When Sheikh Hasina's long reign finally ended in 2024, Bangladesh found itself at an uncertain crossroads not just of leadership but also of identity. The void she left behind has seen the familiar ...

The Bangladesh Bank has initiated merger procedures for five Islamic banks grappling with acute liquidity stress in order to protect depositors, the central bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur said today (16 ...

New Delhi: Protests erupted in Bangladesh last week after the Muhammad Yunus-led interim administration rolled back its recruitment of music and physical training (PT) teachers to government primary ...

Bangladesh faces an Islamist resurgence as Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus rises at the center of a political and religious power shift. Bangladesh stands at a perilous crossroads. Once celebrated as a ...

Bangladesh’s Javed Ahmed and Khoy Khoy Marma swept into the final of the mixed doubles of table tennis at the Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Thursday. The duo defeated their ...

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The Election Commission is planning to invite all 56 registered political parties, including Jatiya Party and three new parties, in nine groups to participate in the dialogue starting on Thursday, ...

Shah Jalal was a revered Sufi saint whose arrival in Sylhet in 1303 CE marked the spread of Islam in Bengal. His spiritual legacy continues to shape South Asian Sufism and Bengal’s cultural identity ...

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday took over the five troubled Shariah-based banks on a temporary basis by dissolving their boards as part of the formal merger process. Before dissolving the boards of ...

Bangladesh has decided to temporarily bar Indian-origin Islamic preacher Zakir Naik from entering the country, citing security and logistical concerns ahead of the upcoming national elections.

Dhaka, Nov 5 (UNI) The Bangladesh government has temporarily barred the entry of infamous Islamic hate preacher, Zakir Naik, ahead of his upcoming visit to the country, on the verdict of the country's ...