Bangladesh’s National Independent Investigation Commission on Sunday alleged political and external involvement in the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny killings as it submitted its report to chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus. Major General (retd) ALM Fazlur Rahman and other commission members said the then-ruling Awami League had direct links to the events and identified Sheikh Fazle […]
Khaleda Zia’s family is preparing to take the former prime minister abroad for advanced treatment once her condition improves, according to a Facebook post by Mahdi Amin, adviser to Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
Bangladesh on Sunday established a separate Supreme Court Secretariat through a new ordinance aimed at strengthening judicial independence.
Bangladesh has lost 1.4 million manufacturing jobs over the past decade despite strong output growth, according to a new study by Research and Policy Integration for Development.
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said Sunday the government can issue a one time travel pass within 24 hours to allow Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman to return home if he chooses.
A Bangladeshi man was shot dead by India’s Border Security Force at the Gayeshpur border in Chuadanga district on Saturday, according to local officials.
Four journalists were injured Saturday in Bangladesh after they were attacked while reporting on a land-grabbing allegation in Mymensingh’s Trishal upazila, police said.
Four companies and three industry leaders were recognized on Friday at the 10th BRAC Bank-The Daily Star Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Awards for their contributions to Bangladesh’s expanding technology sector.
Bangladesh has proposed importing an additional 20 megawatts of hydropower from Nepal, expanding on its existing purchase of 40 megawatts during the June to November period, a senior official said Friday. Farzana Mamtaz, secretary of the Power Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, said Nepal signaled it could supply the extra […]
United Nations human rights experts said exploitation of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia is “widespread and systematic,” driven by high recruitment fees, deception, and deepening debt bondage.
