He was born on June 28, 1940, to parents Dula Miah Sawdagar and Sufia Khatun in Bathua village of Hathazari upazila of ...

A new government in Bangladesh struggles with Washington's decisions. Funding cuts to foreign aid and possible tariffs could ruin a struggling economy.

Sayed was a well-known student activist who was among the first to die during the uprising last summer that resulted in a ...

The country has normalized mob culture where force, fear, and informal power often override law and justice. On June 23, ...

Bangladesh still depends heavily on exports of textiles, has woeful infrastructure and is not creating enough jobs for its ...

She and many other women have come to make installments on loans through the Grameen Bank, established by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to help the poor become entrepreneurs. Her payment is a 13,000 ...

Yunus won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his pioneering microfinance work that helped alleviate poverty in Bangladesh. - Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters Muhammad Yunus leaves a court in Dhaka ...

They are still weaving today – but just barely. The tradition is endangered not because it lacks beauty or demand, but ...

Crime continues to surge, public trust in law enforcement remains fragile, and mob violence fills the vacuum left by ...

Anti-government protesters display Bangladesh's national flag after storming former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka on August 5, 2024. K M Asad/AFP/Getty Images ...