Hindus, who make up about 8% of Bangladesh’s population, have been targets of political violence since Bangladesh, then East Pakistan, moved to break away from West Pakistan in 1971.

In 2018, Bangladesh's share of textile and apparel exports to the USA was 7%, while China's was 33%. By 2022, China's share had dropped to 22%, and Bangladesh's share had risen to 10%.

Asia Bangladesh’s ‘Village Banker’ Faces Toughest Challenge Yet: Running His Country The microcredit pioneer is an idealist obsessed with eradicating poverty—and a political novice who ...

Bangladesh’s dictator flees—leaving behind a dangerous vacuum The army tries to restore order after Sheikh Hasina, the country’s “iron lady”, escapes Photograph: AP ...

For now, the country and its students are trying to come to terms with the horror of the last few weeks. More than 300 people were killed and tens of thousands injured as security forces cracked ...

The Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Bangladesh (FY 2023-2027) builds on five decades of collaboration between the World Bank Group (WBG) and Bangladesh. It is strongly anchored in the ...

More than 1,000 people have died from dengue in Bangladesh’s worst outbreak on record, official data shows, with rising temperatures due to the climate crisis driving the ongoing spread as more ...

The country’s power grid malfunctioned around 2 p.m. (4 a.m. ET) on Tuesday, leading to blackouts across 75-80% of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Power Development Board official Shameem Hasan told Reuters.

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday celebrated the opening of the country’s longest bridge, which took eight years to build amid setbacks involving political conflict and ...

But the fledgling country was beset by disease and poverty. Up to 10 million people became refugees. What a difference 50 years makes. In the half-century since its creation, Bangladesh has made a ...

Bangladesh’s New Democracy Under Threat From Flood of Misinformation The country’s democratic revolution is being targeted by both external and internal sources of misinformation and propaganda.