citizenship
More than refugees: How Rohingya youth are reclaiming their story
The Rohingya crisis is often told only through numbers, camps and decades of statelessness. But a generation raised in exile is now speaking for itself, using social media to document their lives, organise across borders and demand recognition as a people with history and rights, not just refugees waiting to be counted.
9 September 2026
Make the birth registration process easy
Obtaining a birth registration certificate is essential for access to all the essential services that the government offers.
12 October 2024
Tarique no longer citizen
The law minister and the attorney general have said BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman is not a citizen of Bangladesh any more
26 April 2018
What it means to be a citizen
What does it mean to be a 'citizen'? Does being a citizen simply mean having the right to live in one's birthplace, having the right to vote, and being accorded the formal recognition of basic rights and liberties?
28 February 2017
India may grant citizenship to Hindus from Bangladesh soon
The home ministry of India is ready with draft amendments to citizenship law that will exempt minority citizens of Bangladesh and Pakistan who had gone to that country out of fear of religious prosecution from being tagged as "illegal migrants".
3 June 2016
Scope widens for dual citizenship
The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of "The Citizenship Law, 2016," expanding the scope of having dual citizenship by expatriate Bangladeshis.
1 February 2016
Australia to pass law to strip citizenship for terror crimes
Australia plans to pass a law within weeks to give the government power to strip citizenship from dual nationals who are suspected terrorists even if they are not convicted of a crime, the prime minister says.
26 May 2015