A 2015 video showing two people being airlifted to safety after severe flooding in Japan has garnered hundreds of thousands of views on posts falsely claiming it was filmed recently in Bangladesh. While Bangladeshi authorities said monsoon rains flooded parts of the South Asian country in August 2024, killing dozens of people, the footage was […]
As the Pakistan cricket team hit a new low, one of its discarded stars, Ahmad Shehzad, did not mince his words in his criticism on social media. Shehzad has been critical of the Pakistan team for a long time, be it regarding his exclusion from the national team or other matters. Now, Shehzad […]
Kamran Akmal accused the players and officials of humiliating Pakistan in cricket worldwide© AFP Pakistan’s defeat to Bangladesh in the first Test match in Rawalpindi on Sunday has drawn strong reactions from former players. Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 10 wickets to achieve their first victory over their opponents in the longest format of […]
In an exciting climax of the first test of the Bangladesh tour of Pakistan 2024Bangladesh pulled off a remarkable victory by setting a modest target of 30 runs and winning by 10 wickets. The match at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium saw Bangladesh record a historic victory over Pakistan and the country’s first Test win against […]
Mushfiqur Rahim scored the highest individual score by a Bangladesh batsman in Pakistan to help his team take the lead in the first Test in Rawalpindi on Saturday. The 37-year-old remained unbeaten with 173 in his 11th Test century, defying the bowling attack of Mehidy Hasan Miraz as Bangladesh reached 495-6 at teatime. The visitors […]
Ten years have passed since the debut novel by Bangladeshi writer Zia Haider Rahman, In light of what we know (Picador), a doorstop of both sweeping scope and epic ambition, entered the world. If you have even a passing love of fiction, you know that every now and then a novel comes along that blows […]
A crowd gathers in front of the President’s official residence during the swearing-in ceremony of … (+) the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, August 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar) Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The Generation Z revolution in Bangladesh, which began on July 1, […]
Rahul Gandhi has maintained a staunch silence on the brutal attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh – an issue that every opposition leader in the Lok Sabha should have spoken out on, especially after he quickly tweeted congratulations to Muhammad Yunus on his swearing-in as head of the interim government of Bangladesh. All he could muster […]
Dhaka — Bangladesh’s new chief justice was sworn in after his predecessor, a loyalist of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned amid demands from protesters, a presidential official said on Sunday. It is the latest in a series of appointments to replace an old guard seen as linked to the previous regime that was overthrown […]
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After reports emerged about former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s plans to seek asylum in the UK, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar received a call from British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Thursday. EAM Jaishankar and his British counterpart discussed the situation in Bangladesh and West Asia. “Got a call from UK Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy […]
