US Awami League Vice President hopes Sheikh Hasina will return to Bangladesh as PM
Mar 13, 2025, at 04:57 pm
US Awami League Vice President Dr Rabbi Alam has expressed confidence that Sheikh Hasina will return as Prime Minister of Bangladesh and thanked India for sheltering her after she fled the South Asian nation on August 5, 2024 following massive protests against her regime over a job quota issue.
Bangladesh: Court directs to seize ex-PM Hasina's Dhaka residence, over 120 bank accounts frozen
Mar 12, 2025, at 10:42 am
A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of plots, houses and flats belonging to former PM Sheikh Hasina and her family members, adding more troubles for the family that played a major role in securing Bangladesh's freedom from Pakistan in 1971.
Mar 03, 2025, at 06:47 pm
Bangladesh's Khulna University has renamed different institutions by omitting the names of Hindu chemist Prafulla Chandra Ray, physicist Jagadish Chandra Bose and poet Jibanananda Das, media reports said.
Bangladesh records 46 COVID-19 deaths 3,489 test positive in past 24 hrs
Jul 08, 2020, at 04:06 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from Coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 2,197 with 46 more people succumbing to the contagion in the last 24 hours.
Bangladesh reports highest daily rise of 2,523 COVID-19 cases
May 29, 2020, at 08:39 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh on Friday confirmed 2,523 new cases of COVID-19, the highest single day rise since the start of the pandemic in the country on March 8, bringing the total to 42,844.
Bangladesh reports 19 more COVID-19 deaths
May 13, 2020, at 04:50 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from novel coronavirus has reached 269 as 19 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in the country on Wednesday
COVID-19: Bangladesh government likely to extend shutdown by 10 days
May 02, 2020, at 04:59 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, the Bangladesh government is planning to extend the nationwide shutdown of offices and workplaces by 10 days from May 15, media reports said.
COVID-19: Bangladesh reports one more Coronavirus infection case in past 23 hours
Mar 30, 2020, at 06:59 pm
Dhaka/UNI: One more person has been infected with coronavirus or COVID-19 in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday.
After India, China donates testing kits, PPEs to Bangladesh
Mar 26, 2020, at 11:37 pm
Dhaka/UNI: After India handed over 30 thousand surgical masks and 15 thousand head covers to Bangladesh, the second batch of medical logistics, including 10,000 testing kits, 10,000 personal protective equipment and 1,000 infrared thermometers, arrived here from Kunming in China on Thursday afternoon.
Bangladesh: Unknown men kill Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader
Feb 15, 2020, at 03:39 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Unknown men have hacked to death a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student body of Bangladesh's political party BNP, media reports said on Saturday.
Cold snap grips Bangladesh, hits normal life
Dec 22, 2019, at 07:35 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bone-chilling cold has slowed the wheels of normal life in most parts of Bangladesh including the capital of Dhaka.
Despite grappling with Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh is ‘development miracle’
Sep 28, 2019, at 08:20 am
New York: Despite global turbulence and economic uncertainty, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh told the General Assembly on Friday evening that her country has often been cited as a “development miracle”.
Bangladesh: Islamic State claims responsibility for two bombs found in Dhaka
Jul 26, 2019, at 03:20 pm
Dhaka, July 26 (IBNS): Islamic State has claimed that its members placed two bombs found near police boxes in Dhaka, media reports said on Friday.
Bangladesh to be among top 20 growing economies by 2014
May 11, 2019, at 04:50 pm
Dhaka, May 11 ( UNI) Finance Minister of Bangladesh AHM Mustafa Kamal on Saturday said Bangladesh will be among the top 20 growing economies of the world by 2024.
Bangladesh: Security forces arrest four suspected terrorists
Feb 02, 2019, at 04:13 pm
Dhaka, Feb 2 (IBNS): Bangladesh security forces said they have arrested four suspected terrorists who were planning to murder a newspaper editor, media reports said.
Sheikh Hasina takes oath as Bangladesh PM
Jan 07, 2019, at 05:38 pm
Dhaka, Jan 7 (IBNS): Sheikh Hasina took oath as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the fourth time in her political career on Monday.
