The order for Zia’s release comes hours after her archrival Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled Bangladesh.Bangladesh’s President Mohammed Shahabuddin has ordered the…
Twenty-five-year-old Abu Sayed, the son of a farmer and one of nine children, was a successful scholarship student at one of Bangladesh’s finest universities. He…
NewsFeedCrowds celebrated the resignation of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. There have been calls for her to step down ever since deadly protests over job…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stepped down from office, ending 15 years of what the opposition says was “authoritarian rule” and sparking celebrations across…
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned following weeks of deadly protests against the…
Tension is rising as protesters call for mass mobilisation in the face of deadly crackdown and national curfew.Defying a deadly crackdown and national curfew, protesters…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Sheikh Hasina’s departure appears to have defused the high tension in Dhaka, where more deadly protests were feared on Monday.Bangladesh’s Prime Minister…
When Manizha Talash saw a video of an Afghan breakdancer on social media in 2020, she didn’t believe it at first. But that moment ended…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Protests over a jobs quota system have morphed into a wider antigovernment movement across the country of 170 million people.More than 20…
Around this time, Shahid started working as a police officer while his eldest brother joined the army. They urged Nadeem to pursue javelin throwing. “He…
Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters have crowded into a central Dhaka square for mass protests, demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign following a deadly police crackdown.…
Crowds hit the streets in large numbers as student leaders press the government for more concessions.Protesters in Bangladesh have taken to the streets to demand…
Rohtak, India – On a hot summer afternoon, a strapping, fit man in his 30s drove his SUV to the outskirts of the crowded city…
We speak to Bangladeshi youth at the forefront of a movement they say aims to restore trust and hope in the country’s future.Students and youth across…
NewsFeedHeavy flooding in the Wayanad district of India’s southern state of Kerala set off a landslide that killed at least 194 people. Continual rain is…
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan describes the disaster as ‘one of the worst’ the southern Indian state has ever witnessed.Hopes of finding more than 180 missing…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told parliament last month that the armed rebellion in Indian-administered Kashmir was in its final stages due to his government’s…
Jorhat, India: Priya Ram Duwarah has planted 60 oil palm seedlings in his half-hectare (1.2 acres) of agricultural land at Mohara village in Jorhat district…
Khan says ready to hold ‘conditional negotiations’ with the powerful military and has appointed a representative for the talks.Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan…
NewsFeedA series of landslides caused by relentless rain have hit a hilly region in India’s southern state of Kerala, leaving dozens of people dead with…