18 bodies retrieved after bus plunges into river in Bangladesh
Sultana Akhtar, Rajbari's deputy commissioner and district magistrate, told Xinhua that there were around 40 passengers on board the bus.
Sultana Akhtar, Rajbari's deputy commissioner and district magistrate, told Xinhua that there were around 40 passengers on board the bus.
Bangladesh’s 13th national parliamentary election has delivered a verdict that is politically significant not merely for Dhaka, but for the entire South Asian region.
For Indian policymakers, the real challenge in resetting ties with Dhaka is not one of intent but of calibration, understanding what is politically feasible in Bangladesh's new landscape, and what is not.
Polls closed in Bangladesh on Thursday in a direct contest between Tarique Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and an 11-party alliance led by the resurgent Jamaat-e-Islami, after voting centers shut their gates at 4.30 pm.
The slogans on Dhaka’s walls are not just the aftershocks of a student uprising; they are signposts of a deeper political realignment.
Saima Khatun, 27, watched with horror as friends who worked in the newsroom of Dhaka-based Bangladesh Times were picked up by securitymen on Saturday.
The Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh, Mohammad Yunus, shared a photograph of the meeting between Jaishankar and Sadiq.
Protests continued on Friday at the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka, with demonstrators blocking roads and chanting slogans as unrest deepened following the death of activist Osman Hadi.
The body of Sharif Osman Hadi arrived in Dhaka on Friday evening from Singapore, with his funeral set to be held on Saturday afternoon.
India has temporarily shut its Dhaka visa centre over security concerns near the High Commission, escalating diplomatic tensions with Bangladesh amid protests, extremist threats, and a formal envoy summons.
