Certain quarters with vested interests are out to tarnish the country’s image, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, as rights activists and Hindu organizations staged protests in front of Bangladesh embassies in several western capitals, highlighting the growing atrocities against minorities Hindus in Bangladesh

Giving credence to the conspiracy angle in the recent communal trouble in Bangladesh, a Muslim man, said to be of unstable mind, reportedly confessed that he placed a copy of the Holy Quran in a marquee celebrating the annual festivities linked to the worship of Hindu goddess Durga in Comilla, about 100 km southeast of Dhaka

In a sudden eruption of communal tension in Bangladesh, that many feared could adversely impact bilateral ties,  four people were killed and several others – including police personnel – sustained injuries as "miscreants" vandalized Hindu temples, businesses and houses of members of the community in Noakhali district after an alleged blasphemous incident during the annual festivities linked to the worship of Hindu goddess Durga in Comilla, about 100 km southeast of Dhaka

The government is considering setting up another nuclear power plant, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, as the demand for electricity continues to grow with the country looking for recovery after the pandemic slowdown

Bangladesh,  whose economic improvement has caught worldwide attention, will sustain a growth of over 7 percent in 2022-26 fiscal and this should drive Bangladesh's Gross Domestic Product up to USD 500 billion and per capita to USD 3,000 by 2026 fiscal, according to leading economists of Standard Chartered

Britain has eased travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Bangladeshi travelers who have received jabs of a vaccine authorized by the country. Besides Bangladesh, 47 other countries and territories including India figure in the list of countries from whom the UK would accept vaccine certification from Oct 1

Talking tough against smuggling along its border with Myanmar border, a senior Bangladesh minister on Tuesday said the country’s border guards have been instructed to open fire to stop arms and drugs smuggling and human trafficking

Forced hair cutting of students by a university’s teacher created a big row in Bangladesh as hundreds of students protested, with some sitting on hunger strike, demanding the termination of the teacher

Amid reports of millions of people in Bangladesh getting sucked into poverty since the Covid pandemic began, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved USD 250 million policy-based loans to support the country’s economic recovery following the deadly viral infection

Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) and one of its leading woman scientists have been awarded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday told parliament said she did not doubt that late president Ziaur Rahman, founder of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was involved in the 1975 conspiracy that led to the assassination of the nation’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and several members of her family

Bangladesh has asked students enrolled in its universities to register for Covid-19 vaccines as the country looks to resume physical classes soon

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, ordered the diversion of around $176,000, originally allocated for the procurement of vehicles for her office, to the country’s health services amid the pandemic

A journalist in Bangladesh was slapped with charges under the country’s draconian Digital Security Act (DSA)-- often allegedly used to muzzle independent, opposition, and anti-government voices--for, what the authority says, circulating “false news in social media.”

Bangladesh has ramped up efforts to vaccinate teachers, support staff of schools and colleges, and their families as the country pushes to resume physical classes in educational institutions in the coming weeks