World Aug 13 Bangladeshi officials testify against former British minister who is niece of deposed prime minister Bangladeshi anti-corruption officials have testified against former British Minister Tulip Siddiq. She's accused of using her connection to deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to obtain state-owned land in Bangladesh.
World Jul 10 Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister indicted over deaths of protesters A tribunal indicted Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of students were killed last year.
World Oct 12 Hindus in Bangladesh celebrate their largest festival under tight security amid rise in attacks Despite pledges to keep Bangladesh's largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja safe, this year's version was subdued following the ousting of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and attacks on minority groups, especially Hindus.
World Aug 22 Floods cause at least 15 deaths, strand hundreds of thousands in Bangladesh and India Floodwaters have stranded hundreds of thousands of people in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, officials and media reports said Thursday.
World Aug 08 Yunus takes helm as Bangladesh’s interim leader, tasked with restoring peace and planning elections Before leaving Paris, where he was attending the Olympics, Yunus appealed for calm in Bangladesh amid tensions over the country's future.
World Aug 07 Bangladesh’s prime minister quit and fled the country after weeks of protests. What’s next? What began as peaceful protests by students in Bangladesh against a quota system for government jobs eventually turned into an uprising that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country by helicopter. Here’s what we know.
World Aug 05 Bangladeshi prime minister Hasina resigns as protests widen, storming of official residence Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence and other buildings associated with her party and family on Monday.
World Aug 04 Renewed protests in Bangladesh leave nearly 100 dead as military announces new curfew Nearly 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured Sunday as renewed anti-government protests swept across Bangladesh, with protesters calling for the prime minister to resign and the prime minister accusing them of “sabotage” and cutting off mobile internet in…
World Jul 21 Bangladesh’s top court lowers government jobs quota in response to deadly unrest Students, frustrated by shortages of good jobs, have been demanding an end to a quota that reserved 30 percent of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971. Ruling on an appeal, the…
World Jul 20 Bangladesh enforces curfew with order to ‘shoot on sight’ after weeks of protests turned deadly Police imposed a strict curfew with a “shoot-on-sight” order across Bangladesh as military forces patrolled parts of the capital Saturday after scores were killed and hundreds injured in clashes over the allocation of civil service jobs.