Bangladeshi banker Proshanta Kumar Halder, alias Shib Shankar Halder or PK Halder, who opened a can of worms that exposed $123 million of kickbacks to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, was severely […]
Tulip Siddiq has resigned as a Treasury minister after controversy over her links to her aunt’s ousted political movement in Bangladesh. The Labour MP had been under mounting pressure to resign over her ties to […]
Former Director of DGFI Lieutenant General (retired) MD Saiful Alam was arrested from his residence on Monday, 13 January 2025, for crimes against humanity, corruption, money laundering and assisting former dictator Sheikh Hasina in laundering […]
Imagine Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) triggered a war of independence just because the Pakistani government asked Bengalis to speak in Pakistani language Urdu. Bangladesh even earned International Language Day through a UN resolution just for […]
India and Bangladesh inaugurated three significant connectivity and energy projects built with Indian assistance, including a railway line connecting the northeastern states of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina launched […]
The Immigration Police detained former Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) retired Lieutenant General Mainul Islam at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while he was travelling to Canada with his wife. He was detained at […]
Amid escalating conflict between the junta government and the rebel Arakan Army in Myanmar, approximately 60,000 Rohingya entered Bangladesh in the last two months, reported Anadolu Agency, quoting a Bangladeshi official on Sunday. An ethnic […]
An ethnic minority insurgent group has captured a junta base on Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh and parts of Bangladesh’s territory, reported Bangladeshi media on Friday. Dhaka is silent about the occupation, but locals said that […]
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has backed Tulip Siddiq, Downing Street indicated, after the Treasury minister was named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh. Siddiq is alleged to have been involved in brokering a 2013 […]
Nine people were killed on an average per day during the period, report says. […]
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