Tag: Bangladesh
Bangladesh court takes up murder case against ex-PM
Officials said the military-backed government is targeting both the ex-premiers in the anti-corruption drive as their family members and relatives…
Bangladesh: UN urges peaceful transition
Türk highlighted that democratic order and the rule of law must be ensured as quickly as possible, and that all…
Bangladesh prime minister resigns after weeks of violent protests
Following news of Hasina’s resignation, numerous Awami League offices and leaders’ homes across Dhaka and other areas were attacked and…
‘Tinubu’s election huge moment for Nigeria’
By Muhyideen Jimoh Mr Masudur Rahman, Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Nigeria has described the election of the candidate of the…
20 students to die for murder of fellow student Abrar Fahad
Fahad was a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).
Bangladesh seeks collaboration with Nollywood
Bangladesh High Commissioner to Nigeria, Masudur Rahman, has called for collaboration in film making between his country’s movie industry and…
Customs seizes 17kg gold bars at airport
Customs officials on Monday said it seized 150 gold bars weighing 17.4 kg at Bangladesh’s Shah Amanat International Airport in…
66 Nigerians jailed in Bangladesh for fraud
Sixty-six Nigerians are spending various terms in prisons in Bangladsh for fraud and other crimes, a report by the country's…
Bangladesh executes assassin of country’s first leader
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was killed along with most of his family in a…
Coronavirus: Bangladesh rolls out $8.5bn bailout package
Bangladesh has announced an economic stimulus package worth over 8.5 billion dollars to cushion the shock of the global coronavirus…
Bangladesh shuts schools
Bangladesh authorities on Monday announced the closure of all educational institutions for 15 days after three more coronavirus cases were…
5 dead in Bangladesh tourist boat mishap
At least five people have died after a tourist boat capsized in south-eastern Bangladesh on Friday, rescuers said.
Bangladesh shuts down mobile network
Citing security concerns, the Bangladeshi government has ordered the country's all four cell phone operators to shut down services along…
Bangladesh’s court dismisses jailed ex-premier Zia’s bail prayer
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a petition seeking the release of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who has been…
10 injured as train derails, catches fire
Rail services in parts of Bangladesh including capital Dhaka were on Thursday suspended after six compartments of a train derailed…
Bangladeshi man shaves wife’s head over hair strand in food
A Bangladeshi man has been arrested by the police after he forcibly shaved his wife’s head after he found a…
Face of shame: Onyeanwusi Nigerian arrested in Bangladesh for meth
Nigerian Ajah Anayochukwa Onyeanwusi, who sells garments in Dhaka Bangladesh has been arrested, after authorities found that his real business…
Fire kills 8 family members
Eight members of a family died after a fire believed to have been caused by an electricity malfunction broke out…
Bangladesh court doubles ex-prime minister’s jail term
A Bangladeshi court has doubled former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s prison sentence for misappropriating funds meant for orphans from five…
World Bank approves $240m for Bangladesh marine fisheries project
The Bangladeshi government on Thursday signed a 240 million dollars financing agreement with the World Bank to help improve management…
Bangladesh raises minimum wage for Garment Workers
The monthly minimum wage for entry-level Workers in Garment Factories in Bangladesh is being raised by 51 per cent, to…
Bangladesh approves draft law banning child labour
The Bangladeshi government on Monday approved the draft of a law banning child labour in the country with provisions for…
Human Rights Watch slams Bangladesh for detaining peaceful protesters
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday criticised the Bangladeshi authorities for arbitrarily detaining peaceful protesters and tracking people on social…
World Bank provides $510m to improve Bangladesh secondary education
The Bangladeshi Government on Monday signed a 510 million dollars financing agreement with the World Bank to enhance the quality…
2016 cafe attack: Bangladesh acquits British citizen detained without charge
A Bangladesh court on Wednesday acquitted a British man detained without charge for two years on suspicion of involvement in…
Bangladesh considers capital punishment for driving deaths
Bangladesh’s cabinet on Monday will consider capital punishment for traffic accident deaths, a law ministry official said, as thousands of…
Bangladesh: ADB approves $100m grant for displaced people
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Friday that it has approved a $100 million grant assistance to help the…
U.S. urges Bangladesh to probe extrajudicial killings
The United States urged the Government of Bangladesh to investigate all extrajudicial killings in anti-drug operations, U.S. Department of State…
Rohingya Refugees: Bangladesh not expecting much help from foreign donors
Bangladesh is not expecting much help from foreign donors as it forges ahead with plans to relocate 100,000 Rohingya refugees…
Bangladesh declares one day of mourning for victims of Nepal plane crash
The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina has declared Thursday a day of mourning for the victims of a deadly…