Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP Bangladesh’s main opposition leader was detained for questioning on Sunday morning, as clashes continued for a second day between police and protesters against the prime minister ahead of upcoming elections. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman said the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist P...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – At least five people were killed in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram districts as Cyclone Hamoon crossed the country’s coastal belt on Tuesday night, officials said. The cyclone also caused serious property and environmental damage in the coastal region. “We got reports of three casualties in ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A rally by Bangladesh’s major religio-political party Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday condemned the Israeli attacks on Gaza and urged the Muslim world to ensure the safety of Palestinians and their rights. The procession expressing solidarity with Palestine in the capital Dhaka was attended not just by party members, but als...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) — Bangladesh has got one step closer to activating its first nuclear power plant as Russia formally delivered an initial shipment of uranium fuel to the South Asian country on Thursday. Via video link, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the official handover even...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever this year, the country’s worst recorded outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease, which is increasing in frequency due to climate change. Dengue is a disease endemic to tropical areas and causes high fevers, headaches, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh on Sunday barred ailing opposition leader and two-time prime minister Khaleda Zia from traveling abroad for treatment. Law Minister Anisul Huq said no to an appeal forwarded by Zia’s family, noting his ministry cannot allow her to travel overseas in line with existing law. “The government has no opportunity ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh continues to break records for dengue fever deaths with September being the deadliest month since 2000. There were 396 deaths in September with almost 80,000 registered hospitalizations. August had seen 342 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease, according to the Directorate General of Health Services....
ANKARA (AA) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh will continue to fight for the rights of Palestinians. “It is worrying that the rights of the Palestinians are not fulfilled,” said Hasina, referring to the 75th commemoration of the Nakba, when Israel declared its independence in occupied Palestinian lands i...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) — UN’s indecisiveness on repatriating persecuted Muslim Rohingya refugees to Myanmar puts the stability of the entire region at risk, Bangladesh’s prime minister has warned. “Last month we witnessed the completion of six years of the mass displacement of the Rohingyas. Out of humanitarian concern, we ha...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP A Bangladesh court on Thursday sentenced two leading human rights activists to two years each in jail, after a trial critics say is part of a government crackdown ahead of elections. Adilur Rahman Khan, 63, and Nasiruddin Elan, 57, have led the Odhikar organisation for decades, working to document thousands of [&h...
