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Army detains multiple Bangladesh Times journalists in Dhaka
Army personnel allegedly detained 21 journalists and staffers from Bangladesh Times in Dhaka’s Nikunja area last night.
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Bombs hurled at BNP candidate’s rally in Bangladesh
Crude bombs were allegedly hurled at an election rally of Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Ershad Ullah in Chattogram-8 constituency. The attack occurred during a rally near East Kadhurkhil High School grounds in Boalkhali Upazila on Monday evening. Five individuals threw improvised explosives before fleeing, with no injuries reported. Md Azizul Haque, joint convenor of Ershad’s […]
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Bangladesh voters face flood of AI deepfakes ahead of Feb. 12 election
Bangladesh’s election watchdog is warning voters about a surge of artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes ahead of Feb. 12 polls, after The Daily Star documented 97 synthetic posts on Facebook.
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Indian lawmaker tells Modi to send Hasina back to Bangladesh
Indian lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to return former Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh during a campaign speech this week, sharply criticizing the government for what he described as political inconsistency in its messaging on migration.
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Police say man photographed Tarique Rahman residence, nearby vehicles before arrest
The police detained two men on Sunday for what authorities described as suspicious movement near the Gulshan residence of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
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Bangladesh constitution architect Kamal Hossain hospitalized in Dhaka
Kamal Hossain, a key architect of Bangladesh’s constitution and founder of Gono Forum, has been hospitalized in Dhaka after a serious decline in health.
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Bangladesh buries former prime minister Khaleda Zia beside Ziaur Rahman in Dhaka
Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister, Khaleda Zia, was buried on Wednesday with state honors beside her husband, former president Ziaur Rahman, at Zia Udyan in Dhaka.
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Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia to be buried beside her husband Ziaur Rahman in Sher-E-Bangla Nagar
Preparations are underway to bury former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia beside the grave of former President Ziaur Rahman at Zia Udyan in Sher-E-Bangla Nagar.
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Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister, Khaleda Zia, who restored democracy in the 1990s, dies at 80
Khaleda Zia, chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a three-time former prime minister, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, while being treated at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka.
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Bangladesh’s youth movement leader confronts political reality as influence fades
Nahid Islam’s decision to bring Bangladesh’s National Citizen Party into an alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami reflects a shift driven by political necessity more than ideology. The move has prompted resignations and a widening backlash, but it underscores a deeper challenge: the youth-led force behind last year’s uprising has been losing political ground.