Pope Francis will visit Bangladesh Nov. 30-Dec. 2. A Muslim-majority country with a troubled political history, Bangladesh now has its own homegrown militant groups besides those that are influenced ...

A Bangladeshi man pays his respects to victims of the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Events in Afghanistan, especially the Taliban’s capture of power in ...

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

Islamic hardliners in Muslim-majority Bangladesh have started flexing their muscles once again in recent weeks amid an ongoing row over transgender rights in the country. On Jan. 23, several hundred ...

Razia Rahman, wife of Faisal Arefin Deepan, breaks down after hearing the court verdict on the killing of her husband in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, February 10, 2021 . A special tribunal in ...

As it headed for port through the midwinter dusk, there was little about the M.V. Mecca that stood out from the other boats plying the waters off southern Bangladesh. Portworkers and fishermen noted ...

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Saturday said that the country must be rebuilt through several principles such as justice, reform and a fresh constitution. "Justice, reform and ...

Prosecutors in Bangladesh have demanded that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina be put to death over a deadly crackdown on ...

Terrorists assaulted a cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh earlier today, taking a number of hostages and exchanging gunfire with police. Initial casualty reports say that two policeman were killed and dozens ...