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‘Try ex-Bangladeshi PM for crimes vs. humanity’

DHAKA Bangladesh’s top Islamist politician says he supports the extradition of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina to face trial for crimes against humanity in the...

Bangladeshi’s Yunus says no reform, no elections

DHAKA -- Bangladesh’s interim leader has refused to give a timeframe for elections following the ouster of his autocratic predecessor, saying in an interview...

Bangladesh to seek Hasina extradition

DHAKA—Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal is to seek the extradition of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina from neighboring India, its chief prosecutor has said, accusing her...

Bangladesh to stop new refugee influx

DHAKA – Bangladesh is working to prevent a fresh influx of stateless and persecuted Rohingya refugees, its caretaker government has said, after thousands crossed...

Bangladesh probes enforced disappearance

DHAKA – Bangladesh’s new authorities on Wednesday opened an investigation into hundreds of enforced disappearances by security forces during the rule of ousted premier...

300,000 need aid

Flood affected people take shelter inside a school building in Daganbhuiyan in Feni, on Sunday. River waters in low-lying Bangladesh are receding after days...

Floods recede in Bangladesh but 300,000 still in shelters

River waters in low-lying Bangladesh are receding after days of deadly floods but 300,000 people are still in emergency shelters requiring aid, disaster officials...

Floods swamp Bangladesh as nation finds its feet

DHAKA – Floods triggered by torrential rains have swamped a swath of low-lying Bangladesh, disaster officials said Thursday, adding to the new government’s challenges...

Police back on Dhaka streets

DHAKA – Bangladeshi police resumed patrols of the capital Dhaka on Monday, ending a week-long strike that left a law and order vacuum following...

12 inmates killed in twin jailbreaks in Bangladesh

Twin jailbreaks in Bangladesh killed at least 12 inmates and freed hundreds more in the chaotic days after the ouster of autocratic premier Sheikh...

Bangladesh Nobel winner Yunus to lead interim gov’t

Dhaka, Bangladesh — Bangladesh's Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus will lead an interim government after mass protests forced longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina to...

Bangladesh army in control after PM Hasina, 76, flees

DHAKA – Bangladesh’s military was in control of the country on Tuesday after mass protests forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee. Hasina,...

Bangladesh PM flees her palace as protesters roam Dhaka streets

DHAKA – Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled her palace on Monday, a source told AFP, as masses of protesters demanding her resignation roamed...

8 killed in anti-gov’t protests in Bangladesh—cops, doctors

DHAKA—Clashes between Bangladeshi protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign and pro-government supporters killed at least eight people on Sunday, including with knife cuts...
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