Dhaka, June 16 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with an escalating measles outbreak, another child has died from the symptoms of the disease on Tuesday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 657 since March 15 this year, local media reported. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the death was reported in the 24 hours leading up to Tuesday morning.The latest death from the disease was identified as suspected, Bangladeshi media outlet UNB reported.Re…
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Dhaka/Islamabad, June 10 (IANS) Despite recent diplomatic warmth, Bangladesh–Pakistan relations continue to be shadowed by unresolved historical grievances. The absence of a formal apology from Pakistan over the 1971 “genocide” of Bangladeshis along with lingering disputes over assets owed to Dhaka remain core obstacles, a report has stated. According to a report in online magazine, ‘The Diplomat,’ the recent warmth in Bangladesh–Pakistan relations appears to be driven more by geopolit…
Dhaka, June 6 (IANS) Turkey and Bangladesh continue to deepen engagement with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday calling on Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka to explore ways of expanding bilateral cooperation across several sectors. Sharing details of the meeting, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) posted on X: “Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan paid a courtesy call on BNP Chairman and Honorable Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Prime Minister’s Office i…
Agartala, June 4 (IANS) Security management along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura is set to receive renewed focus as Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to review the prevailing security situation and assess the preparedness of the BSF and other agencies in tackling a range of challenges along the international frontier, officials said on Thursday.The Home Minister will arrive in Agartala on Thursday evening from Meghalaya capital Shillong and is slated to participate in a series o…
New York, June 2 (IANS) A leading international press freedom group on Tuesday urged Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to begin delivering on his electoral promise to protect media freedom in the country, calling for an end to “partisan persecution of journalists” following his government’s first 100 days in office.Expressing concern, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) cited a report by Bangladesh’s newspaper The Daily Star, which revealed that police were conducting backgroun…
Dhaka, May 31 (IANS) Christians in Bangladesh have been facing sectarian attacks, especially in regions where Jamaat-e-Islami has strong support. Open Doors UK and Ireland, which supports persecuted Christians, has reported that violence against minorities in Bangladesh which had already increased, has intensified following the election, a report said. In February, Bangladesh held its first elections after the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who had a zero-tolerance approach to Is…
Dhaka, May 30 (IANS) Bangladesh is witnessing growing cultural intolerance with attacks targeting shrines, minorities, journalists, and cultural organisations – allegedly carried out by groups linked to the country’s radical Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami. The repeated involvement of Jamaat affiliated workers suggests tacit backing, while administrative inaction — even during attacks witnessed by police or security forces — has intensified public concerns over political pressure and impunit…
London, May 29 (IANS) Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s legal counsel has written to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, raising serious concerns about the UN Fact-Finding Report published on February 12 last year regarding Bangladesh 2024 protests, calling the findings “highly inaccurate”. In his letter addressed to Turk, Steven Powles said that it had also emerged from official records of the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government that th…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) A United States-Bangladesh trade deal, signed by Dhaka’s then Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, has come under severe criticism since an elected government under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman assumed office this February.The government will take steps regarding the trade agreement signed with Washington while preserving Bangladesh’s sovereignty and rights, ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker and Economic Affairs Secretary of the party’s central comm…
Dhaka, May 27 (IANS) Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday extended Eid-ul-Adha greetings to the citizens, stating that festivities have come at a time of “profound crisis and hardship” endured by the people across the country. In a statement shared by the Awami League on X, Hasina expressed grave concerns over the “pain and suffering” of the people in Bangladesh.”For the past 21 months, leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Awami League have faced brutal killings, cont…