Prosecutors in Bangladesh are seeking the death penalty for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the deaths of 1,400 ...

Tarique Rahman, the exiled de facto chief of Bangladesh’s main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has announced ...

Bangladesh today stands at a defining moment—caught between the rise of Pakistan-style religious politics and a weakened ...

Without a clear implementation timeline, the July National Charter risks becoming yet another addition to archives of ...

Sheikh Mujibur Rehman delivering his historic speech at the Ramna Race Course (now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka on March 7, 1971. Bangladesh founder-President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s stature in the ...

Hasina, 78, faces multiple cases in Bangladesh after being ousted in August last year following the mass student-led ...

Editor’s update: Since this article was published Bangladesh’s president appointed Mr Yunus to lead the new government. OVER THE past 30 years Bangladesh has become known for many achievements and ...

The Islami Chhatra Shibir’s victory may be more a rejection of the status quo than an embrace of its Islamist ideology. But ...

Capt Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bir Uttam, a distinguished hero of Bangladesh’s Liberation War, renowned for his role in air ...

Attacks on Mujib’s statues and questions over his leadership largely reflect anger against Sheikh Hasina, who used his figure to justify her autocratic rule. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman delivering his ...