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December 23, 2025 12:56 PM

UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for ensuring minorities’ safety in Bangladesh

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over the recent surge in violence in Bangladesh, stressing that minorities must feel safe in the country, his spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said. “We’re very concerned about the violence we’ve seen in Bangladesh,” Dujarric told reporters when asked about attacks on minorities, including recent incidents of lynching targeting Hindus. “All Bangladeshis need to feel safe.” Emphasising the rights of minority...

December 23, 2025 8:44 AM

Indian-American legislator from New York condemns lynching of Hindu man, cites persecution in Bangladesh

Condemning the mob lynching of a young Hindu man in Bangladesh, New York State Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar warned of what she described as a troubling pattern of violence and persecution targeting religious minorities in the country. In a statement, Rajkumar said she was “deeply disturbed by the ongoing violence against Bangladesh’s Hindu minority,” citing the killing of Dipu Chandra Das as the most recent and brutal example. “The horrific mob killing of Dipu Chandra Das underscores...

December 22, 2025 4:54 PM

Hostility towards India being manufactured by extremists, says Sheikh Hasina; blames Yunus-led interim government for strained ties

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of deliberately stoking anti-India sentiment, empowering extremist elements and weakening law and order, saying the current strain in India-Bangladesh relations is “entirely of Yunus’s making”. In an email interview with ANI, Hasina said hostility towards India was being “manufactured by extremists who have been emboldened by the Yunus regime”, and asserted that New Delhi’s concerns ...

December 11, 2025 6:35 PM

Bangladesh to hold national election on Feb 12, first since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster

Bangladesh will hold its next national election on February 12, 2026, a date that marks a major political transition following the student-led movement that forced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from office in August 2024. The announcement was made in a televised address by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin, who confirmed that voting for all 300 parliamentary constituencies and a nationwide referendum would take place simultaneously. The referendum will decide the fate of the “...

December 4, 2025 9:13 AM

Bangladesh’s Gen-Z battles to gain political ground after ousting Hasina

Thousands in Bangladesh flocked to hear the plans of the students who toppled long-time leader Sheikh Hasina when they launched a new political party this year, but now it finds itself struggling to translate the street power into votes. Fighting to deliver on its promise to free the nation from decades of nepotism and two-party dominance, the student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) faces entrenched rivals with deep networks and resources as polls approach in February. "Our organisation is we...

December 2, 2025 2:14 PM

PM Modi expresses concern over Begum Khaleda Zia’s health, offers India’s support

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed concern over the health of former Bangladesh Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, who is currently undergoing treatment in Dhaka. He conveyed India’s readiness to extend all possible support for her recovery. In a post on X, PM Modi said: “Deeply concerned to learn about the health of Begum Khaleda Zia, who has contributed to Bangladesh’s public life for many years. Our sincere prayers and bes...

November 30, 2025 5:20 PM

Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia in critical condition, exiled son says his return not in his hands

Bangladesh's former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia remains in "very critical" condition at a Dhaka hospital, her party said on Sunday, as her exiled son and acting party chief Tarique Rahman signaled uncertainty over his return. Khaleda, 80, was admitted to a private hospital on November 23 with a severe chest infection affecting her heart and lungs, doctors and senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party officials said. Her deteriorating health comes at a sensitive time for her poli...

November 21, 2025 3:23 PM

Earthquake jolts Bangladesh, killing five and injuring around 100

At least five people, including a child, were killed and around 100 injured when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Bangladesh on Friday, the government said, with buildings damaged in many areas including the densely populated capital Dhaka. Tremors were felt in eastern states in neighbouring India that border Bangladesh, but there were no immediate reports of major damage there, authorities said. Muhammad Yunus, the head of Bangladesh's interim government, said the injured included students f...

November 18, 2025 12:19 PM

UN chief Antonio Guterres opposes death penalty for Sheikh Hasina

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is against the death penalty imposed on Sheikh Hasina by a Bangladesh court, said his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. “We stand against the use of the death penalty in all circumstances”, he said on Monday, replying to a question at his daily briefing on the sentence imposed in absentia on the leader who is in exile in India. Dujarric cited a statement by UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Turk and said that “we fully agree with” his oppositi...

November 18, 2025 12:14 PM

Protests, arson rock Bangladesh following verdict against Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh witnessed a night of widespread protests and arson after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday. Several vehicles were torched across at least five districts as unrest spread rapidly. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is a domestic special court system in Bangladesh established to prosecute individuals for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War. The trib...