Mar 31, 2025, at 11:08 am
The US government will present Bangladeshi women student protest leaders who spearheaded the movement against former PM Sheikh Hasina last year that led to her ouster and the fall of her government, with the Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award for their bravery and selflessness.
Bangladesh interim government not planning to ban Sheikh Hasina's Awami League
Mar 21, 2025, at 02:45 pm
Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said his administration is not planning to ban ousted former PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League.
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.
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.
Sheikh Hasina hints at US role in toppling her government in undelivered speech
Aug 11, 2024, at 08:15 pm
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina would have accused the US of the change in the recent regime in her country in her last speech which she was planning to deliver to the nation before her exit but could not do it since demonstrators entered her residence and she was forced to flee Dhaka last week.
Bangladesh PM calls her meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping 'fruitful'
Oct 15, 2016, at 12:23 am
Dhaka, Oct 14 (IBNS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said her meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping was 'fruitful'.
US Secretary of State John Kerry visits Bangladesh, meets Sheikh Hasina
Aug 29, 2016, at 10:34 pm
Dhaka, Aug 29 (IBNS): Visiting Bangladesh for the first time, US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday met country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh: Govt orders shutting down of Peace schools
Aug 03, 2016, at 04:27 am
Dhaka, Aug 2 (IBNS): The Bangladesh government has directed to shut down unapproved schools by the name of ‘Peace School’ across the Asian nation.
Sheikh Hasina to pay tribute to Dhaka cafe attack victim tomorrow
Jul 04, 2016, at 03:47 am
Dhaka, July 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday will pay tribute to the victims of the militant attack at a cafe in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Friday.
Shiekh Hasina urges people to keep faith on her govt
Jul 03, 2016, at 02:26 am
Dhaka, July 2 (IBNS): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged people of the Asian nation to keep faith on her government after the country witnessed a bloody attack carried out by militants at a cafe in capital Dhaka's Gulshan area which left several people, including foreigners, on Saturday.
Dhaka hostage crisis: 20 foreigners, 6 terrorists killed
Jul 02, 2016, at 10:04 pm
Dhaka, July 2 (IBNS): The Bangladeshi Army on Saturday said that 20 foreigners were killed by heavily armed terrorists suspected to belong to terror outfit ISIS after being taken hostage at a restaurant in the capital city Dhaka on Friday evening.
Bangla hostage crisis : Hasina condemns terror attack, but confusion prevails over toll
Jul 02, 2016, at 06:31 pm
Dhaka, Jul 2 (IBNS) : As the hostage crisis in Dhaka ended after a 10-hour long bloody drama, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday that 13 hostages were rescued from the besieged cafe in Dhaka, but some had been killed.
No IS in Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina
Oct 04, 2015, at 11:20 pm
Dhaka, Oct 4 (IBNS): Amid reports of IS involvements in the killings of two foreign nationals in Bangladesh, country's PM Sheikh Hasina rejected the presence of the militant group in the Asian nation.
Bangladesh: Foreign missions' alert for its citizens surprises PM Sheikh Hasina
Sep 30, 2015, at 11:12 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): Amid directions given by UK, US and Australia governments to their nationals to limit their movements in Bangladesh, country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in the USA, expressed her surprise over the move.