Human rights body members quit
All five members of the country's autonomous human rights commission resigned in protest over the newly elected government's failure to renew beefed up authorities for the body.
Bangladesh mob beats spiritual leader to death: authorities
DHAKA: A self-proclaimed spiritual leader was beaten to death by a mob in Bangladesh on Saturday (April 11), officials said, in the latest violence fuelled by religious tensions in the country.
Vaccine gaps fuel Bangladesh's deadly measles crisis
DHAKA: Rocking her baby to soothe his searing pain and gasping breaths, 18-year-old Rubia Akhtar Brishti recounts how her son nearly died in Bangladesh's deadly measles outbreak.
Songkran in Thailand is great, but you can also celebrate in other places in Asia
Thailand isn't the only country that welcomes its New Year with tons of water splashing.
Diesel crunch hits padi farmers
The fuel crunch from the Iran conflict is rippling through Bangladesh's countryside, leaving tens of thousands of farmers struggling to secure diesel for irrigation at a critical stage of the padi season.
Bangladesh sentences two policemen to death for protest murder
DHAKA: Bangladesh sentenced two former policemen to death by hanging Thursday (April 9) for murdering student protester Abu Sayeed, whose killing escalated the 2024 uprising that toppled the autocratic government of Sheikh Hasina.
Police recover bodies of 13 slaughtered horses in Bangladesh
DHAKA: Police recovered the bodies of 13 slaughtered horses and rescued one alive from an abandoned house in Anarpura village of Munshiganj's Gazaria upazila on Wednesday (April 8).
Foreign workers: Govt mulls technology-driven, AI-based recruitment system
PETALING JAYA: The government plans to introduce a technology-driven, artificial intelligence (AI)-based recruitment system applicable to all source countries, says Datuk Seri Ramanan Ramakrishnan.
Emergency measles vaccinations launched amid deadly outbreak
THE country is conducting emergency measles-rubella vaccinations while trying to contain an ongoing outbreak that has killed more than 100 children in less than a month.
Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Kamal to be returned under extradition treaty, Bangladesh and India agree
DHAKA: Bangladesh has formally requested India to extradite ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal -- both sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal.
