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Tarique Rahman sworn in as Prime Minister of Bangladesh

By Odisha News Online Feb 17, 2026 56

BANGALDESH, FEB 17 : Tarique Rahman, Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Tuesday. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath of office at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban at around 4:15 pm, reports said. Earlier in the day, the BNP Parliamentary Party […]Continue Reading

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Om Birla to represent India at Bangladesh PM-elect Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in

By Odisha News Online Feb 15, 2026 61

NEW DELHI, FEB 15 : Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh’s PM-elect Tarique Rahman in Dhaka on February 17. Rahman, chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is set to assume office after his party registered a sweeping victory in the first national election held following the […]Continue Reading

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Hindu man stabbed, set on fire in Bangladesh, escapes by jumping into pond; fourth attack in two weeks

By Odisha News Online Jan 1, 2026 150

BANGALDESH, JAN 1 : A Hindu businessman was allegedly assaulted by a group of men in Shariatpur district in Bangladesh on the night of December 31. The victim, who was identified as Khokon Chandra Das, runs a pharmacy in the Keorbhanga area of Kaneshwar union and was attacked while returning home, according to local media. […]Continue Reading

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Bangladesh erupts as protesters torch top dailies, target Indian mission after 2024 uprising activist dies

By Odisha News Online Dec 19, 2025 191

Bangladesh, Dec 19 :  Violence erupted in Bangladesh’s capital early on Friday after Sharif Osman Hadi, a key figure in last year’s pro-democracy uprising, died in a hospital in Singapore following an assassination attempt. Thousands of protesters poured onto the streets of Dhaka after news of the 32-year-old activist’s death, demanding the arrest of his […]Continue Reading

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At least 19 killed as Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashes into school in Dhaka

By Odisha News Online Jul 21, 2025 274

DHAKA, JUL 21 : A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in northern Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 19 people, including its pilot, and injuring dozens, officials and local media said. According to the military and a fire official, the Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI aircraft crashed into the campus […]Continue Reading

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Hasina charged with crimes against humanity over crackdown that killed 1,400 in Bangladesh uprising

By Odisha News Online Jun 1, 2025 319

DHAKA, JUN 1 : Fugitive former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina orchestrated a “systematic attack” that amounted to crimes against humanity in her attempt to crush the uprising that toppled her government, Bangladeshi prosecutors said at the opening of her trial on Sunday. Up to 1,400 people were killed between July and August 2024 after […]Continue Reading

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Bangladesh tribunal issues arrest warrant against ousted PM Sheikh Hasina

By Odisha News Online Oct 17, 2024 541

DHAKA, OCT 17: A Bangladeshi court on Thursday ordered an arrest warrant for exiled ex-leader Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August after she was toppled from power by a student-led revolution. “The court has… ordered the arrest of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and to produce her in court on November 18,” Mohammad […]Continue Reading

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Decomposed body of Awami League leader found in Meghalaya

By Odisha News Online Aug 29, 2024 727

SHILLONG, AUG 29 : The Meghalaya Police recovered the decomposed body of Awami League leader Ishaque Ali Khan Panna from a betelnut plantation in Jaintia Hills district bordering Bangladesh, officials said. The body was discovered on August 26 evening, around 1.5 km from the IndiA-Bangladesh border, they said. Shillong SP Giri Prasad said Panna was […]Continue Reading

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Sheikh Hasina’s big charge against US in undelivered speech, message to students

By Odisha News Online Aug 11, 2024 607

Sheikh Hasina’s big charge against US in undelivered speech, message to students NEW DELHI, AUG  11 : Sheikh Hasina wanted to address the nation before she resigned as Bangladesh Prime Minister and fled the country on August 5 amid violent protests by students. In her undelivered speech, accessed by India Today, Hasina accused the United […]Continue Reading

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Bangladesh Chief Justice forced to resign amid protests

By Odisha News Online Aug 10, 2024 599

Bangladesh, Aug 10 :  Bangladesh Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan on Saturday resigned from his post after protesters surrounded the Supreme Court and gave him an ultimatum to quit within an hour. The country’s Parliamentary affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul confirmed the development and said the Chief Justice’s resignation has reached the Law Ministry, Bangladesh Continue Reading