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