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Bangladesh has slipped down three places to 152nd on the World Press Freedom Index this year, losing some of last year’s gains.
A technical fault at an Adani Power thermal power plant in Jharkhand, which primarily supplies electricity to Bangladesh, has deepened the country’s ongoing power crisis. The restoration of power supply is likely to take several days Such is the power crisis in Bangladesh that the government last month resorted to a curfew of sorts, asking…
11 September, 2026, 08:55 pm Last modified: 11 September, 2026, 10:08 pm Representational image. Collage: TBS
Bangladesh is committing billions to buy US gas, jets, and grain to honour a trade pact designed to ward off American tariffs. But as US courts strike down the legal basis for those tariff threats, Dhaka still remains locked into an expensive shopping spree.
Bangladesh says PM Tarique Rahman will not visit India until Sheikh Hasina is extradited | Mint
Bangladesh’s presidential election got under way on Thursday, with lawmakers voting to elect the country’s 23rd president in the first contested poll for the post in 35 years.
After Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted and fled the country on August 5, journalists who allegedly supported her and her Awami League party during weeks of violent protests are facing a litany of public legal complaints.
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Tamim Iqbal has announced higher match fees across domestic cricket after the board’s working committee met at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday (September 3).
Bangladesh cited gaps in readiness, incomplete core reforms, and economic fallout from the Iran war as reasons for seeking an extension of the transition period for graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category by three more years at the public hearing of the UNCDP on April 29.
Dhaka/New Delhi: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Tamim Iqbal remains optimistic about holding a long-pending home white-ball series against India, stating that both boards are actively working to find a suitable window within their tight schedules.