A student uprising promised a new dawn in Bangladesh but old parties are tipped to win a landmark election.

The former minister and Labour MP has been sentenced to four years in prison for corruption charges by a court in Bangladesh, ...

Dipu Chandra Das, a 27-year-old Hindu garment worker, was accused in December by several Muslim colleagues of making ...

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With a target of elevating Bangladesh’s economy from the 35th position to 20th in the global index, the Jamaat-e-Islami party ...

Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina has slammed the country’s upcoming election after her party was barred from the ...

A Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to an additional 10 years in prison in two ...

Bangladesh will hold its next national election on February 12. A referendum to shape the nation’s future governance ...

After years in exile, Tarique Rahman returns home to a nation in flux.

Bangladesh's exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to 10 years in jail and her niece, the British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to four years in connection with two cases involving a ...

New Nipah-like bat virus in Bangladesh is becoming more deadly, scientists warn - PRV infections are typically mild, but that ...

Overseeing the election will be the final duty of Bangladesh’s caretaker government, led since the revolution by Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel peace-prize laureate. Views on its performance vary wildly. But ...