Bangladesh

Pakistan hopes for ‘peaceful and swift’ return to normalcy in Bangladesh

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed solidarity with the people of Bangladesh and hoped for a… Read More

Imam-ul-Haq dropped as Pakistan announce squad for Bangladesh Test series

Pakistan on Wednesday announced 17-player squad for their two-match Test series against Bangladesh that commences… Read More

Bangladesh Parliament dissolved, president’s office says

Bangladesh's parliament was dissolved on Tuesday, the president's office said in a statement, a day… Read More

Families wait as some political prisoners freed in Bangladesh

DHAKA: Families of political prisoners secretly jailed in Bangladesh under the autocratic rule of ousted… Read More

Bangladesh Nobel winner Yunus should lead caretaker government: student protest leader

Bangladesh student protesters said Tuesday they would push for Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead… Read More

Bangladesh awaits interim government, army chief to meet protesters

Bangladesh's army chief will meet student protest leaders on Tuesday as the country awaits the… Read More

Bangladesh’s history of upheaval and coups

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed's resignation after weeks of violent protests, announced on Monday… Read More

Hasina Wazed’s son urges security forces to block ‘any unelected government’

The son of Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed on Monday urged the country's security… Read More

WATCH: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s statue vandalised in Dhaka

DHAKA: Amid public unrest that brought country on the boil, a mob of protesters vandalised… Read More

Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina lands in India’s Agartala

Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina landed in India's northeastern city of Agartala on Monday… Read More

Bangladesh restores internet as students call off job-quota protests

Bangladesh said it had restored internet services as conditions return to normal after students called… Read More

Bangladesh students vow to resume protests unless leaders freed

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi student group has vowed to resume protests that sparked a lethal police… Read More

Bangladesh says student leaders held for their own safety

DHAKA: Bangladesh said three student leaders had been taken into custody for their own safety… Read More

Bangladesh’s Violent Protests: Unmasking the Truth

The recent violent suppression of student protests in Bangladesh has exposed the authoritarian tendencies of… Read More

Burned TV station showcases anger at Sheikh Hasina

Torn portraits of Bangladesh's independence hero litter a ransacked state television station -- a pointed… Read More

Bangladesh protests pause after top court scraps job quotas

Streets appeared calm in Bangladesh's capital on Monday a day after the Supreme Court agreed… Read More

Bangladesh student group suspends protests over death toll

The Bangladeshi student group leading demonstrations that have spiralled into deadly violence suspended protests Monday… Read More

Bangladesh extends curfew amid deadly protests

Bangladesh extended a curfew on Sunday to control violent student-led protests that have killed at… Read More

US urges people to not travel to Bangladesh amid ‘civil unrest’

The US State Department said on Saturday it has raised Bangladesh's travel advisory to level… Read More

Bangladesh imposes curfew, calls in military after deadly unrest

Bangladesh on Friday announced the imposition of a curfew and the deployment of military forces after… Read More