The migrant worker — indebted, jobless and stranded in a foreign country — tried to keep it together as he picked up the phone to call his wife. His name was Shofiqul Islam. He’d borrowed to pay ...

Many voice hope that moment will mark move away from repression and unrest and a chance to revive economy Bangladesh’s new prime minister has been sworn in, sealing a dramatic comeback for the ...

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said that he has ordered a crackdown and deportations of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants from Maharashtra. He said that he instructed ...

Except for a single reported incident, voting in Bangladesh appears to be proceeding peacefully, FRANCE 24’s correspondent reports.This election is seen as a crucial test for Bangladesh’s democracy ...

Winner of the Big Screen Competition at Rotterdam, Rezwan Shahriar Sumit's second feature follows an idealistic history teacher whose career swerve into local politics leaves him a changed man. To ...

The United States of America (the United States) and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (Bangladesh) have agreed to an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (Agreement) to strengthen our bilateral economic ...

The green Bangladeshi passport, once a symbol of hope and opportunity for millions seeking better lives abroad, has become a liability at immigration counters worldwide. What unfolds daily at airports ...

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, whose archrivalry with another former premier defined the country’s politics for a generation, has died, her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said in a ...

New Delhi, 21 Dec 2025 (ANI):Security has been deployed outside the Bangladeshi embassy following widespread violence in Bangladesh over the death of Osman Hadi and the mob lynching of Dipu Chandra ...

As the S.I.R. exercise begins in West Bengal, dramatic scenes emerge from the border. Hundreds of ‘illegal Bangladeshi immigrants’—many living in India for 10–20 years without documents—are now lining ...

A special court in Bangladesh sentenced the country’s former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, to death on Monday for her role in the killing of at least 1,400 protesters who participated in nationwide ...

Nov. 17 (UPI) --Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity for the violent suppression of a student protest that killed as many as 1,400 ...