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Bangladesh Interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Friday met Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, in Beijing when they discussed issues related to bilateral ties, a step taken amid strained ties between Dhaka and New Delhi following the exit of ousted former PM Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024. more
Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus dismisses 'coup' rumours

Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday rejected reports that claimed the country may witness a possible military coup and said 'rumours' are spread to desta ...

Bangladesh Army Chief dismisses state of emergency speculation

Bangladesh Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman has rejected all speculation about a state of emergency in the South Asian country that witnessed the sudden fall of its former PM Sheikh Hasi ...

Bangladesh's Khulna University omits names of Prafulla Chandra Ray, Jagadish Chandra Bose from various installations

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 ...

Bangladesh occupied by Jamaat-e-Islami jihadi and militant groups, says exlied writer Taslima Nasreen

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.

Nahid Islam, who led movement to ouster Sheikh Hasina, quits Bangladesh interim government

Student movement leader Nahid Islam, who spearheaded the movement that led to the fall of the former Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5 last year, on Tuesday, resigned ...

Suspected miscreants attack Air Force base in Bangladesh, one dead

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, medi ...

Pakistan, Bangladesh resume direct trade for first time since 1971

Islamabad and Dhaka have resumed direct trade for the first time since the 1971 war that led to the formation of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina vows to make political comeback in virtual address, says Yunus has no experience of running govt

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 S ...

Bangladesh: Islamist objections force organisers to cancel event to mark Lalon's death anniversary

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 med ...