By Mujib Mashal and Saif Hasnat Reporting from Taraganj and Dhaka in Bangladesh The extremists began by asserting control over women’s bodies. In the political vacuum that has emerged after the ...

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The truth is both dropped the ball. History now repeats 1,500 miles away in Bangladesh. In August 2024, protestors forced the resignation of longtime Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...

Rickshaw driver Muhammad Yaqub Ali was injured in the student-driven protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh, last July. He is still awaiting proper treatment for his leg, which was badly damaged by a ...

Protesters also called for greater clarity around the legal definitions of what constitutes rape in Bangladesh, which they said were currently ambiguous. The trial of the rape and murder case is ...

One suspect remains outstanding. Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal is discharged from hospital following his cardiac arrest during a domestic match. The Indian conglomerate had halved the ...

Tulsi Gabbard alleged "persecution and killing" of religious minorities in Bangladesh. US Department of State Spokesperson Tammy Bruce on Wednesday condemned the violence against minorities in ...

By Hannah Beech The leader of an armed group representing a persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar was arrested in a raid in neighboring Bangladesh this week and charged under an antiterrorism law.

[Munir Uz Zaman/AFP] Published On 14 Mar 202514 Mar 2025 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as their food rations face drastic cuts next ...

An eight-year-old child who was raped in Bangladesh died of her injuries on Thursday, setting off fierce protests around the country. The girl was raped while visiting her elder sister's house in ...