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A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Bangladesh on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported, with tremors felt across Kolkata and several adjoining districts in West Bengal. The shaking...
An earthquake measured at magnitude 5.3 by the US Geological Survey and 5.4 by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department struck on Friday afternoon about 188 kilometres from Dhaka, officials said. The tremor occurred...
An earthquake measuring magnitude 4.1 struck Bangladesh early Tuesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported. The event occurred at 04:06:46 IST on 3 February 2026 at latitude 22.84 N and longitude 89.01 E...
Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, has ordered a nationwide security clampdown after fresh unrest following the shooting of a right‑wing cultural group's youth leader.
Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia has been placed on ventilator support after her health deteriorated, hospital doctors said. Cardiologist Shahabuddin Talukdar, chief of the medical board, reported that her...
An air ambulance arranged to fly former prime minister Khaleda Zia to London for further treatment is scheduled to land in Dhaka on Tuesday, aviation officials said.
The planned transfer of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia to London for advanced treatment has been delayed until Sunday after an air ambulance offered by Qatar did not arrive in Dhaka as scheduled, a senior...
Dhaka, Bangladesh — An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck Bangladesh in the early hours of Thursday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported on X. The agency said the quake occurred at 5:44...
Dhaka, Dec 3, 2025 — A team of specialists from the United Kingdom will arrive in Bangladesh to join the international panel overseeing former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s care, her aides said. The UK doctors will...
Dhaka, December 3 — Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has issued a detailed response to media queries about the trial and sentencing in a case involving UK Member of Parliament Tulip Siddiq. The commission...
Tarique Rahman, the son of former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia and acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is preparing to return to Bangladesh after more than a decade in self-exile in...
A Dhaka court on Monday convicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 16 others in a land corruption case, sentencing Hasina to five years in prison. Judge Md Rabiul Alam of Special Judge's Court-4 handed a two-year...
