Shahabuddin, 76, cited health reasons for leaving two years before his five-year term was meant to expire.
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin, a former ally of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, will resign on Friday halfway through his term, according to his spokesman. The president’s office is a largely ceremonial post and Shahabuddin is quitting much before the end of his tenure in April 2028. The decision comes after Hasina announced her plan to return in December to surrender following a court conviction. “As a result of his illnesses, it is no longer possible for him to discharge his...
Bangladesh’s Minister for Foreign Affairs says the Indian government has invited Mr. Rahman to participate in the summit as a guest
This week marks one year since a military jet struck a school in Dhaka, killing 36, most of them children.
Australia return to full strength for two-Test series against Bangladesh, as injured trio return to strengthen squad.
Contrary to the claims that there could be 20 million “illegal Bangladeshi migrants” staying in India, an analysis based on Census data suggests that there is no surge of undocumented migrants from Bangladesh, at least between 1991 and 2011
Thousands have lost their homes as flash floods and landslides have hit large parts of the country.
The group, which included two minors, languished in Bangladesh for over a year before it returned home; it came back through the international border in Malda district
At least seven children and a teacher were killed after a landslide hit a girls’ school at a refugee camp in Bangladesh.
More than 120,000 suspected and confirmed measles cases have been reported in Bangladesh, where hospitals are overwhelmed.
Relations between Dhaka and Delhi, that turned frosty under the interim government, are on the mend.
After Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman’s maiden visit to China, India says its development assistance to projects in Bangladesh work on the basis of a ‘mutually agreed roadmap’