in the capital city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, left nearly 40 people injured on Sunday (August 25, 2024) night. The incident occurred around 9:00 p.m. when over a thousand … Read more