Bangladesh has extended the power of commissioned army officials to enforce law and order amid the absence of police forces after the fall of Sheikh Hasina's autocratic government on August 5, 2024.

Bangladesh has been in discussions with the Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group based in Rakhine, under a United Nations ...

Myanmar’s recent announcement to repatriate 180,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh has drawn international attention.

Attacks by the group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, were used as a pretext by the Myanmar military to launch a campaign of ethnic cleansing that set off a massive refugee crisis. By Hannah ...

Bangladesh has extended the power of commissioned army officials to enforce law and order amid the absence of police forces after the fall of Sheikh Hasina's autocratic government on August 5, 2024.

Copyright © AFP 2017-2025. Any commercial use of this content requires a subscription. Click here to find out more. Bangladesh has extended the power of commissioned ...

The hostile Indian “Godi Media” is once again rolling up their sleeves after Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus said that, ...

A brewing shift toward religious conservatism has emerged from the political vacuum in this country of 175 million people.

Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, the largest minority group in Bangladesh, on Wednesday claimed that violence against religious-ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples continues ...

After the ouster of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, religious fundamentalists in one town announced that young women ...