Residents walk past a man making barbecue in an alley at the Mohammadpur Geneva camp, where over 100 suspected drug peddlers were detained in a raid by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Dhaka, ...

There’s no dearth of cringe-worthy YouTube and Facebook videos in Bengali cyberspace, but few match up to Hero Alom’s audacity. His off-key singing, klutzy dancing, garish clothes, production values, ...

It was striking on a recent visit to Bangladesh just how much the country’s current GDP growth rate (7.3% in the last fiscal year) was a source of pride for Bangladeshis. Many pointed out with delight ...

A tragic traffic accident over a week ago has triggered mass protests by students who have taken to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital to demand that authorities improve road safety. The ...

At 4:14 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on May 11, 2018, Bangabandhu-1, Bangladesh’s first geostationary communications satellite, was launched into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida in the United ...

(Geneva) – The Bangladesh delegation to the United Nation’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva on May 14, 2018, failed to respond to pressing human rights concerns in the country, Human Rights ...

In late August and September 2017, Bangladesh welcomed the sudden influx of several hundred thousand Rohingya refugees fleeing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. This followed an earlier wave of violence in ...

A woman prays feverishly as a gun is cocked. A shot rings out and a grunt of pain follows. Screams fill the air as a second gunshot is heard. Then, a muffled male voice whispers as police sirens draw ...

This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlights that the Bangladesh economy continues to perform well with robust and stable growth. The strong growth comes with stable inflation, moderate public debt, ...

Bangladesh has selected 'No Bed of Roses' ('Doob') as its entry in the foreign-language film Oscar category. By Nyay Bhushan Bangladesh has selected No Bed of Roses (Doob) as its entry in the ...