Bangladesh

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…

The United Arab Emirates has handed lengthy prison sentences to 57 Bangladeshi expatriates for protesting against their government while in the Gulf country where demonstrations are banned, state media reported…

Bangladesh appeared calm on Monday amid a curfew, but widespread disruption of telecoms prevailed a day after the Supreme Court scrapped some quotas for government jobs that sparked protests this…

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has scaled back a controversial job quota system after nationwide unrest over the past week during which more than 100 people were killed. The Supreme Court ordered…

The US State Department said on Saturday it has raised Bangladesh’s travel advisory to level three, which urges people to reconsider travel to the Asian country due to what Washington…