Fresh tension grips Bangladesh as student demand president’s resignation

Political tension in Bangladesh was growing anew on Wednesday after a leading student group called for the country’s figurehead president to resign over comments he made

Rohingya refugees mark the anniversary of their exodus and demand a safe return

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar who live in sprawling camps in Bangladesh yesterday marked the seventh anniversary of their mass exodus, demanding safe return

Nobel laureate Yunus arrives in Dhaka to take over as interim leader

Bangladesh's next leader Muhammad Yunus arrived home yesterday from an overseas trip and will take office later in the day, as he looks to restore calm and

Nobel laureate Yunus will head interim government after unrest ousted Hasina

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a mass uprising that left hundreds of

PM resigns and flees country capping weeks of unrest

Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned and fled the country yesterday, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into

Bangladesh imposes nationwide curfew as deadly protests over government jobs escalate

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government late Friday announced a nationwide curfew across Bangladesh and ordered the deployment of military forces to maintain order following days of

China and Bangladesh reaffirm their ties as territorial and economic issues rise in region

China and Bangladesh are reaffirming their ties during a visit by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Beijing on Tuesday as tensions rise in the region

PM Hasina wins vote amid low turnout and opposition boycott

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh’s parliamentary election after a campaign fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party,

Two boats adrift in sea with 400 Rohingya aboard need rescue, UN says

An estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea without adequate supplies could die if more is not done to

Deli and Dhaka launch new India-assisted rail projects amid opposition protests

India and Bangladesh launched two new railway links and a thermal power plant unit yesterday to strengthen connections and energy security in the region amid strong

Three die as police clash with opposition supporters seeking prime minister’s resignation

Police in Bangladesh yesterday clashed with opposition supporters as the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) enforced a three-day transport blockade across the country to demand

Bangladesh balances energy needs with climate, conservation

Fish, rice, mangrove trees and the lush delta wetlands where the massive Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers drain into the Bay of Bengal. It's not luxury. But for the farmers and

Prolonged Rohingya stay impacts stability: PM

Bangladesh's prime minister said that the prolonged stay of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in crowded camps in the country has become a serious security

Bangladesh | Police say ex-PM instigated deadly firebombing 

  Police yesterday accused Bangladesh’s former prime minister and an opposition alliance leader of instigating a bus firebombing that killed seven people and injured 16 others as political violence is surging in the

Bangladesh | Court upholds death for Islamist leader

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentence given to a senior Islamist leader convicted by a special tribunal last year for his role in mass killings and other atrocities during

Bangladesh | Islamist party chief sentenced to death

A special tribunal in Bangladesh yesterday sentenced the leader of the country’s largest Islamist party to death for his role in the deaths of thousands of people during the nation’s independence war

BANGLADESH | Court reduces Islamist  political leader’s sentence

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of an Islamist political leader Tuesday whose conviction last year for war crimes during the nation’s 1971 war for independence sparked deadly protests. Delwar Hossain

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