The lights are out here in my home city of Dhaka as I write these words. Cyclone Sitrang has knocked out the electricity in Bangladesh’s capital, plunging much of this city of 22 million people into ...

The former minister and niece of Bangladesh's ousted former leader, who received a two-year sentence, says the charges are ...

The word Rohingya refugee is about to settle in a dictionary now. Only woes continue for Rohingya refugees and make the ...

Political volatility is no longer limited to emerging markets; it’s reshaping major economies as well, including the United States. That’s why Bangladesh’s recent political transition offers a timely ...

Bangladesh has emerged as one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies since 1971. The country achieved lower-middle-income status in 2015 and is on track to graduate from the United Nations' list of Least ...

THE OUTCOME of the election due to be held in Bangladesh on January 7th is not uncertain. Sheikh Hasina, who has governed the South Asian country since 2009, has made sure that only she can win. Her ...

Relatives of imprisoned leaders and activists of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party participate in protest in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 28, 2023. Credit: ...

IT IS a mystery. Last year Bangladesh’s army of migrant workers abroad increased by a record 750,000, to reach 8m-odd. They travel to earn money for their families. Yet the statistics suggest they are ...

On April 25, a group of men posing as couriers murdered a Bangladeshi gay-rights activist and his friend at an apartment building in the capital Dhaka. The killing of 35-year-old Xulhaz Mannan, who ...

There was something from, I think Mill, quoted by Margaret Thatcher about how something was nonsense, nonsense upon stilts. This would seem to be an apt starting point for describing an insistence ...

Bangladesh captain Litton Das has said the current crop of players were "almost ready" for the 2026 T20 World Cup after an ...

DHAKA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A film based on the life of Bangladesh's first popular female surfer is facing calls to be banned, accused of "hurting" religious sentiments in the conservative ...