Lablu Mia, a 50-year-old local leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was known as a devoted activist in Badarganj upazila of Rangpur district. But on April 5, his loyalty to the party meant nothing when rival BNP factions turned on each other in a vicious clash over control of a business near the upazila … Read more
Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party take part in the party’s last divisional rally in Dhaka, on December 10, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main Opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on December 10 held a “grand rally” in capital Dhaka, demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and fresh … Read more
Bangladesh has ruled out any security threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s two-day visit to the country later this week and said “few” left wing and hardline Islamist groups are against his trip but there is “nothing to worry” about them. Prime Minister Modi will visit Bangladesh from March 26 to 27 to attend the … Read more