Muhammad Yunus says reforms should be completed before 'December polls'
Mar 17, 2025, at 06:41 pm
Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus has focussed on the urgency of implementing reforms since his administration has limited time before the possible general elections in December.
UN chief Antonio Guterres expresses solidarity with Bangladesh amid political transition
Mar 16, 2025, at 02:31 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who is currently visiting Bangladesh, underscored the pivotal moment the country is facing as it navigates a period of significant transition and reform.
Bangladesh: Minority Group claims violence against minorities still continuing in country
Mar 14, 2025, at 06:02 pm
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, the largest minority group in Bangladesh, has claimed that attacks and violence against minorities in the South Asian country still continue months after the interim government came to power in the nation following the ouster of former PM Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024.
Bangladesh police arrest 36 members of banned Hizb ut-Tahrir following Friday's rally
Mar 10, 2025, at 06:24 pm
At least 36 members belonging to the banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) were arrested by Bangladeshi police on Friday while conducting a nationwide search operation to nab them.
Dhaka Police baton charge, lob tear gas to disperse Hizb ut-Tahrir's procession
Mar 07, 2025, at 05:14 pm
Bangladesh police baton charged and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a procession taken out by members of banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dhaka city on Friday, media reports said.
Bangladesh is now occupied by Jamaat-e-Islami jihadi and militant groups: Taslima Nasreen
Mar 03, 2025, at 03:27 pm
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has criticised the interim government in Bangladesh and said her nation is currently ruled by Jamaat-e-Islami jihadi and militant groups.
Bangladesh Army Chief says 'country is at risk, the anarchy we have witnessed is of our own making'
Feb 26, 2025, at 11:03 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman has admitted that there is a serious problem in his country owing to a rapidly worsening law and order situation, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Suspected miscreants attack Air Force base in Cox's Bazar, one dead
Feb 24, 2025, at 04:25 pm
Suspected 'miscreants' launched a sudden attack on the Air Force Base near Samiti Para in Bangladesh's coastal Cox's Bazar on Monday leaving at least one person dead, media reports said.
Pakistan, Bangladesh resume direct trade for first time since 1971 Liberation War
Feb 24, 2025, at 02:54 pm
Amid the changed geopolitical landscape since the exit of Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka and Islamabad have resumed direct trade for the first time since the 1971 war that led to the formation of Bangladesh.
Feb 19, 2025, at 09:45 am
Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vowed to return to her country to avenge the deaths of her Awami League cadres and some police officers during the political unrest in the South Asian nation.
Feb 16, 2025, at 08:59 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Mohammed Yunus, has invited billionaire Elon Musk to introduce his satellite internet service, Starlink, in the country, media reports said.
Bangladesh interim government removes Bangabandhu's name from national stadium
Feb 16, 2025, at 02:41 pm
The National Sports Council on Saturday announced the renaming of Bangabandhu National Stadium as National Stadium, dropping the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from it, a move seen as a step taken by the interim government to end the legacy of Bangladesh's Founding Father.
Feb 16, 2025, at 01:52 pm
Washington DC: As part of its cost-cutting drive to reduce the burden on US taxpayers, the Donald Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has terminated several overseas projects, including one in Bangladesh that has drawn attention.
Feb 15, 2025, at 06:08 pm
A group of Awami League supporters joined to raise slogans against Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus outside the Blair House in Washington on Thursday.
Feb 14, 2025, at 04:49 pm
A festival which was supposed to be held in memory of spiritual leader Lalon Fakir in Bangladesh's Madhupur region has been cancelled following objections by Islamic groups, local media reports said.
I will leave it to PM Modi: Donald Trump on Bangladesh crisis
Feb 14, 2025, at 12:55 pm
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has denied his country's "deep state" role in the ongoing Bangladesh crisis which started after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government and said the matter will be dealt with by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Feb 12, 2025, at 05:51 pm
Bangladesh’s former Government led by ex-PM Sheikh Hasina and security and intelligence services, alongside violent elements associated with the Awami League party, systematically engaged in a range of serious human rights violations during last year’s student-led protests, a report by the UN Human Rights Office has found.
Bangladesh: 'Jihadists' attack stall displaying Taslima Nasreen's book at Dhaka book fair
Feb 11, 2025, at 03:22 pm
A group of madrasa students recently attacked a stall at the ongoing Amar Ekushey Boi Mela (book fair) in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka for displaying a book written by exiled writer Taslima Nasreen.
Operation Devil Hunt: Over 1300 arrested as Bangladesh government launches sweeping crackdown
Feb 10, 2025, at 09:29 am
Bangladesh authorities have arrested over 1300 people during a joint forces operation launched to tackle the latest wave of violence across the country which saw attackers vandalising the family residence of Founding Father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhaka and other properties belonging to Awami League.
Feb 08, 2025, at 06:27 pm
Human Rights Watch reacted to the recent vandalisation of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's house in Dhaka and said 'lawlessness' was not justified.
Feb 08, 2025, at 05:28 pm
Bangladesh Interim government chief Muhammad Yunus urged citizens to 'immediately restore complete law and order and to ensure there will be no further attacks on properties' belonging to former PM Sheikh Hasina's family or any members of her Awami League.
Feb 07, 2025, at 04:26 pm
The detective branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Thursday detained Bangladeshi actress Sohana Saba, hours after her colleague Meher Afroz Shaon was arrested on charges of conspiring against the state.
Bangladeshi actor Meher Afroz Shaon arrested on charges of conspiracy against state
Feb 07, 2025, at 12:17 am
Dhaka/IBNS: The Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested actor Meher Afroz Shaon on charges of conspiring against the state.
Bangladesh protesters vandalise Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's residence in Dhaka before setting it on fire
Feb 06, 2025, at 12:43 am
Dhaka/IBNS: A mob vandalised and set ablaze the residence of Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Feb 03, 2025, at 05:47 pm
Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus, during whose regime the South Asian country witnessed a spike in attacks on minorities, wished the Hindu community members when they are worshipping Goddess Saraswati on Monday.
George Soros's son meets Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus after Donald Trump freezes aid
Jan 30, 2025, at 06:02 pm
Dhaka: Alex Soros, the son of American billionaire George Soros and chair of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), met with Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh’s interim government, just days after the Trump administration halted foreign aid to Bangladesh.
Islamists targeting Hindus, Ahmadiyya communities in Bangladesh, claims Human Rights Watch report
Jan 29, 2025, at 06:17 pm
Human Rights Watch has said groups promoting extremist Islam are attacking minorities, particularly those from Hindu and Ahmadiyya communities, in Bangladesh, a nation which witnessed a massive political change last year after former PM Sheikh Hasina -led government toppled on August 5 amid severe protests against her regime.
Jan 29, 2025, at 02:53 pm
Ousted ex-PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League has announced a series of political programmes, including a general strike and blockade, across Bangladesh next month, demanding the removal of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus-led interim government over alleged 'oppressed misrule'.
Donald Trump-led government halts US aid to Bangladesh
Jan 27, 2025, at 10:27 am
The US government has decided to halt all aid to Muhammad Yunus-led Bangladesh, days after President Donald Trump took charge of the country.
Jan 26, 2025, at 01:43 pm
Bangladesh's interim government's key adviser Mahfuj Alam has said former PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League will not be allowed to participate in the general elections.