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UN rights chief says Rohingya refugees unable to return

Dhaka (AFP) - UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday that it remained unsafe for Rohingya refugees to return to…

AFP

UN rights chief says Rohingya refugees not able to return

Dhaka (AFP) - UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday that it remained unsafe for Rohingya refugees to return to…

AFP

Bangladesh activists brief UN rights chief on 'police state'

Dhaka (AFP) - Bangladeshi activists said Monday they briefed the visiting UN human rights chief on gross violations including extrajudicial…

AFP

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India and Bangladesh in talks for major river agreement ahead of PM Hasina’s visit

Joint River Commission meeting to decide on deals over Kushiyara and Ganga rivers

The Hindu

Bangladesh: ‘Out of Tune’ singer Hero Alom grilled by police. Here's why

"Hero" Alom, as he styles himself, has amassed nearly two million Facebook followers and almost 1.5 million on YouTube with…

Livemint

Bangladesh Cricket Board to investigate Shakib Al Hasan's social media post endorsing betting company

DHAKA: Bangladesh's biggest cricketing star Shakib Al Hasan has once again courted controversy as country's cricket board is set to…

The Times of India

Tuneless Bangladeshi social media star grilled by police

Dhaka (AFP) - An out-of-tune Bangladeshi singer with a huge internet following was hauled in by police at dawn and…

AFP

‘These ship-breakers work on a site laden with toxic waste’: Mithail Afrige Chowdhury’s best phone picture

The Bangladeshi photographer on workers in Dhaka who risk their lives dismantling old vessels for recycling or disposal

The Guardian - UK

DMRC in fray for Tel-Aviv metro project, says MD Vikas Kumar

DMRC, currently involved as a consultant for a section of the Dhaka Metro project in Bangladesh, will also bid for…

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Eid holidays in Bangladesh saw record road accident deaths: Group

At least 398 people were killed and 774 injured in 319 road accidents in fortnight between July 3 to 17,…

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan to miss white-ball tour of Zimbabwe

DHAKA (Bangladesh): After the conclusion of the Test series against West Indies, Shakib Al Hasan will skip Bangladesh's white-ball tour…

The Times of India

Kolkata-Dhaka travellers welcome new bridge

However, they want immigration process to be smooth

The Hindu

7 million in 'desperate need' after Bangladesh floods

Dhaka (AFP) - More than seven million Bangladeshis are still in "desperate" need of shelter and aid after deadly floods…

AFP

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Two drunkards stab three people in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar

NEW DELHI: Three men were stabbed allegedly by two drunk miscreants over a petty issue inside a park in northwest…

The Times of India

Bangla bridge to halve Kol-Dhaka train travel time

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the 6.15-km road-rail four-lane Padma Bridge, the country's biggest development project since its…

The Times of India

PM Hasina opens Bangladesh’s longest bridge over River Padma

Experts say the 6.15km bridge, built at a cost of nearly $4bn, will connect the southwest of the country to…

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh opens bridge plagued by graft claims, lynchings

Dhaka (AFP) - Bangladesh on Saturday opened an important bridge near the capital Dhaka after a long construction plagued by…

AFP

Bangladesh tries to secure wheat from Russia as India stops exports: Report

The supply deal with Russia, the world's biggest wheat exporter, could help Dhaka in meeting its needs below the elevated…

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Dead rivers: The cost of Bangladesh's garment-driven economic boom

Dhaka (AFP) - Bangladeshi ferryman Kalu Molla began working on the Buriganga river before the patchwork of slums on its…

AFP

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India, Bangladesh should work on river management: Jaishankar

Ready to extend assistance in management of annual flood in neighbouring nation, says External Affairs Minister

The Hindu

Fresh protest in Bangladesh over India prophet remarks

Dhaka (AFP) - Around 10,000 Muslims demonstrated in the Bangladeshi capital on Thursday in the second protest in a week…

AFP

Malaysia firms turn down orders as migrant labour shortage hits

Malaysian companies from palm oil plantations to semiconductor makers are refusing orders and forgoing billions in sales, hampered by a…

Reuters

No compromise on honour of the Prophet: Bangladesh Information Minister Hasan Mahmud

Dhaka yet to commit on Prime Minister Hasina’s visit to India

The Hindu

Islamist protests cast a shadow over PM Hasina’s planned India visit

Since 2019, top level visits from both sides were shadowed by India’s “internal” developments

The Hindu

Huge Muslim protests in Asia after India prophet row

Dhaka (AFP) - Muslims took to the streets in huge protests around Asia after Friday prayers, sparked by remarks about…

AFP