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Bangladesh coup

The more than one month long agitation in Bangladesh against the quota policy has finally ended in a military coup....

Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am

Opinion

India likely to throw Hasina under the bus

Bangladesh crisis seems to have acutely deepened. This South Asian country that came into existence from the womb of...

Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am

World

Bangladesh president orders release of jailed ex-PM Khaleda Zia

Zia, 78, is in poor health and confined to hospital after she was sentenced to 17 years in prison for graft in 2018

Published 05 Aug, 2024 09:36pm

World

After 15 years in power, Sheikh Hasina falls as Bangladesh look to start new chapter

DHAKA: Sheikh Hasina once helped rescue Bangladesh from military rule but her long rule came to a sudden end on...

Published 05 Aug, 2024 04:40pm

World

Who is the Bangladesh army chief who announced Hasina’s resignation?

Just over a month after he became Bangladesh’s army chief, General Waker-Us-Zaman has been thrust into the...

Published 05 Aug, 2024 03:39pm

World

Sheikh Hasina flees Bangladesh, ‘heading to London’ as military takes over

Bangladesh army chief General Waker-Us-Zaman confirms Hasina has resigned
Television visuals show thousands of people pouring into the streets of the capital Dhaka in jubilation and shouting slogans

Updated 05 Aug, 2024 10:23pm

World

Bangladesh protesters call for march to Dhaka in defiance of curfew

DHAKA: Protesting students in Bangladesh have called for a march to the capital Dhaka on Monday in defiance of a...

Published 05 Aug, 2024 12:05pm

World

At least 73 killed as clashes rock Bangladesh, curfew imposed

Mobile services, internet remain tightly restricted

Updated 04 Aug, 2024 09:36pm

World

Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience

DHAKA: Student leaders rallied Bangladeshis on Saturday for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign as Prime...

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 07:31pm

Print

India, BD enact new law: Ministry working on draft ‘Dam Safety Act’

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Water Resources has started work on formulation of draft Dam Safety Act in line with regional...

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 08:50am

World

Student leader release fails to quell Bangladesh protests

DHAKA: Demonstrations in Bangladesh after Friday prayers demanded justice for victims of nationwide unrest and...

Published 02 Aug, 2024 04:56pm

Business & Finance

Pak Suzuki begins exporting vehicles

KARACHI: Hiroshi Kawamura, CEO of Pak Suzuki, revealed that the company has begun exporting vehicles to Bangladesh...

Published 01 Aug, 2024 06:06am

World

EU slams ‘use of excessive force’ against Bangladesh protesters

BRUSSELS: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday condemned the “use of excessive” force against protesters...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:08pm

World

Bangladesh protests resume after ultimatum ignored

DHAKA: Bangladeshi students held scattered street protests on Monday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

World

Bangladesh protests to resume after ultimatum ignored

DHAKA: Bangladeshi students called new street protests for Monday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 12:37pm

World

Bangladesh students vow to resume protests unless leaders freed

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi student group has vowed to resume protests that sparked a lethal police crackdown and...

Updated 28 Jul, 2024 08:38pm

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CPJ says deeply concerned at killing of BD journalists

NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Bangladesh authorities to investigate the killings of...

Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:16am

World

Bangladesh protests quelled but anger, discontent remain

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina imposed a nationwide curfew last week and used the army to quell...

Published 26 Jul, 2024 12:34pm

World

Bangladesh PM surveys destruction as unrest recedes

DHAKA: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wept Thursday as she surveyed the destruction wrought by days of...

Published 25 Jul, 2024 05:10pm

World

Bangladesh garment factories reopen after unrest

DHAKA: Garment factories and banks reopened in Bangladesh Wednesday after authorities eased a curfew imposed to...

Published 24 Jul, 2024 05:01pm

Print

Bangladesh-A, Sri Lanka-A cricket teams to tour Pakistan

LAHORE: Pakistan Shaheens will play four additional four-day and six 50-over matches this year when Bangladesh-A and...

Published 24 Jul, 2024 05:38am

World

Bangladesh arrest total passes 2,500: AFP tally

DHAKA: The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday,...

Updated 23 Jul, 2024 06:08pm

World

Flight carrying Malaysians evacuated from Bangladesh to arrive on Tuesday

KUALA LUMPUR: A charted flight carrying Malaysian nationals evacuated from deadly violence in Bangladesh is expected...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 11:01am

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Bangladesh PM blames opposition for violence

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blamed her political opponents for deadly violence that swept the...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 08:29am

World

Bangladesh calm a day after top court scrapped some job quotas

DHAKA: Bangladesh appeared calm on Monday amid a curfew, but widespread disruption of telecoms prevailed a day after...

Published 22 Jul, 2024 12:08pm

World

Bangladesh student group 'won't call off protests': spokesman

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi student group whose demonstrations against civil service hiring rules precipitated serious...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 10:30pm

World

Bangladesh top court scraps most job quotas that triggered deadly protests, media reports

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that have sparked...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 11:56pm

World

US issues ‘don’t travel’ alert for protest-hit Bangladesh

WASHINGTON: The US State Department warned Americans on Saturday not to travel to Bangladesh and said it would began...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 12:53pm

World

Bangladesh extends curfew ahead of court hearing on controversial job quotas

DHAKA: Bangladesh extended a curfew on Sunday to control violent student-led protests that have killed at least 114...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 10:56am

World

Bangladesh soldiers out in force as PM Hasina cancels foreign trip

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

Updated 20 Jul, 2024 09:37pm