Bangladesh
Could BNP’s landslide win open a new geopolitical chapter for Bangladesh?
Islamabad, Pakistan – The Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) commanding victory in Bangladesh’s parliamentary election marks not only a political watershed for the South Asian nation, but also a potential recalibration...
Bangladesh votes in first general election since bloody ousting of Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh will go to the polls for the first time since its government collapsed in 2024 during a bloody crackdown on protesters.More than 127 million people are eligible to...
Bangladeshis seeking jobs in Russia forced to join war on Ukraine: Report
A labour recruiter persuaded Maksudur Rahman to leave the tropical warmth of his hometown in Bangladesh and travel thousands of miles to frigid Russia for a job as a...
Posts falsely claim Bangladesh train station clip shows Muslims sabotaging Indian train
A video of children tinkering with the coupling of a stationary train has spread among social media posts in Hindu-majority India, where it has been falsely presented as showing...
Video of Bangladeshi Hindu appealing for India’s help is AI-generated
The killing of a Hindu factory worker in Muslim-majority Bangladesh has inflamed already frayed relations with neighbouring India, but a video circulating on social media that purportedly shows a...
Video of student’s arrest in Bangladesh falsely shared as slain Hindu man’s ‘last moments’
Videos of the assault of a minority Hindu garment worker accused of blasphemy in Bangladesh have spread widely online and sparked outrage in neighbouring India, but footage of a...
India summons Bangladesh envoy over security concerns
India has lodged a strong protest against what it has called the "deteriorating security situation" around its mission in Dhaka.On Wednesday, India's foreign ministry summoned Bangladeshi envoy Riaz Hamidullah...
Bangladesh says six peacekeepers killed in attack on UN base in Abyei
At least six Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed in a “terrorist” attack on a United Nations base in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, the Bangladesh army...
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in prison at corruption trial in Bangladesh
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in jail in absentia in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Ms Siddiq was accused of obtaining plots of land from her aunt, the...
Ousted former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina convicted of crimes against humanity
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister, has been convicted of crimes against humanity.It follows a months-long trial in the country that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown...
