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Bangladesh votes in landmark polls

DHAKA – Bangladesh voted Thursday in its first election since a deadly 2024 uprising, as parties crushed under Sheikh Hasina’s rule return to the...

Mired in trouble, Bangladesh pins hopes on polls

DHAKA—Textile worker Sabina Khatun is in limbo after losing her job during sweeping factory closures, caught up like millions in Bangladesh in the fallout...

Bangladesh verdict in ex-PM Sheikh Hasina trial on Nov. 17

DHAKA – Bangladeshi judges will issue the hugely anticipated verdict in the crimes against humanity trial of fugitive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on...

Bangladesh to open trial of fugitive ex-PM Hasina

DHAKA – Bangladesh was scheduled to open the trial Sunday of fugitive former prime minister on charges of crimes against humanity related to the...

UN says former Bangladesh gov’t likely behind ‘crimes vs. humanity’

GENEVA – Bangladesh’s former government was behind systematic attacks and killings of protesters as it strived to hold onto power last year, the UN...

Bangladesh issues arrest warrant for exiled Hasina

DHAKA—A Bangladeshi court has issued a second arrest warrant for exiled former leader Sheikh Hasina, this time for her alleged role in enforced disappearances,...

Bangladeshi ex-ministers face ‘massacre’ charges

DHAKA — Thirteen Bangladeshi former top government officials arrested after the revolution in August appeared in court Monday accused of “enabling massacres”, with prosecutors...

‘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...

Disappeared lawyer recounts secret jail

DHAKA – Blindfolded, handcuffed and bundled out of his secret prison for the first time in eight years, Bangladeshi barrister Ahmad Bin Quasem held...

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...
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