Bangladesh

The United States had no role in ousting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who recently quit her position and fled the South Asian nation, the White House said on Monday,…

Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus returned home to strife-torn Bangladesh on Thursday, to lead a new interim government after weeks of tumultuous student protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to…

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was named chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following a…

A day after Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country due to nationwide protests, the country’s parliament has been dissolved, President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s office confirmed in…

The United States Monday called for calm in Bangladesh after long-ruling leader Sheikh Hasina fled, and saluted the military for vowing to form an interim government instead of cracking down…

Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin has ordered the release of jailed former prime minister and key opposition leader Khaleda Zia, hours after her arch-rival Sheikh Hasina was ousted and the military…

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reportedly resigned and fled the country in the face of ongoing protests. The longtime leader of the country has boarded a military helicopter, an…

At least 91 people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes in Bangladesh on Sunday as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse tens of thousands of protesters…

Bangladesh on Thursday banned the right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir and other associate organisations under the anti-terrorism law. The ban will come into effect immediately, according…

Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and lobbed sound grenades on Wednesday to scatter protesters marching to demonstrate against violence that killed at least 150 people this month during student-led…