A landmark election in Bangladesh ended years of disputed polls, and now the winners face pressure to tackle corruption and a battered economy.

Dhaka, Bangladesh — Sukumar Pramanik, a Hindu teacher in Rajshahi city – about 250km (155 miles) from Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka – says the country’s upcoming national election could be his final ...

The Khulna-1 seat has a history of electing Hindu community candidates. In what is being seen as the strongest minority outreach by Bangladesh's radical Islamists, Jamaat-E-Islami leader Shafiqur ...

A labour recruiter persuaded Maksudur Rahman to leave the tropical warmth of his hometown in Bangladesh and travel thousands of miles to frigid Russia for a job as a janitor. Within weeks, he found ...

Referee Herb Dean on hand for the co-main event. Slick movement from O’Malley through the first minute, he’s making Song work to chase him while dipping in and out with range punches. Song using leg ...

Kolkata: Twelve crew members were rescued on Wednesday after a Bangladeshi vessel carrying fly ash from West Bengal to Khulna capsized in the Muri Ganga river in South 24 Parganas, posing a risk to ...

Song Yadong has power, and he's proven that many times in his UFC career. At UFC on ESPN 45 in 2023, Song reminded everyone just how dangerous he is, even late into fights, in his bout against veteran ...

For most of his adult life, Rafiul Alam did not believe that voting was worth the walk to the polling station. He is 27, grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood of Dhaka, and became eligible to vote ...

On February 12, Bangladesh is scheduled to hold its first general elections since the country’s August 2024 Monsoon revolution. But ahead of the elections, attacks on women, girls, and religious ...