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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
At least 91 killed in Bangladesh protests as curfew and internet blocks imposed
DHAKA — At least 91 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in clashes between police and tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Bangladesh on (...)
In his first remarks on the death toll, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan confirmed on Sunday that at least 147 people were killed during recent violence triggered by student protests over government job quotas.
Speaking to reporters in (...)
As the curfew gradually eases in Bangladesh, the death toll from anti-job quota student protests has risen to 211, according to officials and local media reports. The increase follows the deaths of more protesters from bullet wounds in the capital, (...)
Bangladesh's leader has been accused of crying "crocodile tears" after she was photographed weeping at a train station that was destroyed during anti-government protests.
At least 150 people have been killed as a result of nationwide clashes between (...)
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has blamed her political opponents for the deadly unrest in the country, adding she was "forced" to impose a curfew for public safety.
"I never wanted it," she said on Monday in a meeting with business (...)
Bangladesh's top court on Sunday scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants, a partial victory for student protesters after days of nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and demonstrators that have killed (...)
Police imposed a strict curfew with a "shoot-on-sight" order across Bangladesh as military forces patrolled parts of the capital Saturday after scores were killed and hundreds injured in clashes over the allocation of civil service jobs.
The curfew (...)
At least five people were killed and dozens of others injured across Bangladesh on Tuesday as government supporters clashed with students protesting against a quota system for government jobs, police said.
According to the Reuters news agency, tens (...)
Bangladesh's deadliest executioner, who hanged serial killers and politicians alike and even wrote a book about it, has died.
Shahjahan Bhuiyan, 74, was admitted to hospital on Monday in the country's capital, Dhaka, after complaining of chest (...)
At least 36 people have died in India and Bangladesh after Tropical Cyclone Remal lashed the area with torrential rain and heavy winds, according to local officials.
At least seven were killed in cyclone-related incidents in the eastern Indian state (...)
A lecturer in a medical school in Bangladesh has been suspended, two days after allegedly shooting and injuring a student in a classroom.
Dr. Raihan Sharif was arrested shortly afterwards but was only suspended on Wednesday following a protest by (...)
