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Bangladeshis stand by the coast of the Bay of Bengal, before the expected landfall of tropical storm Mora in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Monday, May 29, 2017. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Hundreds of thousands evacuated as cyclone Mora hits Bangladesh coast

At least 2.5 million people in ten districts risk falling in the way of the severe cyclonic storm.

30 May 2017 8:35 AM

Abubakar took up the pen in the late 1970s, when as a bookseller he lamented that most novels obsessed with the cosmopolitan lifestyles of modern, elite Bangladeshis. (Photo: File/Representational Image)

Islamic romance novels set hearts aflutter in Bangladesh

Kasem bin Abubakar was told nobody would buy his romance novels about devout young Muslims finding love in Bangladesh.

26 Apr 2017 11:42 AM

Police said online harassment had grown alarmingly with the rise in smart phone use in Bangladesh, and teenage girls were the main targets. (Representational Image)

Bangladesh trains teenage girls to fight cyber crime

More than 10,000 school-age girls will take part in government workshops around the country.

18 Apr 2017 3:21 PM

Bangla PM backs Islamists in row over ‘Greek god’

The statue of “lady justice” has ruffled feathers in the Muslim-majority nation with hardliners saying it is a Greek god.

13 Apr 2017 7:08 AM

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (Photo: PTI)

Bangladesh PM embarks on four-day India visit after 7 years

Apart from Pm Modi, Hasina will also call on President Pranab Mukherjee and meet opposition leader Sonia Gandhi.

07 Apr 2017 10:30 AM

Neo-JMB was behind the July 1 terror attack on a Dhaka cafe that killed 22 people, including 17 foreigners. (Photo: AP)

Bangladesh: Security forces storm militant hideout; 3 dead

Bangladesh has been witnessing a spate of attacks on secular activists, foreigners and religious minorities since 2013.

01 Apr 2017 4:17 PM

12 labourers killed in Bangladesh road accident

Bangladesh has one of the highest fatality rates for road accidents in the world.

26 Mar 2017 3:03 PM

Bangladeshi soldiers from Rapid Action Battalion or RAB stand guard where a suicide bomber allegedly detonated himself in Dhaka. (Photo: AP)

Blasts kill six as Bangladesh commandos storm Islamist hideout

Police primarily suspect the blasts were the work of a new faction of the homegrown extremist group, Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).

26 Mar 2017 11:46 AM

Bangladeshi soldiers from Rapid Action Battalion or RAB stand guard where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

IS suicide bomber blows himself up near Dhaka airport

He blew the explosives tied to his waist at a police outpost at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

25 Mar 2017 9:41 AM

Bangladesh policemen. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Suicide bomber blows self up in RAB camp in Bangladesh

A man carrying explosives entered the of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) camp and blew it up, said Home Minister.

17 Mar 2017 3:30 PM

n this March 7, 2017 photo, a Bangladeshi acid attack survivor gets her make up applied during the event 'Beauty Redefined' in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Acid attack victims redefine beauty in Bangladesh fashion show

The fashion show aimed to redefine the notion of beauty while calling attention to the menace of such attacks.

08 Mar 2017 12:40 PM

45-year-old Yasin Byapari, arrested for marrying 28 times. (Photo: Facebook)

Bangladesh man with 28 marriages jailed after ‘25th wife’ files complaint

Yasin Byapari was arrested by the police from his 27th wife's home at Taltali area of Barguna district.

27 Jan 2017 8:35 PM

Representational Picture (Photo: Pixabay)

Doctors have to write legibly: Bangladesh Court

The court has ruled that doctors have to type their prescriptions out or write using block letters.

10 Jan 2017 3:43 PM

Bangladesh authorities have accused the same group of being behind a wave of killings of religious minorities, foreigners and rights activists. (Photo: AP)

'Mastermind' of Dhaka cafe attack killed during raid: police

The bodies of Nurul Islam Marzan and another suspected extremist were found after officers raided a property in Rayer Bazar neighbourhood.

06 Jan 2017 1:58 PM

Abul Bajandar has undergone at least 16 operations to remove five kilos (11 pounds) of growths from his hands and feet since his condition came to doctors' attention a year ago. (Photo: AFP)

Bangladesh 'Tree Man' sees hope after 16 surgeries

Bajandar became a celebrity after his condition was widely covered in local and international media.

06 Jan 2017 9:28 AM

Bangladesh policemen cover their nose to protect themselves from the smell of teargas during a raid in a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Bangladesh: Police arrest 5 suspected militants for New Year 'terror plot'

The five were believed to be members of a faction of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) group.

28 Dec 2016 5:08 PM

A raid by the Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit at a house in Ashkona Purba Para area of Dhaka led to the capture of two female militants and rescue of three children. (Photo: ANI)

Female jihadists take centre-stage: Dhaka witnesses first 1st suicide bomber

Two others were killed in the raid - woman killing herself by detonating suicide vest and teenage boy whose cause of death remains unclear.

25 Dec 2016 6:22 PM

Bangladesh policemen cover their nose to protect themselves from the smell of teargas during a raid in a building in Dhaka. (Photo: AP)

Woman, teen blow themselves up in police raid

The militants are believed to be operatives of a Bangladeshi jihadist group behind the July 1 terror attack at a Dhaka cafe.

25 Dec 2016 3:11 AM

Sheikh Hasina: All traitors who sided with Pak to be in the dock

The rehabilitation took place during the tenure of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman, Bangladesh’s first military ruler.

16 Dec 2016 2:10 AM

A Hindu temple was vandalised and three idols of deities were destroyed by some unknown people in Bangladesh. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Hindu temple vandalised, 3 idols smashed in B'desh

‘A group with vested interests may have carried out the crime to disrupt communal harmony,’ police said.

04 Dec 2016 6:17 PM

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