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Diplomatic efforts to resolve the Rohingya crisis have gained renewed urgency as the displacement enters its tenth year, with Bangladesh hosting nearly 1.2 million refugees...

Bangladesh’s railway network is undergoing a major push for modernisation, with the government seeking to expand rail communication, improve passenger services and increase train speeds...

The BNP government has failed to deliver on its reform commitments and address major economic and governance challenges during its first six months in office,...

For more than a decade, over 1.2 million Rohingyas have remained trapped in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in Myanmar, living in overcrowded camps with shrinking...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition Shafiqur Rahman has described the 2024 mass uprising as a precursor to a larger political struggle, warning...

After two decades of controversy, allegations of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, and mounting demands for its abolition, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is set...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed the power, energy and mineral resources ministry to prioritise coal-fired power generation to free up more gas for industries,...

A proposal to bring Bangladesh into the Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Türkiye ‘Mecca Defence Pact’ has triggered a fresh debate over the changing balance of power in South...

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was elected Bangladesh’s 23rd president on Thursday, defeating opposition candidate Col. (Retd.) Oli Ahmad in the country’s first contested presidential election...

Bangladesh’s worsening gas crisis is severely disrupting industrial production across major manufacturing hubs, forcing factories to suspend operations, cut output and rely on expensive alternative...

Bangladesh goes to the polls today to elect its 23rd new president, but the outcome is all but decided before a single vote is cast....