On February 9, just before Bangladesh’s general election, both the United States and Bangladesh are expected to sign a crucial pre-election trade deal that could reshape the country’s economy. The agreement, dubbed “Cotton-for-Garments,” offers US tariff-free access in exchange for reciprocal commitments from Bangladesh on intellectual property and digital trade standards.
Army personnel allegedly detained 21 journalists and staffers from Bangladesh Times in Dhaka’s Nikunja area last night.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
