Victory day , the anniversary of independence from Pakistan, and 27,000 people held up coloured placards to form the world's largest human flag - a show of solidarity in what would turn out to be a fractious and divisive year. It had begun with great hope, as a mass popular movement against religious fundamentalism brought [...]

The January 5 elections in Bangladesh have again reminded the vulnerable minority community of the brutal treatment it received 43 years ago at the hands of marauding Pakistani forces and their local … [Read More]

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Mushfiqur Rahim wants his opening batsmen and pace bowlers to make best use of the two longer-version matches later this month. The Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL), a first-class competition that starts next week, will provide the players match practice ahead of the Test series against Sri Lanka, even if they get just two games … [...]

DHAKA: Bangladesh's opposition leader Khaleda Zia accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of "murdering democracy" as her arch rival faced growing calls yesterday to hold fresh polls after a walkover election. The United States led international pressure for a swift re-run that would include all the major parties, brushing aside Hasina's insistence that a boycott by [...]

Supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) also took to the streets of the city, some 154 miles (248 kilometres) southeast of the capital, Dhaka, calling for a general … [Read More]

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Bangladesh police Tuesday detained two Jamaat-e-Islami activists for their suspected involvement in attacking Hindus and filed cases in this connection in Jessore and Dinajpur districts. Emdad Hossain, officer-in-charge of Abhoynagar police station, said at least 250 people were involved in attacking the houses of the minority Hindu community in Maloparha and Chapatola villages in Jessore [...]

At least three Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders including Khaleda Zia’s advisor Khandker Mahbub Hossain were arrested Tuesday. Two other BNP leaders, organising secretary Fazlul Haque Milon and Nazimuddin Ahmed, were arrested in Dhaka around 3.30 p.m., reported bdnews24.com. Earlier Tuesday, police arrested BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s advisor and bar council vice chairman Khandker … [...]

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said violence during the Bangladesh parliamentary elections was “unacceptable” and appealed to political parties to urgently initiate meaningful dialogue. “He regrets that the parties did not reach the kind of agreements which could have produced a peaceful, all-inclusive election outcome,” a UN statement said Monday. According to the statement [...]

Bangladesh’s prime minister has insisted her election victory is legitimate and that her opponents had to abandon ‘terrorist activities’ before she would talk to them. In an address to media at her house in Dhaka on Monday, Sheikh Hasina denied there was a crisis in the country and that people had voted in line [...]

Sheikh Hasina on Monday said she was confident of resolving all pending issues with India, including the Land Boundary Agreement, through talks. Replying to a question about her government's ties with India in the past five years, Hasina said she wants good relations with all regional countries with the common interest of fighting poverty and [...]