Key events in Bangladesh as Hasina sentenced to death Published 17 Nov, 2025 02:43pm July Charter seeks to reshape the country's politics and institutions
Bangladesh’s ousted PM Hasina sentenced to death for students crackdown Updated 17 Nov, 2025 10:21pm After months-long trial, tribunal delivers ruling in absentia, under heavy security
Bangladesh tense ahead of ousted PM Hasina’s verdict Published 17 Nov, 2025 07:19am DHAKA: Several crude bombs exploded in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Sunday, police said, heightening tensions...
Bangladeshi model arrested over threatening diplomatic ties Published 14 Apr, 2025 05:20am DHAKA: A Bangladeshi model has been arrested for allegedly threatening the country’s diplomatic ties, police said...
BD police arrest former prosecutor Published 09 Apr, 2025 05:46am DHAKA: Bangladeshi police said Tuesday they arrested a lawyer who served as a senior prosecutor at a court that...
Garment workers’ protests leave one dead in Bangladesh Published 01 Oct, 2024 07:40am DHAKA: A garment worker was shot dead and at least 20 others were injured on Monday in a violent clash between...
Bangladesh president orders release of jailed ex-PM Khaleda Zia Published 05 Aug, 2024 09:36pm Zia, 78, is in poor health and confined to hospital after she was sentenced to 17 years in prison for graft in 2018
Bangladesh protesters call for march to Dhaka in defiance of curfew Published 05 Aug, 2024 12:05pm DHAKA: Protesting students in Bangladesh have called for a march to the capital Dhaka on Monday in defiance of a...
At least 73 killed as clashes rock Bangladesh, curfew imposed Updated 04 Aug, 2024 09:36pm Mobile services, internet remain tightly restricted
Student leader release fails to quell Bangladesh protests Published 02 Aug, 2024 04:56pm DHAKA: Demonstrations in Bangladesh after Friday prayers demanded justice for victims of nationwide unrest and...
Bangladesh protests quelled but anger, discontent remain Published 26 Jul, 2024 12:34pm DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina imposed a nationwide curfew last week and used the army to quell...
Bangladesh PM surveys destruction as unrest recedes Published 25 Jul, 2024 05:10pm DHAKA: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wept Thursday as she surveyed the destruction wrought by days of...
Bangladesh garment factories reopen after unrest Published 24 Jul, 2024 05:01pm DHAKA: Garment factories and banks reopened in Bangladesh Wednesday after authorities eased a curfew imposed to...
Bangladesh arrest total passes 2,500: AFP tally Updated 23 Jul, 2024 06:08pm DHAKA: The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday,...
Flight carrying Malaysians evacuated from Bangladesh to arrive on Tuesday Published 23 Jul, 2024 11:01am KUALA LUMPUR: A charted flight carrying Malaysian nationals evacuated from deadly violence in Bangladesh is expected...
Bangladesh student group suspends protests over death toll Updated 22 Jul, 2024 11:33pm DHAKA: The Bangladeshi student group leading demonstrations that have spiralled into deadly violence suspended...
Bangladesh extends curfew ahead of court hearing on controversial job quotas Published 21 Jul, 2024 10:56am DHAKA: Bangladesh extended a curfew on Sunday to control violent student-led protests that have killed at least 114...
Bangladesh soldiers out in force as PM Hasina cancels foreign trip Updated 20 Jul, 2024 09:37pm At least 105 people killed in near-daily marches this month, calling for end to quota system that reserves more than half of civil service posts for specific groups, including children of veterans from 1971 liberation war
Attacks on Bangladesh student protesters ‘shocking’: UN Published 19 Jul, 2024 09:03pm GENEVA: UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Friday he was deeply concerned by this week’s violence in Bangladesh,...
Bangladesh capital bans rallies after government buildings torched Published 19 Jul, 2024 01:42pm DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh’s capital banned all public rallies on Friday after the deadliest day of ongoing student...
Bangladesh police say senior opposition leader arrested in Dhaka Published 19 Jul, 2024 12:32pm DHAKA: Bangladesh police on Friday arrested one of the country’s most senior opposition party leaders in the capital...
BD journalist charged over high food cost article Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am DHAKA: Bangladesh police on Wednesday charged a reporter from a leading newspaper for producing “false news”...
24 dead after boat sinks in Bangladesh Published 26 Sep, 2022 07:54am DHAKA: At least 24 people were killed and around the same number were missing on Sunday after an overcrowded boat...