A three-day residential training brings together female journalists from Dhaka’s mainstream media to strengthen their ...

In the upcoming 13th national parliamentary elections, 51 political parties are participating, with a total of 1,967 candidates contesting ...

Dhaka, Jan. 25 -- A group of students staged a protest, including the burning of an effigy, against what they described as ...

A simmering dispute between the neighbors, who share one of the largest land borders in the world, has escalated with ...

Bangladesh stands at a demographic turning point. For at least three decades, the country has benefited from a youthful population, declining fertility, and an expanding workforce, which is often ...

At least 25 people were injured and several motorcycles vandalised in a clash between BNP and Jamaat activists in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat-1 constituency on Sunday (25 January), officials and ...

Dhaka, Jan. 23 -- Despite decades of pledges to ensure women's political empowerment, the upcoming national election paints a starkly different picture, with female representation on the ballot ...

With the 13th National Election scheduled for 12 February, electioneering in the Joypurhat-1 constituency has gathered pace ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bangladesh's Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia smiles during a rally organised by her Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Dhaka ...

Bangladesh is at a crossroads of several major social and demographic trends. Women are at the centre of these trends.

Mourners gathered today in Bangladesh at the funeral for the country's first female prime minister. Khaleda Zia died Tuesday at the age of 80. NPR's Diaa Hadid reports. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...