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Security tightened at Indian Assistant High Commission Office in Bangladesh
Dhaka: Security has been strengthened at the Indian Assistant High Commission office and the visa application centre in Bangladesh’s Sylhet city in the wake of heightened tensions following the death of prominent…
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7 arrested over man’s lynching in Bangladesh
Dhaka/ New Delhi: Seven people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, the interim government announced on Saturday. Dipu Chandra Das, 25, was lynched to…
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Awami League condemns attacks on media offices, flags crisis in Bangladesh
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Awami League party strongly condemned a series of nationwide attacks targeting media offices, cultural institutions, and diplomatic missions, describing them as a “planned terrorist attack.” The party asserted that such…
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Bangladesh uprising leader’s death sparks nationwide protests, violence
Dhaka: Tension gripped Bangladesh on Friday after the death of prominent July Uprising leader Sharif Osman Hadi triggered protests and violence in various parts of the country. While no incidents of violence…
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Victory Day: Sheikh Hasina’s son warns of Pakistan-backed proxies in Bangladesh
Dhaka: As Bangladesh observes Victory Day on Tuesday, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed warned that the “proxies of Pakistani occupational forces” have been emboldened across the country to an…
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Bangladesh foreign ministry summons Indian envoy over Hasina’s statements
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma to express its “serious concern” over the “incendiary statements” made by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in…
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Bangladesh to hold general elections on February 12
Dhaka: Bangladesh will hold the general elections on February 12, its first since the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government in a violent student-led protest in August 2024. “Voting will…
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Efforts continue to bring back Hasina from India: Bangladesh foreign adviser
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government on Wednesday said it will continue diplomatic efforts to bring back from India deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been convicted and sentenced in multiple cases. The…
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Air ambulance for Bangladesh’s ex-PM Khaleda Zia to land in Dhaka
Dhaka: An air ambulance arranged to fly Bangladesh’s critically ill former prime minister Khaleda Zia to London for medical treatment will land in Dhaka on Tuesday, aviation officials said on Sunday. A…
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Deported to Bangladesh, Bengal woman Sunali Khatun, son return home
Rampurhat: Six-year old Afreen wouldn’t stop giggling even as her mother, Sunali Khatun, was being wheeled inside the Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital, amid relentless clicks of media shutterbugs on Saturday…
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Lok Sabha sees TMC–BJP clash over deportation of Bangla-speaking people
New Delhi: Heated exchanges between Trinamool Congress and BJP MPs were witnessed in the Lok Sabha on Friday after TMC’s Satabdi Roy said Bangla-speaking people are being deported to Bangladesh and asserted…
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SC allows entry of pregnant woman, her child into India from Bangladesh
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed on “humanitarian grounds” the entry of a pregnant woman and her eight-year-old child into India, months after they were pushed into Bangladesh. A bench…
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Bangladesh’s armed forces chiefs make rare joint visit to ailing ex-PM Zia
Dhaka: In a rare joint public visit, the chiefs of Bangladesh’s three armed services met ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia at the hospital where she is undergoing treatment, according to the…
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Khaleda Zia’s son readies return amid her deteriorating health: Party leader
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman, who has been living in self-exile in London for over a decade, is preparing to return home soon, a senior leader…
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Bangladesh: oppn slams Yunus govt after court’s verdict against Hasina, family
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Awami League party accused the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of showing “no sense of responsibility” towards the people of the country, saying it continues to stage “one farce after another”…
