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Tag: Bangladesh

January 18, 2025

টিউলিপের বিরুদ্ধে যুক্তরাজ্যে অভিযোগের অধিকতর তদন্তের...

ক্ষমতাচ্যুত সাবেক প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনার ভাগ্নি ব্রিটিশ এমপি টিউলিপের বিরুদ্ধে যুক্তরাজ্যে অভিযোগের অধিকতর তদন্তের দাবি জোরালো হচ্ছে বাংলাদেশে সিদ্দিকের সম্পত্তি নিয়ে ব্রিটেনে অধিকতর তদন্তের দাবি ক্রমশ জোরালো হচ্ছে বাংলাদেশে।

Bangladesh Rewrites History,Leaves Millions of Schoolchildren...

A controversial decision by Bangladesh’s interim government to revise the content of some school textbooks has contributed to delays in distributing these curricular materials to millions of students at the start of the new scholastic year.

January 17, 2025

In Bangladesh, Demands Rise for Deeper...

Demands are rising in Bangladesh for Britain to further investigate London properties linked to a politician-niece of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, whose alleged corruption has already led to her relative resigning as a U.K. minister.

January 10, 2025

Despite Yunus Govt Promises on Press...

Five months after the repressive Awami League government fell, with an interim administration preaching freedom of the press, some Bangladeshi media are producing critical coverage but others are censoring themselves, saying there is “an atmosphere of fear.” 

January 8, 2025

Families of Missing Bangladesh Pro-Democracy Protesters...

The Health and Family Welfare Ministry established a special cell on Oct. 27, 2024, to collect reports of missing persons linked to the mass protests. The cell reported it had not received complaints but expected to collect them from police.

January 3, 2025

Can Sheikh Hasina, Awami League Make...

The once formidable Awami League has faded from the limelight in Bangladesh, leading some political analysts to question the party’s future amid uncertainty about whether it will be allowed to participate in elections again. 

December 31, 2024

Bangladesh’s Baul Minstrels Allege Rise in...

Baul minstrels are alleging that “fundamentalist” Islamic threats against their performances have risen since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh, but the country’s interim administration and police say such incidents are isolated.

December 28, 2024

Almost 65,000 Rohingya Have Entered Bangladesh...

Nearly 65,000 Rohingya have crossed into southeastern Bangladesh since late last year amid unrest and violence in Rakhine, their home state in neighboring Myanmar, according to newly updated information from Bangladeshi officials.

December 27, 2024

Year in Pictures: Momentous Political Upheaval,Grim...

From a historic but deadly mass uprising to the landslide electoral victory of an ex-general accused of human rights abuses, BenarNews photographers captured moments from the frontlines of major news events in Bangladesh and Southeast Asia in 2024. 

December 20, 2024

10 Shocking Revelations from Bangladesh Commission’s...

Macabre killings, casual torture, misdirection and snooping were part of “the anatomy of enforced disappearances” linked to deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, an inquiry commission said in its first report.

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