Bangladesh former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia dies, aged 80

Khaleda ⁠Zia, Bangladesh’s first female prime minister and a towering figure in the country’s turbulent politics, has died at the age of 79 after a prolonged illness, according to her…

Bangladesh opposition leader Tarique Rahman returns after 17 years

NewsFeed Tarique Rahman, leader of Bangladesh’s opposition, has returned after 17 years in self-imposed exile in London. The aspiring prime minister left the country in 2008, claiming politically motivated persecution,…

Exiled Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death in absentia

NewsFeed A Bangladeshi tribunal has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity. She was found to be the “mastermind and principal architect” of a violent…

Bangladesh tribunal indicts ex-PM Hasina over protester deaths

Deposed prime minister and others are indicted for crimes against humanity, with trial set for August. Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has indicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two…

Why a Bangladesh mob burned down home of independence icon Mujibur Rahman

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Six months after a mass uprising toppled former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a mob set the house of her late father and the country’s independence hero,…

‘I have lost everything’: Bangladesh floods strand 1.24 million families

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Ekramul Haque was stunned when his uncle called him late in the afternoon of August 21 to inform him that floodwaters had inundated their ancestral home in…

Bangladesh protesters want Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead government

Key organisers of Bangladesh’s student protests have said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus should head an interim government after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country.…