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Pressure mounts on Bangladesh Home Affairs Advisor to resign

Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, the Home Affairs Advisor to the interim government in Bangladesh, on Monday played down the worsening law and order situation in the country, claiming that only few "minor incidents" have taken place and the security situation remains "satisfactory".

BNP leader attacked, beaten to death in Bangladesh

In yet another incident of lawlessness in Bangladesh under the current dispensation of Chief Advisor Mohammad Yunus, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Mohammad Babul Mia was brutally beaten to death.

Shami and ICC tournaments — a unique love story!

Back after a long injury lay-off, Mohammed Shami rekindled his love affair with big-ticket ICC tournaments by returning with a five-wicket haul to defuse Bangladesh in India’s Champions Trophy campaign opener in Dubai on Thursday.

Excluding Lalon will endanger B’desh

It is becoming increasingly evident that fundamentalism is on the rise in an unsettled Bangladesh. Just a few days ago, an attack was carried out on the stall of Sabyasachi Prakashan at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair for displaying books by Taslima Nasrin.

Freedom carved with a zigzag knife

We have reached the border, 77 kilometres from Kolkata, to assess the ground situation at the biggest India-Bangladesh border in Bengal amidst reports, both confirmed and unconfirmed of violence in the villages, towns and cities within Bangladesh. 

Dhaka to decide whether to seek Hasina’s extradition

As cases rise against her, including murder accusations, Bangladesh will decide whether to ask India to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who resigned and fled to New Delhi last week, the country's Foreign Affairs Adviser Mohammad Touhid Hossain said.

The Tipping Point

At a time when the pulse of collective action seems faint, Bangladesh emerges like a phoenix, ablaze with a fervour that has captured the world’s attention.

Bangladesh gutted with violence, north-east braces cluelessness

The south Asian nation has witnessed massive protest demonstrations since last month. In the middle of July, nearly 200 protesters, including students, died in the violence, which was allegedly instigated by police personnel and a large number of supporters of Hasina’s party, the Awami League.