Bangladesh's PM Tarique Rahman opened the July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum at Hasina's former official residence in Dhaka on August 5, 2026; at the same time, exiled Hasina gave her first public address since ouster at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia in New Delhi, calling the 2024 uprising 'a planned regime change' and promising to return to Bangladesh in December 2026; Bangladesh banned domestic media from airing the speech, summoned India's acting High Commissioner, and called the event 'a clear affront'
The 15th South Asian Football Federation Championship placed defending champions India alongside Pakistan and Maldives in Group B; the draw was held in Thimphu, Bhutan on August 1; the tournament runs in Bangladesh in November
BNP secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, asked on July 24, 2026 about speculation that Bangladesh's President Shahabuddin will resign, said 'you will find out'; days earlier the party said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's government would seek its allies' advice on running the country, five months after BNP's February 12 landslide
Bangladesh's economy grew by just 2.22% in the third quarter of FY2025-26 (January to March 2026), down from 4.53% in the same period a year earlier, with an industrial contraction driving the steepest slowdown since Q4 FY25, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics data.
India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval chaired the 5th BIMSTEC National Security Chiefs' meeting in New Delhi on July 16, where member states endorsed new guiding principles for maritime law enforcement and humanitarian disaster relief, and pledged closer cooperation on counter-terrorism and cybersecurity ahead of a broader BIMSTEC summit
Bangladesh's disaster management ministry confirmed 51 deaths and 39 injuries from monsoon flooding and landslides as of July 13, with more than 1 million people affected across Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Sylhet and adjoining districts; Prime Minister Tarique Rahman ordered all government agencies onto maximum alert
Monsoon flooding and landslides across Bangladesh's Chattogram region, including Cox's Bazar, Bandarban and Rangamati, killed at least 44 people and stranded more than one million by July 11, Reuters reported, up from 30 dead and 450,000 stranded on July 9; the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society's situation report described continued deterioration and rescue teams battled rising floodwaters across the region
Bangladesh won the first ODI of the three-match series by 8 wickets with 34.5 overs to spare; Pakistan's batting collapsed in Dhaka in a result that deepens the national team's crisis heading into the ICC Tri-Series
In a Sunday NDTV interview, Sheikh Hasina said for the first time she will come home in 2026, calling her November 2025 death-in-absentia sentence 'illegal, unconstitutional and politically motivated'; Bangladesh's interim government has repeatedly sought her extradition from India
Rahman's first state visit since winning February's election pivots Dhaka toward Beijing with trade, investment and infrastructure agreements; Xi meeting on June 26 confirmed the relationship reset
Bangladesh's Nobel Peace Prize laureate who built the global microfinance movement through Grameen Bank, then led the country's interim government from August 2024 to February 2026 after Sheikh Hasina's fall.
Bangladesh's prime minister since February 2026, son of two former heads of state, who directed BNP from UK exile for 17 years before winning a two-thirds parliamentary majority.
Rahman travelled directly from WEF's Dalian forum for a four-day state visit, sealing Bangladesh's first-ever Chinese fighter-jet acquisition and deals covering the Teesta project, green development and education
The BNP government deploys the army across six districts and arrests dozens; the home minister says 'there is no organisation by the name of Awami League'
Zahed Ur Rahman held 2.5 hours at Indira Gandhi International on June 16; Dhaka called India's explanation unsatisfactory; row exposes bilateral tension beneath the China-pivot optics
Akkuyu, Rooppur and two Chinese units are slated to come online, defending a $206bn order book as Western financing and equipment routes close
Yunus's interim government hands over after a February landslide; Jamaat-e-Islami a distant second, the student NCP nearly shut out