DHAKA: Bangladesh wants to buy up to 40 million more doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII), its health secretary said, potentially more than doubling its purchases. Bangladesh, a country of more...
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8th Apr 2025 | Updated at 07:57pm 8th Apr 2025
HINDUS DEMAND JUSTICE GLOBALLY
- 04 Dec 2024
Since the ousting of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, violence against Hindus in Bangladesh has surged, with frequent reports of temple vandalism, assaults, and attacks on individuals. The Hindu minority in Bangladesh comprises 8%. Over...
Clashes erupt in Bangladesh over arrest of Iskcon priest
- 27 Nov 2024
A public prosecutor was killed after violent clashes erupted in Bangladesh on Tuesday following the arrest of a prominent Hindu leader and Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari. The unrest followed the denial of bail to Brahmachari,...
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Monday received the first consignment of the 5 million doses of Covishield vaccines from India under a procurement agreement, four...
- 30 Dec 2020
Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal this month,...
A 17-year-old Bangladeshi teenager has been awarded a prestigious global children’s award for taking action against cyberbullying and an online crime against children
- 09 Dec 2020
Bangladesh naval vessels carried about 1,600 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal despite complaints by refugees and rights groups...
- 09 Nov 2020
DHAKA: The Transgender community is now officially recognised as a third gender in Bangladesh. They will now be able to study Islamic and vocational subjects free of cost at a privately funded madrassa in the capital, Dhaka.
Hundreds of people in Bangladesh lynched a man last Thursday. The man who was lynched had allegedly desecrated the Quran. According to WION news, two men were accused of stepping on the Muslim holy book in the main mosque of the town of Burimari,...
Bangladesh's Cabinet has approved an amendment to introduce the death penalty for rape cases after a series of recent sexual assaults sparked nationwide...
Raising the issue of the presence of Rohingya refugees in her country for more than three years, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the global...
- 01 Sep 2020
The family of Bangladesh's main opposition leader Khaleda Zia has sought an extension of six more months on her suspended prison sentence for the former...
