A Labour minister has been named in an investigation into claims her family embezzled up to £3.9bn (Tk 590 billion) from infrastructure projects in Bangladesh.
Tulip Siddiq, 42, who as the Treasury's Economic Secretary is responsible for tackling (...)
The end, when it came for the BGP5 barracks, was loud and brutal. First, a crackly speaker calling out for their surrender; then, a thunderous barrage of artillery, rockets and rifle fire that tore chunks out of the buildings in which hundreds of (...)
A war of words between Bangladesh and neighbor India is threatening to spiral out of control following protests and counter-protests over the alleged ill-treatment of Hindu minorities in the country.
Diplomatic relations between the neighbors and (...)
The arrest of a Hindu monk in Bangladesh has triggered a fresh war of words with neighbor India over the condition of minorities in the country.
Chinmoy Krishna Das, a spokesperson of a Bangladesh-based Hindu organization, was arrested on sedition (...)
People in India's capital Delhi woke up to a thick layer of smog as the air quality deteriorated to severe levels in the city.
Delhi and its neighboring cities are experiencing pollution levels that are at least 30-35 times the safe limit (...)
Authorities in India are evacuating nearly 1.5 million people from the path of an approaching cyclone in the eastern states of Odisha (formerly Orissa) and West Bengal.
Thousands of relief workers have been deployed to minimize damage from Cyclone (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Professional Accreditation Program, launched by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, has so far verified the skills and accredited more than 209,500 workers in various professions covering over 1,000 occupations (...)
A Bangladeshi court has ordered an arrest warrant for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August after she was ousted by mass protests.
Hasina is wanted by Bangladesh's International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) for her alleged (...)
The relationship between neighbors India and Bangladesh continues to remain frosty more than a month after former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power. While Hasina's stay in India remains an irritant, a recent interview by (...)
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's firm has denied fresh allegations that Swiss authorities had frozen $310m (£236m) of their funds in Swiss bank accounts.
US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research alleged that the action was part of a money (...)
Bangladesh's transitional government chief, Muhammad Yunus, has called on former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to refrain from making political statements while in India, stating that her remarks are causing discomfort between the two neighboring (...)
The death toll in Bangladesh from heavy rainfall and flooding caused by overflowing rivers has climbed to 59 as of late Saturday, with monsoon rains wreaking havoc across the country for nearly two weeks.
Authorities report that the floods have (...)
Doctors across Bangladesh launched an indefinite nationwide strike on Sunday, severely disrupting the healthcare system and leaving countless patients without medical care.
The strike was triggered by an incident at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (...)
RIYADH — Anticipation is building as Riyadh Season 2024 gears up for its grand launch on October 12, promising a fresh wave of excitement with new areas and events that will captivate visitors like never before.
The General Entertainment Authority (...)
KUALA LUMPUR — Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah said that Saudi Arabia plans to bring Umrah pilgrims from Malaysia under the Makkah Route Initiative, which is hitherto implemented only for Hajj pilgrims from a number of (...)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi voiced his support for a "democratic, stable, peaceful, and progressive" Bangladesh on Friday during a phone call with Muhammad Yunus, the head of Bangladesh's newly appointed transitional government.
This marked (...)
A court in Bangladesh has ordered an investigation into former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's alleged role in the police killing of a man during the deadly protests that led to her ouster, state media reported Tuesday.
Hasina, who fled the country (...)
Renewed fears of ethnic cleansing against the stateless Rohingya Muslim community are mounting after reports that hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed by drone strikes while fleeing violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has made several remarkable achievements in the recruitment sector during the first half of 2024. This is mainly through the Musaned, the ministry's official platform for (...)
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently residing in India, has accused the United States of playing a role in her removal from power.
Hasina claimed that she could have stayed in power if she had compromised on the sovereignty of (...)
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has declared there is "a lot of work to be done" in Bangladesh, as he arrived in the country to take over as interim leader.
"People are excited," the 84-year-old told the BBC moments after flying into the capital Dhaka (...)
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus — a longtime political foe of Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina — has been named the country's interim leader.
The 84-year-old was appointed a day after Ms Hasina fled the country following weeks of (...)
Ousted Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina made a request to come to India "at very short notice", the Indian foreign minister told parliament.
Ms Hasina fled from Bangladesh to India on Monday evening after a political crisis toppled her (...)
The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, resigned and fled to neighboring India on Monday after protesters stormed her official residence after weeks of deadly anti-government demonstrations in the South Asian nation.
Scenes of jubilation (...)
The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Monday after weeks of deadly anti-government demonstrations gripped the South Asian nation.
The announcement from Bangladesh's army chief, Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, came after protesters (...)
