Bangladesh PM Rahman likely to visit India from Aug 23-25, Indian newspaper reports
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is likely to visit India from Aug 23 to 25, the Indian Express newspaper reported on Friday (Aug 21), his first trip to the country since taking office in February.
BNP’s Alamgir elected president
Lawmakers elected ruling party veteran Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the country's president, a largely ceremonial post left vacant after the early resignation of his predecessor.
Bangladesh's Alamgir tipped to become new president
DHAKA: Bangladesh's parliament is set to elect the country's new president on Thursday (Aug 20), with the ruling party's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expected to take the largely ceremonial position.
Bangladesh launches women-only "Pink Bus"
DHAKA: The Bangladeshi government has launched a dedicated bus service for women, also operated and managed by female drivers, to ensure safe and comfortable journeys for female commuters.
Bangladeshis drift to their deaths over 11 days
DHAKA: At least 11 passengers, including nine Bangladeshis, died after a Greece-bound boat carrying 42 people drifted for days in the Mediterranean Sea without food or water, according to a Bangladeshi survivor now receiving treatment in Egypt.
Rohingyas face further delays with repatriation
THe nation's military-backed government has verified that nearly 309,000 displaced people in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of the troubled Rakhine State, but repatriation will proceed only after security in Rakhine improves, the foreign ministry said.
‘No PM visit to India until Hasina extradited’
THE country said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman would not visit India until New Delhi extradited Sheikh Hasina, the Bangladeshi former premier who fled during a 2024 uprising.
Monsoon, jute season revive Bangladesh’s century-old boat market
DHAKA: The monsoon has brought the century-old boat market in Faridpur's Bhanga upazila back to life, with farmers flocking there to buy small boats for harvesting, retting and washing jute in waterlogged fields.
Bangladesh says PM will not visit India until Hasina extradited
DHAKA: Bangladesh said on Sunday (Aug 16) that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman would not visit India until New Delhi extradited Sheikh Hasina, the Bangladeshi former premier who fled during a 2024 uprising.
Toxic gas leak at shipbreaking yard kills eight
Toxic gas leaked from a vessel at a shipbreaking yard, killing at least eight workers, with five others missing, police said.
