Stay Connected. Stay Informed.
Bangladesh completed polling for the general election and referendum for constitutional changes on Thursday (February 12, 2026). Polling started in 36,031 election centres at 7.30 a.m. and ended at 4:30 p.m. with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) accusing Jamaat-e-Islami, leader of an 11-party alliance, of intimidating voters in various locations. In total, 2,028 candidates are…
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer joined Bangladesh’s Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin in signing the U.S.–Bangladesh Agreement on Reciprocal Trade. Photo: X/@USTradeRep. Bangladesh on Monday (February 9, 2026) secured a reduced 19% tariff under a trade agreement with the United States that would exempt some textiles and garments manufactured with U.S. materials, interim government chief Muhammad…
The majority of incidents involving members of minority communities in Bangladesh during 2025 were “criminal in nature” and not driven by communal motives, the interim government said on Monday (January 19, 2026). The statement issued by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus Press Wing came days after India, on January 9, pressed Dhaka to “swiftly and firmly”…
Read More “Bangladesh says most incidents involving minorities in 2025 were non-communal” »
Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus-led interim government on Saturday (December 13, 2025) ordered a nationwide security clampdown as fresh unrest gripped the country following the shooting of a right-wing cultural group’s youth leader. Inquilab Mancha leader Sharif Osmann Hadi, also a candidate in the scheduled February 12 general elections, was shot on Friday (December 12,…
Read More “Bangladesh interim government orders security clampdown as fresh unrest grips country” »
interim head of the Bangladesh government, Muhammad Yunus. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) visited critically ill former Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia at a private hospital in the capital. “The Chief Adviser stayed at the hospital for nearly half an…
Read More “Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Yunus visits critically ill ex-PM Khaleda Zia” »
Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh will hold a national referendum on implementing its ‘July Charter’ for state reform, drafted after last year’s deadly student-led uprising, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, the head of the country’s interim government, said on Thursday (November 13, 2025). He also reiterated that parliamentary elections…
Read More “Bangladesh to hold referendum on reform charter proposals: Muhammad Yunus” »
Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’ greetings came amid widespread concerns over repeated incidents of alleged attacks on members of the Hindu community and their places of worship after he came to power in August last year. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Saturday (August 16, 2025) greeted the country’s Hindu…
Read More “On Janmashtami, Yunus vows to uphold communal harmony” »
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in exile in India, called the South Asian nation’s interim government chief Muhammad Yunus a “mobster” and accused him of unleashing “terrorists” and fostering “lawlessness” in the country. In response, Dhaka reaffirmed its commitment to bringing her back from India and stressed securing Ms Hasina’s…
Read More “Sheikh Hasina Vows To Return To Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus Responds” »
People walk past a closed stall at Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka on February 11, 2025, after chanting protesters were angry over a book by exiled feminist author Taslima Nasrin. | Photo Credit: AFP A group of protesters stormed a book stall in Dhaka over the display of books by exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin,…
Read More “Protesters in Dhaka attack stall displaying Taslima Nasrin’s book, Yunus orders probe” »
Sheikh Hasina. File. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League would not be allowed to participate in elections, a key adviser of Muhammad Yunus’s interim government said on Saturday (January 25, 2025). “The elections will be contested among pro-Bangladesh groups only,” said Mahfuz Alam, a top leader of the Anti-Discrimination…
Read More “Awami League won’t be allowed to contest Bangladesh polls: Muhammed Yunus’ key adviser” »