An award-winning photographer who accused Bangladesh police of assaulting him after his arrest at the height of major protests in Dhaka has been taken to hospital,...
Bangladesh’s cabinet Monday will consider capital punishment for traffic accident deaths, a Law Ministry official said, as thousands of students held protests for a ninth day...
The United Nations says one of its peacekeepers was killed in South Sudan when a U.N. convoy was attacked. The U.N.’s chief of peacekeeping in South...
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has granted bail to the country’s former prime minister and leader of the main opposition party, Khaleda Zia, three months after she was...
Pope Francis celebrated an open-air Mass in Suhrawardy Udyan on the second day of his visit to Bangladesh. About 80,000 Catholics from around the country were...
At least 12 people have died after a boat packed with Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized near Bangladesh, officials say. Several people are missing...
DHAKA – Bangladesh has eased restrictions on aid groups working in refugee camps and sought $250 million from the World Bank to fund emergency relief, officials...
GENEVA – About 421,000 Rohingya Muslims have crossed from Myanmar to Bangladesh since Aug. 25, the UN said on Tuesday. “Many of the new arrivals, who walked...
More than 18,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have entered Bangladesh in less than a week, aid workers say. The crisis erupted after...
More than 16 million people have been affected by monsoon flooding across the South Asian countries of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh – putting huge numbers at risk of...
A former Thai general has been sentenced to 27 years in jail for human trafficking at a landmark trial. Manas Kongpan is among more than 60...