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A false allegation in Sylhet and a mob killing in Manikganj reveal Bangladesh’s worsening vigilante violence crisis, with 32 people killed in May.

Veteran Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed, a key organizer of the 1969 Mass Uprising and 1971 Liberation War, has died in Dhaka at the age of 82.

Human rights organizations say attacks on religious and ethnic minorities have increased across Bangladesh since the February 2026 election.

Trump postponed a final decision on an Iran ceasefire framework as both sides exchanged warnings over nuclear demands, military action and Gulf shipping security.

Sheikh Hasina’s lawyers have asked the U.N. rights office to retract its disputed death estimate from Bangladesh’s 2024 unrest, citing lower official records