Bangladesh Minister of Information Hasan Mahmud has received the charge of the Foreign Ministry. File | Photo Credit: WikiCommons The Government of Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced Cabinet posts for Ministers on Thursday. The biggest names to have made it to the list are Asaduzzaman Khan, and Obaidul Quader, two heavyweights … Read more
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday secured a record fourth straight term as her Awami League party won two-thirds of the seats in the general elections marred by sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition BNP and its allies. Ms. Hasina’s party won 200 seats in the 300-seat parliament while counting is … Read more
India’s key neighbour to the East – Bangladesh – will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday with incumbent Prime Minister and New Delhi’s close ally, Sheikh Hasina, looks to return to power for the fourth straight term amid boycott by the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. A total of 1,896 candidates are in the fray for the … Read more
Bangladesh will go to the polls on January 7. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to win a fourth straight term in the absence of the main Opposition BNP which on January 6 began a 48-hour nationwide strike against the “illegal government” amidst sporadic violence. A total of 119.6 million registered voters are eligible to … Read more
Jailed Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is celebrated around the world for helping millions of people out of poverty, but at home in Bangladesh he has a powerful enemy. The 83-year-old, known as the “banker to the poorest of the poor”, was awarded the Peace Prize in 2006 for his work loaning small cash sums … Read more
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladeshi courts have convicted more than 1,100 opposition officials and activists since September, lawyers said Thursday, a day after scores more of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s opponents were sentenced to prison. Opposition parties say thousands from their ranks have been arrested this year after huge … Read more
Activists and onlookers gather outside the Bangladesh Nationalist Party headquarters in Dhaka on October 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Hundreds of Bangladeshi opposition activists have been arrested, police and party officials said Friday, ahead of a major rally where campaigners hope more than a million people will take to the streets of Dhaka. The … Read more
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may hold a bilateral meeting with PM Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 summit. File | Photo Credit: KRISHNAN VV The first fortnight of September is appearing hectic in Dhaka’s diplomatic calendar with multiple high-profile visits and agreements that are being scheduled. The series is expected to start … Read more
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists form a human chain to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, along a street in Dhaka on August 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters marched on August 30 demanding information on hundreds of people they say security forces have abducted during Prime … Read more
A Bangladesh court ordered the state-run telecoms regulator to delete speeches of an exiled opposition leader from social media as the country readies for general elections, officials said on Monday. Tarique Rahman, 55, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is a leading figure and staunch critic of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, but the … Read more