By Azad Majumder Dhaka, Feb 14 (EFE).- Want to marry a fourth wife with three others at home in Bangladesh? Be prepared – the price could be quite steep in the Muslim-majority country that allows multiple marriages. In a move aimed at regulating polygamous marriages, authorities in part of the capital, Dhaka, have introduced a …
By Azad Majumder Dhaka, Jan 5 (EFE).- Bangladesh is set to hold general elections this weekend, overshadowed by the opposition’s boycott and lingering doubts about the legitimacy of the voting process, poised to secure Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s fourth consecutive term. Some 1,900 candidates from 29 parties are vying for the 300 parliamentary seats. However, …
By Azad Majumder Dhaka, Jan 4 (EFE).- Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister who has clinched the most mandates in Bangladesh’s electoral history, seeks to extend her iron fist rule for the fourth consecutive term in the upcoming general elections over the weekend as the lone viable candidate contending for the top position. In an election …
By Azad Majumder Dhaka, Oct 5 (EFE).- The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and other Rohingya militant groups are facing a growing backlash in Bangladesh’s camps due to suspected links to a rising number of crimes, including two murders this week. On Wednesday, at least two people were killed in separate incidents in the Rohingya …
By Azad Majumder Dhaka, Aug 24 (EFE).– Rohingyas in Bangladesh’s crowded refugee camps are growing more frustrated with no hope for their return home, marking six years since their escape from alleged genocide in Myanmar. Despite two failed repatriation attempts, memories of the Myanmar military’s brutal crackdown in 2017, forcing 774,000 Rohingyas to flee starting …