Deadly job-quota riots: Curfew imposed in Dhaka
DHAKA: Curfew has been imposed here on Saturday (20th July, 2024) after the student-led protests against the government's job-quota policy claimed 165 lives (including that of several cops) yet the…
Tens of thousands stage anti-France rally in Bangladesh
DHAKA: Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the Bangladesh capital on Tuesday calling for a boycott of French products and burning an effigy of President Emmanuel Macron after he…
Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis return to overseas workplaces amid COVID-19
DHAKA: Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis have returned to their workplaces abroad till the middle of October since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been revealed by the country's Finance…
Bangladesh aim to break new ground at World Cup
Bangladesh aim to break new ground at World Cup
DHAKA: Bangladesh have set their sights on capping a remarkable rise by reaching the World Cup semi-finals for the first time. Mashrafe Mortaza's arrive in England confident of making the…
Pollution threatens 1 million Rohingya refugees
Pollution threatens 1 million Rohingya refugees: study
DHAKA: Pollution has come to pose serious health risks for some one million Rohingya refugees at one of the world’s largest shelter camps in of Bangladesh, a new study indicated.…
Bangladesh change World Cup strip after uproar
Bangladesh change World Cup strip after uproar
DHAKA: Bangladesh has altered its World Cup cricket strip to add a touch of red following uproar over the initial design, which some had likened to rival Pakistan's kit, the…
Uncapped Jayed gets World Cup spot for Bangladesh
Uncapped Jayed gets World Cup spot for Bangladesh
DHAKA: Uncapped pace bowler Abu Jayed got the nod as Bangladesh named an otherwise experienced 15-man squad for the cricket World Cup on Tuesday. Jayed, 25, made his Test debut…
UN official welcomes Rohingya relocation plan
UN official welcomes Rohingya relocation plan
DHAKA: A senior UN official has welcomed Bangladesh's plan to move Rohingya refugees out of the country's congested camps, but said any move to transfer some 100,000 of them to…
Bangladesh garment workers clash with police as strikes roll on
Bangladesh garment workers clash with police as strikes roll on
DHAKA: Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers churning out clothes for top global brands walked off the job Sunday and clashed with police as protests over low wages entered a second…
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Bangladesh man jailed for altered Facebook pix of PM
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi man who distorted and posted photos of the prime minister has been sentenced to seven years in jail under tough internet laws that critics say are used…
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Bangladesh continues Human Rights abuse, holds hundreds in secret jails: HRW
DHAKA: The security agencies in Bangladesh are holding hundreds of ‘unknown’ prisoners in the secret jails, a rights group has claimed. The Human Rights Watch report, released days after the…
Dhaka Cafe attack
Mastermind of Dhaka cafe attack killed in raid: Police
DHAKA: Bangladesh security forces on Saturday claimed that they have killed four militants, including the alleged mastermind of an attack on a cafe in Dhaka last month in which 22…
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Dhaka cafe attack survivor dies after torture
DHAKA: An 18-year-old Bangladeshi teenager, who was arrested after last week´s deadly attack on a Dhaka café, has died in the police custody on Friday. Zakir Hossain Shawon, who police…