Bangladesh’s diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia are facing scrutiny after two citizens were executed without prior notification, exposing failures in prisoner monitoring and severe staffing shortages affecting services for 3.5 million expatriates.
Police in Bangladesh arrested three men Sunday over the killing of Awami League leader Dalia Akter Suma, 50, at her Keraniganj apartment.
Bangladeshi singer and former cricket official Asif Akbar has filed an attempted murder case after an unidentified gunman fired at his parked car in Dhaka’s Moghbazar neighborhood.
Nepal has resumed exporting 40 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh after a nearly two-month suspension caused by flooding that damaged key hydropower plants.
Police in Bangladesh have arrested five people, including two women, accused of luring wealthy men into romantic relationships before blackmailing them with intimate videos.
Britain’s High Court has frozen a £15 million (approximately $20.1 million) London apartment linked to Anisuzzaman “Ronny” Chowdhury, brother of Bangladesh’s former land minister, following allegations of concealed ownership and suspected financial crimes.
Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, a journalist, former lawmaker, and veteran of Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War, died at a Dhaka hospital Oct. 24, The Daily Star reported. Rahman represented Chandpur-4 in parliament after winning elections in 2018 and 2024. He also served two consecutive terms as president of the Jatiya Press Club. His journalism career began while […]
Bangladesh’s Rooppur nuclear power plant has completed physics testing of its first 1,200-megawatt unit, but the next startup stage still requires regulatory approval, The Financial Express reported Oct. 24. Zahedul Hasan, managing director of Nuclear Power Plant Company Bangladesh Limited (NPCBL), said test reports had been submitted to the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (BAERA) […]
Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizens’ Party (NCP), delivered the below speech in Bangla, on Saturday.
Chinese company Alu Hi-Tech Industries is investing $100 million in a beverage can factory at Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park in Gazipur, Bangladesh, with a gas connection still unresolved, The Business Standard reported Oct. 24. Yuan Dingyan, managing director, said the company aims to complete remaining infrastructure and begin production within eight months. Basement construction has been […]
