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More voters in Maharashtra than its adult population: Rahul Gandhi alleges irregularities in voting | Fire breaks out at Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, no casualty reported | Calcutta HC rejects Bengal govt's plea seeking death penalty for RG Kar convict Sanjoy Roy | RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points, first in five years | Arvind Kejriwal accuses BJP of 'offering' Rs. 15 crores, ministerial posts to AAP candidates to shift sides | Donald Trump to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court for targeting Israel | Bangladeshi actor Meher Afroz Shaon arrested on charges of conspiracy against state | Video emerges showing how Indians hide in Panama jungle to enter US illegally amid deportation by Trump administration | Engaging US to ensure no Indian deportee is mistreated: Jaishankar in Rajya Sabha amid 'handcuffed' extradition row | Opposition slams Modi govt after US deports illegal Indian immigrants in captive state

Bangladesh: Pro-Awami League Bangladeshi actress Sohana Saba detained in Dhaka, hours after Meher Afroz Shaon's arrest

Feb 07, 2025, at 04:26 pm

The detective branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Thursday detained Bangladeshi actress Sohana Saba, hours after her colleague Meher Afroz Shaon was arrested on charges of conspiring against the state.

Bangladeshi actor Meher Afroz Shaon arrested on charges of conspiracy against state

Feb 07, 2025, at 12:17 am

Dhaka/IBNS: The Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested actor Meher Afroz Shaon on charges of conspiring against the state.

Bangladesh protesters vandalise Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's residence in Dhaka before setting it on fire

Feb 06, 2025, at 12:43 am

Dhaka/IBNS: A mob vandalised and set ablaze the residence of Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Bangladesh is safe home for all people irrespective of caste and religion, says Muhammad Yunus greeting Hindus on Saraswati Puja

Feb 03, 2025, at 05:47 pm

Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus, during whose regime the South Asian country witnessed a spike in attacks on minorities, wished the Hindu community members when they are worshipping Goddess Saraswati on Monday.

George Soros's son meets Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus after Donald Trump freezes aid

Jan 30, 2025, at 06:02 pm

Dhaka: Alex Soros, the son of American billionaire George Soros and chair of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), met with Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh’s interim government, just days after the Trump administration halted foreign aid to Bangladesh.

Islamists targeting Hindus, Ahmadiyya communities in Bangladesh, claims Human Rights Watch report

Jan 29, 2025, at 06:17 pm

Human Rights Watch has said groups promoting extremist Islam are attacking minorities, particularly those from Hindu and Ahmadiyya communities, in Bangladesh, a nation which witnessed a massive political change last year after former PM Sheikh Hasina -led government toppled on August 5 amid severe protests against her regime.

Bangladesh: Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League announces nationwide strikes, blockades next month

Jan 29, 2025, at 02:53 pm

Ousted ex-PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League has announced a series of political programmes, including a general strike and blockade, across Bangladesh next month, demanding the removal of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus-led interim government over alleged 'oppressed misrule'.

Donald Trump-led government halts US aid to Bangladesh

Jan 27, 2025, at 10:27 am

The US government has decided to halt all aid to Muhammad Yunus-led Bangladesh, days after President Donald Trump took charge of the country.

Key adviser to Muhammad Yunus-led interim government says Sheikh Hasina's Awami League won't be allowed to contest Bangladesh general polls

Jan 26, 2025, at 01:43 pm

Bangladesh's interim government's key adviser Mahfuj Alam has said former PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League will not be allowed to participate in the general elections.

Bangladesh: 80 shrines, Sufi centres attacked in past six months, claims Global Sufi Organisation

Jan 24, 2025, at 04:57 pm

Unknown attackers destroyed more than 80 shrines and Sufi centres in Bangladesh in the past six months, coinciding with the period when Muhammad Yunus-led government took charge of the South Asian nation following the collapse of former PM Sheikh Hasina and her regime, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Court may hear Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das' bail petition today

Jan 20, 2025, at 03:02 pm

A Bangladeshi court is likely to hear the bail petition of arrested Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das in connection with a sedition case filed over disrespecting the national flag.

Escaped death by 20-25 minutes: Sheikh Hasina alleges opposition wanted to kill her

Jan 18, 2025, at 02:15 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged his opponents wanted to assassinate her but he escaped death by 20-25 minutes by fleeing to India, media reports said.

Bangladesh government says it has no information that ousted PM Sheikh Hasina has been granted Indian citizenship

Jan 17, 2025, at 04:41 pm

The Bangladesh Foreign Ministry said it has no information on whether ousted former PM Sheikh Hasina has been granted Indian citizenship.

Bangladesh government decides to skip Indian Meteorological Department's 150th anniversary celebration event

Jan 12, 2025, at 07:40 pm

Bangladesh's interim government has rejected India's invitation to attend the 150th-anniversary celebrations of the India Meteorological Department citing current restrictions on non-essential foreign travel at state expense.

