Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University is a residence hall for minority students, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, and others. It is one of the three original residence halls that date from when the University was founded in 1921, and like them is modelled on the colleges of the University of Oxford, a complex of buildings including residences, meeting rooms, dining rooms, a prayer hall, gardens, and sporting facilities. Read More
At least 10 people died on Sunday in yet another fire in an apparently illegally operating factory in Bangladesh, where last week 17 others perished in a similar incident in a factory on the outskirts of Dhaka. ...
As soon as the Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed in both houses of Parliament and given Presidential assent making it a law, loud murmurs started about another proposed legislation a nationwide NRC. So what is the NRC that the opposition is worr ...
A court here has placed Abul Asad, the editor of a Bangladesh daily 'Sangram,' on a three-day remand under police custody after he described an executed opposition leader convicted for war crimes as a "martyr". ...
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) and some civil society groups on Saturday opposed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), terming it as unconstitutional. ...
The Assam and Tripura governments have increased security at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commissions here in view of the stir against the amended citizenship law, officials said on Saturday. ...
The UN Human Rights head has expressed concern over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), but said that "the goal of protecting persecuted groups is welcome." ...
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Friday that it has arrested the mastermind of a human trafficking gang from West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. ...
