UN draws up plans to ‘facilitate’ Rohingya relocation to island
Humanitarian and human rights groups have criticized the relocation proposal, saying the island is flood-prone, vulnerable to frequent cyclones and could be completely submerged during high tide…
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Grateful to host Bangladesh, but Rohingya refugees belong to Myanmar: UNHCR
During his five-day visit, Volker Turk, UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, met with many Rohingya in the Kutupalong refugee settlement - the world's largest - and discussed how…
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Bangladesh town barbers face fines for 'foreign' cuts
Flamboyant hairstyles adopted by some of the Bollywood and Hollywood movie heroes and top cricketers have become increasingly popular among young men in Bangladesh, where short and neat cuts used…
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Bangladeshi FIFA official detained for allegedly defaming Sheikh Hasina, released from jail
Mahfuza Akhter, a FIFA council member since 2017 and the national chief of women's soccer, was arrested Saturday after a local football organiser accused her of making derogatory comments about…
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'I am your mother now': New Zealand mosque shootings hit tight-knit Bangladesh community hard
A total of 50 people were killed in the rampage, with as many wounded, as the gunman went from Al Noor to another mosque in the South Island city. Their funerals began on Wednesday.
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Football: Bangladesh FIFA official held in defamation case gets bail
Sheikh Hasina's administration has recently been accused of cracking down on free speech and adopting an increasingly authoritarian style.
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Protests erupt in Bangladesh's capital after bus runs over student
Last August a series of massive student protests, sparked by the death of two teenagers mowed down by a speeding bus in the capital, led to street battles and the use of tear gas and rubber…
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2 Bangladeshis dead, 5 injured, 3 missing in New Zealand terror attack: State minister
In a statement published on the minister's Facebook page, the dead have been identified as Dr Abdus Samad, a professor of Lincoln University in New Zealand, and Hosne Ara Parvin.
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Bangladesh extends deadline to submit plans for new LNG terminal
The initial EOIs were supposed to be due by March 20 but the companies hoping to take part asked for more time.
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International Criminal Court officials visit Bangladesh to look into Myanmar case: United Nations investigator
'I am very hopeful. This is something that was unprecedented. It is a tiny step forward but I really do wish that this would open the floodgates (of justice),' said Yanghee Lee.
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Won't allow Bangladeshi soil to be used by any terror outfit: Sheikh Hasina assures PM Modi
Sheikh Hasina also expressed her 'utmost sympathy' for the family members of the Indian paramilitary police personnel who were killed in last month's terror attack in Pulwama in Kashmir.
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United Nations envoy fears 'new crisis' for Rohingya if moved to Bangladesh island
Bangladesh says moving the 23,000 refugees to Bhasan Char — which means 'floating island' — will ease chronic overcrowding in its camps at Cox's Bazar, which hold some 730,000 Rohingya.
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Dhaka Police revoke nod to Arundhati Roy talk
The organisers of the talk titled 'Utmost Everything' were informed at 10 pm on Monday that permission for the Booker Prize-winning author's talk at the Krishibid Institute Auditorium was…
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Bangladeshi man hanged for Saudi diplomat's murder
Khalaf Al Ali, 45, who worked in the consular section of the Saudi Arabian embassy, was shot in the capital's diplomatic zone in front of his rented apartment. He later died in hospital.
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Bangladesh crackdown after deadly Dhaka inferno
Five task forces led by military officers, police and officials have raided Old Dhaka buildings and cut off utilities to at least 50 buildings in the past three days after chemical warehouses were…
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