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".
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner believes Bangladesh remains a dangerous side despite missing Shakib Al Hasan in the Champions Trophy 2025.
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.
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.
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.
Amid ongoing unrest in Bangladesh and a surge in anti-India sentiments, a significant development has emerged along the Indo-Bangladesh border stretching from Malda to Cooch Behar in North Bengal.
Bangladeshis since independence are split between those who trust in the solidarity of the Muslim ummah, for whom the break with the Hindu majority in 1947 was more significant than liberation from Pakistan in 1971, and liberal Bengalis who believe their identity with the spiritual, linguistic and cultural ties of West Bengal and India are more important than faith.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the squad for their first women's tour of the West Indies, featuring three ODIs and three T20Is, starting January 19.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has stated that fishermen from West Bengal were subjected to atrocities while imprisoned by the Bangladesh Navy in Bangladesh.
After winning four successive elections in 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024 in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced by mass protests to resign and flee to India on 5 August 2024.
