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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Bangladesh's interim leader says he felt "dazzled" when asked to take charge after long-serving prime minister Sheikh Hasina was driven from power last year. "I had no idea I'd be leading the ...

On February 28, 2025, Bangladesh witnessed the birth of the ... until the reforms are completed and Sheikh Hasina is on the gallows are obviously ploys to gain time to build up its organisation.

Former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s BNP on Saturday told visiting UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that it wanted elections in Bangladesh in quickest possible time after minimal required ...

This week, Bangladesh’s interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus lifted a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, a ban that ...