Bangladesh elections: Hold those responsible accountable for ‘violent attacks and intimidation’
Jan 05, 2019, at 09:03 am
New York, Jan 5 (IBNS): Violence and alleged human rights violations in Bangladesh “before, during and after” 30 December elections have prompted the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) to call on Friday for those responsible to be held to account.
Bangladesh: Hindu home gutted in Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila
Dec 28, 2018, at 06:17 pm
Dhaka, Dec 28 (IBNS): An alleged arson attack has been carried out at the residence of a Hindu family in Bangladesh's Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila, media reports said on Friday.
UN calls for ‘peaceful, credible and inclusive’ election in Bangladesh
Dec 28, 2018, at 08:33 am
New York, Dec 28 (IBNS): In the run-up to Sunday’s general elections in Bangladesh, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for “an environment free of violence, intimidation and coercion” to allow a “peaceful, credible and inclusive poll.”
Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case : Bangladesh SC stays Khaleda Zia's bail till May 8
Mar 19, 2018, at 09:14 pm
Dhaka, Mar 19 (IBNS) : The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Monday stayed till May 8 the High Court order which granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, media reports said.
Bangladesh to observe day-long mourning tomorrow over loss of lives in Nepal plane crash
Mar 14, 2018, at 09:21 pm
Dhaka, Mar 14 (IBNS): The Bangladesh government on Wednesday announced that the country will observe a day-long mourning on Thursday over the loss of lives in the recent plane mishap in Nepal.
UN agencies scale up work in Bangladesh as Rohingya refugee crisis enters fourth month
Dec 20, 2017, at 05:05 am
New York, Dec 19(Just Earth News): As the Rohingya refugee emergency in Bangladesh enters its fourth month, United Nations agencies are scaling up their relief work to respond to a range of issues, including outbreak of diphtheria, lack of access to sanitation and sexual violence.
Rohingya refugees face ‘multitude of protection risks,’ warns UN agency
Dec 16, 2017, at 09:48 am
New York, Dec 16(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that it is concerned about the deteriorating environment in which Rohingya refugees are living, especially children, who make up 55 per cent of the Rohingya refugee population in Bangladesh.
UN stepping up support to diphtheria vaccination campaign for Rohingya children in Bangladesh
Dec 13, 2017, at 02:09 pm
New York, Dec 13(Just Earth News): A United Nations-backed campaign to immunize Rohingya children against diphtheria began on Tuesday in Bangladesh, following an outbreak that has resulted in nine deaths in the camps and makeshift settlements hosting these refugees from Myanmar.
Dec 06, 2017, at 04:50 am
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday called for an international criminal probe into the perpetrators of the widespread and brutal attacks that have driven more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar since August, noting that “elements of genocide” against the minority could not be ruled out.
UNICEF warns of contaminated drinking water in camps for Rohingya refugees
Nov 22, 2017, at 11:06 am
New York, Nov 22(Just Earth News): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working with authorities in Bangladesh to urgently investigate high levels E.coli contamination in water drawn from wells inside the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.
Desperate Rohingya refugees use home-made rafts to get to Bangladesh – UN
Nov 18, 2017, at 10:32 am
New York, Nov 18(Just Earth News): Over the past 10 days, dozens of makeshift rafts carrying more than a thousand people have floated into Bangladesh, proof that Rohingya refugees are resorting to increasingly desperate means to flee to Myanmar, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
UN, partners building roads to reach Rohingya refugees camped in muddy, flood-prone terrain
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:44 am
New York, Nov 11(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency and its partners are rushing to build roads in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar to improve humanitarian access to hilly terrain, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have settled in makeshift camps.
One-third of Rohingya refugee families in Bangladesh vulnerable, UN agency finds
Nov 08, 2017, at 09:50 am
New York, Nov 8(Just Earth News): The innovative data collection technology employed by the United Nations refugee agency for the first stage of Rohingya family counting in Bangladesh has revealed a worrying statistic: one-third of the refugee population is vulnerable.
Thousands of Rohingyas cross into Bangladesh overnight; child malnutrition soars in camps – UN
Nov 04, 2017, at 04:46 am
New York, Nov 3(Just Earth News):As more than 3,000 desperate, tired and hungry Rohingya refugees have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar over the past two days, United Nations agencies and their partners are working around the clock to provide urgent life-saving aid and shelter to this latest influx.