Kamran Reza Chowdhury: Bangladesh’s high court Wednesday ordered organizers of an annual book fair in Dhaka to remove two books whose content it said was “harmful… Read More »Bangladesh court bans 2 books, orders them removed from literary festival
Kamran Reza Chowdhury: Bangladesh is holding off on its plan to relocate tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees to an uninhabited island, a minister said Wednesday,… Read More »Bangladesh holds off on plan to move Rohingya to island
Special to BenarNews: Rohingya Muslims, who were displaced by communal violence with ethnic Rakhine Buddhists across western Myanmar’s Rakhine state nearly eight years ago, say that… Read More »Rohingya displaced within Rakhine since 2012 riots face bleak prospects
Kamran Reza Chowdhury: A Bangladeshi minister ordered authorities on Friday to probe the death of a housewife who died while in police custody, amid allegations from… Read More »‘Police beat my mother to death in custody,’ son alleges in Bangladesh
Kamran Reza Chowdhury: After other attempts failed, a top official from the party of jailed Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia for the first time has telephoned… Read More »Fakhrul phones Quader; Makes direct appeal for Khaleda’s release
Abdur Rahman & Sharif Khiam: Bangladeshi police said Friday they had uncovered no evidence to confirm that a Christian Rohingya family had been abducted from a… Read More »No evidence to prove abduction of Christian Rohingya: Bangladeshi police
Prapti Rahman: Bangladeshi officials say they have arrested a publisher who used fake news sites that masqueraded as established news platforms to make money and spread… Read More »Publisher arrested, accused of creating fake news sites in Bangladesh
Jesmin Papri: The coronavirus outbreak could impede the construction of Beijing-backed infrastructure projects across Bangladesh, officials said, amid reports that thousands of Chinese working on them… Read More »Coronavirus affects China-backed projects in Bangladesh
Prapti Rahman: At least 15 people drowned when an overloaded boat carrying 138 Rohingya refugees to Malaysia struck a slab of coral in shallow water and… Read More »Rohingya refugees drown as boat capsizes off Bangladesh
Kamran Reza Chowdhury: Although some legal experts say she is eligible, Bangladesh has again rejected opening its doors to a British-born woman of Bangladeshi descent who… Read More »Bangladesh rejects domestic calls to grant citizenship to woman who joined IS