A Turkish backed NGO in Dhaka allegedly displayed maps of ‘Greater Bangladesh’ — that comprised several Indian states of Eastern and Northeast regions. Sources told the Economic Times that the so-called “Greater Bangladesh” includes Myanmar’s Arakan State, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, …
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to release $1.3 billion to Bangladesh in June, after completing a fourth review of its $4.7-billion loan programme and a key breakthrough in talks on exchange rate reforms, the finance ministry in Dhaka …
Bangladesh’s interim government led by Muhammad Yunus on May 10 banned deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League under an anti-terrorism law after days of protest. A statement by the government, according to Reuters, said that the ban would remain …
Bangladesh’s interim government, headed by chief advisor Muhammad Yunus, on Saturday announced a ban on deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s party, the Awami League. Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is in India after fleeing her country to escape …
Bangladesh’s interim government on Friday (May 9) announced it would make a “quick decision” on banning the Awami League, the party of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, following mounting pressure from student-led activists and rightwing groups. ‘Quick decision’ promised The …
A Bangladesh court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of detained Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in four more cases, a day after the court took a similar action against him in a murder case. Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das had …
In more trouble for Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Bangladesh court on Monday ordered his arrest in a murder case involving the brutal killing of a lawyer outside a court in Chattogram last November. Das, a former ISKCON leader, …
A former Bangladesh army officer and a close aide of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus suggested that Dhaka should collaborate with China to occupy India’s northeastern states if it attacks Pakistan. Tensions between India and Pakistan have worsened after a terror …
A Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday granted bail to ISKCON leader Chandan Kumar Dhar, known as Chinmoy Krishna Das, in a sedition case, reported The Daily Star. Chinmoy Das was arrested following a controversy that erupted when a sedition case …
* How is Bangladesh preparing farmers for increasingly salty soil? Soils along Bangladesh coast becoming more salinated * Many crops will not grow in dry season when soil saltier * Country tries to educate farmers on how to cope By …