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Khaleda Zia’s funeral prayer to be held at 2 p.m. today The funeral prayer of Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s former prime minister, will be held on Wednesday (December 31, 2025) at 2 p.m., officials said. The coffin of Zia will be placed at the west end of Manik Mia Avenue instead of the South Plaza of…
Bangladesh’s former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia, center, leaves after a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2017. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s first female prime minister, Khaleda Zia, died after a prolonged illness, her opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Tuesday (December 30, 2025). “The BNP Chairperson…
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman waves as he arrives at Evercare Hospital to meet his ailing mother and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday (December 25, 2025) visited his mother, Bangladesh’s ailing former prime minister…
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A Bangladeshi court on Friday (August 29, 2025) sent 16 people, including several 1971 Liberation War veterans, to jail under the tough Anti-Terrorism Act, a day after a mob allegedly disrupted their scheduled public discussion in the capital. Magistrate Farzana Haque ordered them to be sent to jail after they were produced in court nearly…
Washington DC: In its bid to save US taxpayers’ money, the Donald Trump administration’s cost-cutting team–Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)– has cancelled a slew of overseas projects, including one in Bangladesh that raised several eyebrows. The billionaire Elon Musk-led department said it is cancelling $29 million funding intended for “strengthening the political landscape in Bangladesh”….
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New Delhi: Pakistan’s notorious spy agency ISI has secretly sent four top members to Dhaka, raising a red flag in New Delhi. Acknowledging the development, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday that India is keeping a very close watch on the developments in its immediate neighbourhood, especially ones that having a bearing on…
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Dhaka: Bangladesh on Thursday ordered a commission to investigate a failed 2009 army mutiny and subsequent crackdown, including the role of alleged “foreign” backers, the inquiry chief said. The violent mutiny sent shock waves through the South Asian nation and ended with the army crushing the mutineers, with scores arrested and sentenced to death. A…
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Dhaka: In fresh incidents, eight idols have been vandalised in three Hindu temples in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh and Dinajpur over two days, a media report said on Friday. Police have arrested a suspect concerning vandalism at one of the temples, The Daily Star newspaper reported. These are the latest in a series of incidents against the…
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File picture of U.S. President Joe Biden | Photo Credit: Reuters President Joe Biden is closely monitoring the situation in Bangladesh and the U.S. will hold the country’s interim government accountable for ensuring the protection of religious and ethnic minorities, the White House has said. The security situation in Bangladesh has been difficult following the…
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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. File | Photo Credit: PTI Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is expected to raise with Dhaka India’s concerns over attacks on Hindus and other minorities as he embarks on a day-long visit to Bangladesh on Monday (December 9, 2024), in the first high-level trip from New Delhi after a massive uprising ended…
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