A Bangladesh Nationalist Party minister claimed Saturday that the country’s media enjoy “complete freedom,” days after the Tarique Rahman government threatened news organizations with legal action for carrying former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s speech from New Delhi.
Bangladesh plans to establish an industrial park on about 400 acres in Bogura to accommodate growing demand from small and medium-sized enterprises, commerce, industry and textiles minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir said Saturday.
At least 30 people were injured Saturday when supporters of two rival groups clashed in a village in eastern Bangladesh, police said.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Saturday that India cannot seek friendly relations with Bangladesh while allowing ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to make statements from Delhi that he said undermine Bangladesh’s democracy.
India said Friday it does not endorse remarks made by former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other Awami League leaders during an Aug. 5 media event in New Delhi.
A proposed pipeline carrying natural gas from Myanmar to Bangladesh would require cooperation from the Arakan Army because the armed group controls much of the territory along the planned route, analysts said.
National Citizen Party convenor Nahid Islam accused the government Friday of diplomatic weakness that he said allowed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to hold a press briefing in Delhi.
A major fire damaged at least five shops and a nearby home in Netrokona’s Boro Bazar, injuring five people as firefighters battled the blaze with 10 units, according to an Ekattor TV report.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) official Tariqul Alam Tenzing questioned whether Sheikh Hasina actually delivered a recent speech linked to an event in India, suggesting artificial intelligence (AI) may have been used to clone her voice.
Four compartments of the Jamalpur Commuter train, including its power car, derailed, disrupting train service on the Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link, railway officials said.
