Bangladesh detects first cluster of Zika virus cases
Dhaka, Mar 3 (IANS) The scientists at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR-B), have identified five cases of Zika-infected patients in the country, the country’s health authorities reported on Monday. The samples were collected from the infected patients in 2023 and this is the first identification of a cluster of Zika-infected patients […]
Bangladesh Election Commission rules out local elections before national polls
Dhaka, March 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of Bangladesh has stated that it will not be possible to hold local elections before national elections. This confirmation came at a time when major political parties in Bangladesh were at loggerheads over which election to have first, according to the local media. Speaking to the country’s leading […]
Bangladesh: Officials from 25 cadres call for full-day absence from work today
Dhaka, March 2 (IANS) The officials from 25 cadres of the Bangladesh Civil Service declared a strike on Sunday in protest against the suspension of government officers, according to local media reports. The Inter-Cadre Discrimination Elimination Council in Bangladesh announced full-day work abstention in solidarity with the suspended government officers. These officials were suspended merely […]
B’desh Foreign Affairs Advisor-EAM Jaishankar discussed possibility of holding Yunus-PM Modi meeting: reports
Dhaka, Feb 17 (IANS) Touhid Hossain, the Foreign Affairs Advisor to the interim government in Bangladesh led by Muhammad Yunus, emphasised on the importance of starting the discussions for renewal of the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty during his meeting with India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar held in Muscat on Sunday, the Bangladeshi media […]
B’desh hopes of Yunus-PM Modi meet during BIMSTEC summit
Dhaka, Feb 12 (IANS) Bangladesh interim government led by Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to attend the 6th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit in Bangkok, Thailand, from April 2-4. This gives hope for the first-ever in-person meeting between Yunus and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the […]
Najmul Hossain Shanto steps down as Bangladesh T20I captain
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Bangladesh cricketer Najmul Hossain Shanto on Thursday stepped down as the captain of the national T20I team. The announcement was confirmed by BCB President Faruque Ahmed, who revealed that Shanto had informed the board of his decision, which was subsequently accepted. Despite relinquishing his role in T20Is, Shanto will continue […]
Bangladesh court rejects ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das’ bail
Dhaka, Jan 2 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu monk and spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote, also associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), during a hearing held under tight security, local media reported. Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Saiful […]
ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das’ bail hearing in Bangladesh Court
Dhaka, Jan 2 (IANS) Chinmay Krishna Das, a Hindu monk and spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote, is set to appear before a Chittagong court on Thursday, for a bail hearing in a sedition case. Arrested on November 25 from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Das has remained in jail amid […]
43 killed in Dhaka building fire
Dhaka, March 1 (IANS) At least 43 people were killed in a deadly fire that broke out at a six-storey commercial building on Baily Road in Dhaka late on Thursday night.
