Clinic on Wheels’ brings hope to remote char communities in BangladeshIn the remote riverine island of Char Shushua, located in Bhuapur Upazila of Tangail district, 70-year-old Bashir Khan has been suffering from chronic pain in his hand joints for years.
The Bangladesh government has formed a fact-finding committee to look into the BPL's non-payment of players during the 2024-25 season. The country's sports ministry made the announcement on Thursday,
In meeting with Alex Soros, Muhammad Yunus discussed rebuilding the economy of Bangladesh and carrying out some economic reforms.
Train services in Bangladesh resumed on Wednesday after railway workers ended their indefinite strike, which had brought the country’s rail network to a halt.
Trains have been canceled across Bangladesh as railway workers went on strike for higher pensions and other benefits.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s largest minority rights group accused the country’s interim government on Thursday of failing to protect religious and ethnic minorities from attacks and harassment, a claim the government has denied.
Train services in Bangladesh came to a standstill on Tuesday as railway staff, demanding benefits for extra work, went on a nationwide indefinite strike that hit hundreds of thousands of people. A long-standing dispute over overtime pay and pension benefits for railway workers led to staff abstaining from work,
In its latest Watch List, published today (30 January), Bangladesh found its name alongside Moldova, Colombia, North Korea, Sudan, the Great Lakes, Ukraine, Syria, Israel-Palestine and Iran. Each year, ICG publishes an "EU Watchlist", identifying where the European Union and its member states can enhance prospects for peace.
Bangladesh has not outlawed Indian TV stations in the country, contrary to reports the government pulled the plug on all Indian satellite channels as tensions soared between the South Asian neighbours.
The Bangladesh student and people’s uprising of July and August last year overthrew the government of Sheikh Hasina, who had been running the country since 2009. She was widely accused of corruption and human rights abuses.
The head of Bangladesh's interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, said on Thursday that his country's high growth under ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was "fake" and faulted the world for not questioning what he said was her corruption.
Singer Bangladesh Limited, a subsidiary of Beko, a global appliance brand based in Türkiye, launched its state-of-the-art home appliances plant in the Bangladesh Special Economic Zone (BSEZ), located in the Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj.