‘Gotham but no Batman’: Crime wave grips Dhaka 6 months after Hasina fled | Crime
When Maydul Hassan was first mugged, he thought he had hit rock bottom. But within a week, the 21-year-old student was battered and robbed again…
When Maydul Hassan was first mugged, he thought he had hit rock bottom. But within a week, the 21-year-old student was battered and robbed again…
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Six months after a mass uprising toppled former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a mob set the house of her late father…
Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s gov’t is accused of killing hundreds of protesters last summer.Thousands of people have rallied in Bangladesh’s capital to demand the…
Dhaka says it will probe the botched mutiny, including the role of alleged ‘foreign’ backers.Bangladesh has ordered a commission to investigate a failed 2009 paramilitary…
Formal extradition request sent by Dhaka for her return to face trial.Bangladesh wants India to extradite its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to face charges…
Dhaka sends formal request to New Delhi to extradite Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August amid protests that ended her 15-year rule.Bangladesh has…
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Krishna Das had never imagined that his peaceful life in Sunamganj, a northeastern district of Bangladesh, would come crashing down on a…
International Crimes Tribunal asks to complete probe against ex-PM Sheikh Hasina and submit a report by December 17.More than a dozen Bangladeshi former top government…
At COP29, Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus addresses climate crisis and national healing after political upheaval.At the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nobel…
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Since early August, Fahmi*, 24, who used to be a dominant figure on the sprawling campus of Dhaka University in Bangladesh’s capital,…
Dhaka University is full again, weeks after authorities shuttered the campus following deadly antigovernment demonstrations.Students have returned to classes at Bangladesh’s Dhaka University, after a…
Last September, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina as a special guest on the margins of the G20 Summit in…
Armed with bamboo sticks, iron rods and pipes, mob assaults supporters of the ousted leader and stops them from reaching a memorial to her father.Hundreds…
Hasina’s statement comes hours after a court orders probe into her role in the death of a grocery shop owner during the protests.Bangladesh’s former Prime…
By all quantifiable measures, Bangladesh’s now deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was the most entrenched, dominant and brutal dictator the country had seen since its…
Kolkata, India – Last year, Aditya Manaksia started exporting food products to Bangladesh in an attempt to expand his business. Now, the 43-year-old Kolkata-based exporter of…
Hopes that interim government under Muhammad Yunus can restore stability and address country’s inequalities.The student protests that have rocked Bangladesh since July 1 and led…
Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been asked to head the interim government in the wake of the political crisis that saw Prime Minister Sheikh…
July 1 Students start protests demanding an end to job quotas July 15-20 By mid-July, the protests turned violent after Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student…
One day after the military took control of Bangladesh following the ouster of the prime minister, the parliament in the capital Dhaka was busy with…