Despite not seeing a fair election in two decades, an older system of democracy still exists in rural Bangladesh, where long-standing relationships, memories of favours, and unwritten social contracts ...

Bangladesh will observe three days of state mourning for Pope Francis, from Thursday to Saturday. The Cabinet Division said in a notification issued on Wednesday night that the government had decided ...

Strong storms washed Golenur Begum's house away. Now the women from her village are climate-proofing their communities by ...

Political parties from different shades of right, left, centrists, and Islamists are disturbed to hear from the media that Bangladesh has agreed to establish a ‘humanitarian corridor’ for the hungry ...

DHAKA: Thousands of activists of Bangladeshi religious parties rallied in Dhaka on Saturday, one of their biggest public shows of strength in years. Religious groups have gained strength after the ...

In recent years, major cyclones have hit Bangladesh in May. Cyclone Mocha made landfall on May 14, 2023, while Cyclone Remal struck coastal areas on May 26, affecting many people in 19 districts.

Thousands of activists of Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam denounce proposed recommendations for equal rights for Muslim women, at a protest rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 3, 2025.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of supporters of an Islamist group rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday to denounce proposed recommendations for ensuring equal rights, including ones ...

Dhaka (AFP) – Three days of political rallies began in Bangladesh on Thursday with rival groups to stage mass demonstrations in Dhaka, drumming up support for eagerly anticipated elections ...

Hindu monk Chinmoy Prabhu, also revered as Sri Chinmay Krishna Das Prabhu, has been granted bail by a Bangladesh court five months after he was arrested. A Hindu leader of Bangladesh and the voice of ...

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday granted bail to former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case, reported The Daily Star. Das was arrested from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ...

Starlink Services Bangladesh Limited has been granted the go-ahead to begin operations in the country, with two licences issued by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The ...