Bangladesh: Yunus govt doubles corporate tax rates for producers of fridges, freezers, air conditioners and motorbikes

Jan 10, 2025, at 05:49 pm

A Bangladesh government notification released recently said producers of fridges, freezers, air conditioners and motorbikes will have to pay 20 percent corporate tax from July 1.

Bangladesh: Russian nuclear power project employee jumps to death from residential building

Jan 05, 2025, at 06:07 pm

A Russian woman, who was working at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project in Bangladesh's Pabna region, ended her life by by jumping from the fourth floor of a residential building on Saturday.

Bangladesh court denies bail to arrested Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das

Jan 02, 2025, at 02:09 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: A Bangladesh court has denied bail to Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, who was arrested over sedition charges, media reports said.

Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus visits Indian Embassy, pays tribute Manmohan Singh

Dec 31, 2024, at 04:03 pm

Bangladesh Interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday visited the Indian High Commission in Dhaka to pay his tributes to late PM Manmohan Singh who died in New Delhi last week.

Bangladesh: 17 Christian houses burned down in Bandarban on Christmas eve

Dec 27, 2024, at 04:44 pm

At least 17 houses belonging to the Christian community members were torched by unknown attackers on Christmas eve in Bangladesh's Bandarban region on the intervening night of December 24 and 25, media reports said.

US NSA Jake Sullivan discusses human rights concerns in Bangladesh with Interim govt chief Yunus amid rising incidents of attacks on minorities

Dec 24, 2024, at 09:51 am

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Monday spoke with Interim Bangladesh chief Muhammad Yunus when both leaders expressed their commitment to respecting and protecting human rights of all people in the country, amid rising atrocities committed against minorities in the Muslim-majority South Asian nation.

Bangladesh government writes diplomatic note to India to send back Sheikh Hasina

Dec 23, 2024, at 05:25 pm

The Bangladeshi interim government has sent a diplomatic note to India to send back ousted former PM Sheikh Hasina, who escaped to New Delhi amid heavy protests against her regime on August 5, to Dhaka.

Bangladesh: Muhammad Yunus-led interim government following process to bring back ex-PM Sheikh Hasina, says adviser

Dec 23, 2024, at 03:25 pm

Bangladesh Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said a letter has been sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to facilitate the return of former PM Sheikh Hasina who escaped to India amid widespread protest against her regime on August 5.

Body of Hindu priest found in Bangladesh temple, ISKCON condemns

Dec 22, 2024, at 06:38 pm

Bangladesh police have recovered the body of a Hindu priest, whose hands and legs were tied, from Kashimpur crematorium and temple located in the South Asian country's Natore region, media reports said, triggering condemnation by ISKCON.

Bangladesh: Eight Hindu idols vandalised in three temples

Dec 21, 2024, at 07:08 pm

At least three idols were vandalised in two Hindu temples in the Mymensingh region of Bangladesh on Thursday amid the growing atrocities on the community members in the Muslim-majority nation ever since former PM Sheikh Hasina-led government collapsed on August 5, media reports said.

Issues related to 1971 war should be settled, Muhammad Yunus tells Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif 

Dec 20, 2024, at 06:23 pm

Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus met Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif in Cairo when he said the issues related to the 1971 war should be settled in order to deepen ties between the two nations.

Bangladesh likely to hold national polls in late 2025 or early 2026, says Yunus in Victory Day speech

Dec 16, 2024, at 12:59 pm

Bangladesh's interim government head Muhammad Yunus has said the national elections in the country -- which has been witnessing a political turmoil since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government in August -- may take place late next year or in the first half of 2026.

Bangladeshi authorities arrest four for vandalising Hindu properties in Sunamganj

Dec 15, 2024, at 02:45 pm

Bangladeshi law enforcement agencies have arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in vandalising the shops, a temple and homes belonging to the Hindu community members in Sunamganj this month.

Canada: Hindus protest outside Bangladeshi consulate in Toronto to highlight plight of community in South Asian nation

Dec 14, 2024, at 12:35 pm

The Hindu community of Canada recently demonstrated outside the Bangladeshi Consulate in Toronto to seek justice and protection of minority communities in Bangladesh where they have been facing atrocities ever since the former PM Sheikh Hasina-led regime toppled and the Interim government took charge.

Attacks on minorities in Bangladesh: US says it is 'watching closely' current developments in South Asian nation

Dec 13, 2024, at 10:32 am

The US government on Thursday said it is 'watching closely' the current developments in Bangladesh where atrocities against minorities, especially Hindus, escalated ever since former PM Sheikh Hasina-led regime toppled on August 5 and the interim government took charge of the South Asian nation.

Bangladesh: Protest in Dhaka demanding boycott of restaurants not offering beef on menu

Dec 11, 2024, at 04:45 pm

A group named Muslim Consumers' Rights Council on Tuesday organised a rally in Dhaka when they demanded boycotting restaurants that do not serve beef in Bangladesh.