[ad_1] BNP chairperson and former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia is on ventilator support and receiving intensive care for multiple serious complications, according to updates shared on Thursday. She remains in critical condition at the Dhaka-based Evercare Hospital, where a medical board is overseeing her treatment. Zia’s son Tarique Rahman, 60, who has been living in […]
[ad_1] DHAKA: Violence in an election environment is completely unacceptable, Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus said, expressing concern over an independent candidate being shot at and seriously injured on Friday — the first instance pre-poll violence after the February 12 parliamentary election schedule was announced on Thursday.Dhaka-8 constituency candidate Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab […]
[ad_1] Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin announced the poll schedule in a pre-recorded televised address, setting Dec 29 as the last date for filing nomination papers. Election campaign will begin on Jan 22 and will end on Feb 10 at 7.30am. Voting in all 300 parliamentary constituencies will take place on Feb 12, he […]
[ad_1] The irony is sharp. For years, British universities depended on international students to keep their books balanced and their campuses global. Now many of those same institutions are quietly shutting their doors to two of their biggest applicant pools. The sector insists this is about compliance, not discrimination, but the effect is unmistakable: students […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the entry of a pregnant woman and her eight-year-old child into India on “humanitarian grounds,” months after the pair had been pushed into Bangladesh.The Supreme Court was hearing the Centre’s challenge to the Calcutta High Court’s September 26 order, which struck down the government’s move to […]
[ad_1] Sheikh Hasina (PTI image) Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeed Wazed said on Sunday that his mother is “upset, angry, outraged” as the country awaits a crucial court verdict that could sentence her to death. He warned that supporters of the Awami League will block next year’s national election if the party’s […]
[ad_1] Bangladesh witnessed a series of crude bomb explosions in Dhaka on Sunday, police confirmed to Reuters, heightening tensions across the capital ahead of Monday’s verdict in a case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over alleged violence during last year’s street protests.No casualties were reported, but the incidents added to the anxiety already gripping […]
[ad_1] Muhammad Yunus (ANI image) Bangladesh’s interim chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Thursday announced that Dhaka will hold a national referendum on implementing the landmark “July Charter” for state reform on the same day as its parliamentary elections in February 2026. The charter, drafted following last year’s deadly student-led uprising, aims to reshape the country’s […]
[ad_1] Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she fled the country on August 5 last year “out of necessity”. She claimed that remaining in Bangladesh, which was battling widespread protests against Hasina, would have endangered her life and the “safety of those around her”.“Staying would not only have put my life in danger, […]
[ad_1] Pakistan has granted Bangladesh access to Karachi Port in an effort to revitalize bilateral trade, marking a notable outcome of the 9th Pak–Bangladesh Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting — the first such dialogue in two decades. The development arrives at a sensitive moment, as Dhaka’s relations with New Delhi grow increasingly strained following the […]
