World Feb 17 New Bangladesh prime minister sworn in after party's landslide win Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, whose term will last for five years, is the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and former President Ziaur Rahman. He is also Bangladesh’s first male prime minister in 35 years.
World Feb 14 Bangladesh's PM-elect vows to work for democracy after landslide victory Tarique Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party won a majority in Thursday’s election in the 350-member Parliament. An 11-member alliance led by the Jamaat-e-Islami party, the country’s largest Islamist party, is poised to form the opposition.
World Dec 30 Khaleda Zia, first female prime minister of Bangladesh, dies at 80 Her rivalry with Sheikh Hasina defined Bangladeshi politics for a generation. Bangladesh's interim government has announced a three-day mourning period.
World Nov 17 Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death in absentia Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides fled to India last year, and were sentenced in absentia. India has so far declined to extradite them, making it unlikely that they would ever be executed or imprisoned.
World Oct 17 Clashes break out at protests near Bangladesh parliament as parties sign roadmap for change Major political parties in Bangladesh signed a roadmap Friday for political reforms proposed by the interim government while police clashed with protesters who wanted the document to include more provisions for the activists who helped oust the previous government.
World Oct 16 Prosecutor seeks death penalty for ousted Bangladeshi PM Hasina over protest killings A prosecutor in a special domestic tribunal in Bangladesh sought the death penalty Thursday for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a case involving charges of crimes against humanity in a mass uprising last year that forced her to leave the country.
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.