The Bangladesh Nationalist Party comfortably won 185 seats in Bangladesh’s 300-member parliament, surpassing the halfway point for a simple majority. DHAKA: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party won a historic parliamentary election on Friday (Feb 13), local TV stations said, as ballots were tallied throughout the night in a key poll anticipatedContinue Reading
DHAKA (AFP): Khaleda Zia, the three-time prime minister of Bangladesh, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 80. She had wanted to govern her country one final time following elections next year. Zia, who had dominated the volatile power battles of the South Asian nation for decades, had promisedContinue Reading
A Bangladeshi national has been detained in Makkah Province for reportedly stabbing his wife with a knife and acid during Eidul Fitr, resulting in her and another woman’s deaths, as well as multiple injuries, Saudi police revealed. According to Makkah Region Police, the attack occurred as the woman stepped offContinue Reading
DHAKA (AFP) – Over ninety persons died on Sunday in Bangladesh during a large-scale protest against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when protesters engaged in combat with pro-government protestors. now demonstrations over a government job quota program began in early July, at least 300 people have perished. The Supreme Court ofContinue Reading
According to officials, at least 37 people were murdered when an overloaded night boat in Bangladesh caught fire on Friday, as scared passengers leaped overboard to escape the inferno. The latest marine disaster to strike the impoverished low-lying nation occurred in the early hours of the morning in a riverContinue Reading
Pakistan thrashed Bangladesh 2-0 in the Test series on Wednesday, giving life to a match that was otherwise destined to end in a tie due to rain. Pakistan forced the follow-on against Bangladesh after their disastrous first innings performance, in which they were skittled out for 87. Sajid Khan roseContinue Reading
