Bangladesh

Bangladesh expresses interest in joining Gaza stabilization force

Bangladesh said its national security adviser, Khalilur Rahman, met US diplomats Allison Hooker and Paul Kapur in Washington.

Soldiers sit atop an APC after armed forces were deployed, following a clash during a National Citizen Party rally, in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, July 16, 2025
A Pakistani Air Force JF-17 Thunder fighter jet, painted with the national flag, flies past during the Pakistan National Day parade in Islamabad, March 23, 2007; illustrative.

Pakistan, Saudi in talks on JF-17 jets-for-loans deal, sources say

A supporter of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) holds a party flag while posing for a photo in front of the stage ahead of a rally to be attended by BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman after his return from London, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 23, 2025.

Bangladesh's Gen Z party shaken over alliance with Islamist Jamaat

Tulip Siddiq Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn shadow economic secretary to the treasury attends the Fawcett Society Womens Conference on October 14, 2023 in London, England.

British MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in prison in Bangladesh graft case


Fire at Bangladesh factory kills 52 workers, police open probe

A fire raged thorough a juice-making factory in Bangladesh, now police are investigating who is responsible for the fire.

Firefighters work at the scene of a fire that broke out at a factory named Hashem Foods Ltd. in Rupganj of Narayanganj district, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 9, 2021.

Bangladesh lifts ban on travel to Israel

Passports for Bangladeshi citizens, up until now, have had a caveat written on the document stating that the document was valid in "all countries of the world, except Israel."

A Muslim devotee recites the Koran at the Star Mosque during Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26, 2020

UN says 15 dead, 400 missing in fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh

"We still have 400 people unaccounted for, maybe somewhere in the rubble."

A general view of a Rohingya refugee camp after a fire burned down all the shelters in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 23, 2021.

End ties with France in 24 hours, Bangladesh Islamist group tells gov't

France has allowed displays of the cartoons, which are considered blasphemous by Muslims.

Supporters and activists of the Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, an Islamist political party, hold placards as they take part in a protest calling for the boycott of French products, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 2, 2020

Which countries punish rape with the death penalty?

Following Bangladesh approving the death penalty for rape, it joins a list of other countries that carry out this punishment for the crime.

Old rope with hangman’s noose (illustrative).

Gas pipeline blast kills 17 worshipers in Bangladesh mosque

Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.

A Muslim devotee recites the Koran at the Star Mosque during Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26, 2020

A less crowded planet - an expected population decline

True, we will reach a peak in about forty years’ time of 9.7 billion, but by century’s end we will be sliding down the other side of the population mountain quite fast.

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Bangladesh's Beximco to begin producing COVID-19 drug remdesivir

Remdesivir, a drug developed by Gilead Sciences, has grabbed attention as one of the most promising treatments for COVID-19.

Vials of investigational coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment drug are capped at a facility.

Bangladesh court sentences seven to death for 2016 cafe attack

After the ruling, they shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) and "We did nothing wrong" from the dock to a packed courtroom, witnesses said.

One of the accused of Holey Artisan Bakery attack is led to the court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 27, 2019

Bangladesh sentences 16 to death for killing teenager in harassment case

The killers poured kerosene over Nusrat Jahan, 18, and set her on fire on the roof of her madrasa in April in the southeastern district of Feni.

Accused people are seen inside a prison van after they were given death sentences in a murder case in Feni, Bangladesh, October 24, 2019