Rabiul Alam

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Rabiul Alam

On the scorching afternoon of April 29, Bangladeshi actor Siddiqur Rahman Siddique stood at a fuel station in Dhaka’s Bijoy Shoroni area, refuelling his car. Suddenly, a group of youths — members of the Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) — began chasing him. Siddique fled in his car for nearly five km through the city before being caught at the Baily Road area in the capital.

4 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Rabiul Alam

Bangladesh has decided to ban all activities of the ruling Awami League headed by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, including its online presence, under the Anti-Terrorism Act until ongoing trials for alleged war crimes of the party and its leaders are concluded. The decision was made on Saturday (May 10, 2025) at a special meeting of the Advisory Council of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh.

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Rabiul Alam

Lablu Mia, a 50-year-old local leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was known as a devoted activist in Badarganj upazila of Rangpur district. But on April 5, his loyalty to the party meant nothing when rival BNP factions turned on each other in a vicious clash over control of a business near the upazila central Shaheed Minar. Stabbed repeatedly in the clashes, Mia became the latest casualty in a growing wave of internal clash tearing through the BNP.

1 month ago | ijnet.org | Rabiul Alam

On the evening of February 5, a tense atmosphere gripped the historic neighborhood of Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as protesters gathered outside the former residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country’s founding president. The protesters were fueled by anger over a speech made by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Rahman’s daughter, six months after her removal from power last August.

2 months ago | thehindu.com | Rabiul Alam

The heart of Bangladesh is heavy with grief and seething with outrage as an eight-year-old rape victim from Magura district lost her battle for life on March 12 after enduring unimaginable pain for a week. The news of her death has sent shockwaves across the country. In a visceral reaction to the news, enraged locals set fire to the house of the accused. Since the incident, Bangladesh has been engulfed in protests against rape and violence targeting women and children.