August 13, 2024 — Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) and the Asia Society India Center host an expert discussion exploring key questions following the resignation of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh ...

A massive inferno ripped through Dhaka’s Korail slum, one of the largest informal settlements in Bangladesh, leaving thousands homeless and families desperately searching for missing loved ones. The ...

UN experts are urging Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur to dismantle fraudulent recruitment networks and protect migrants from abuse. Growing indebtedness is a major factor. Migrants from Bangladesh are the ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) experts have sounded an alarm over alleged continued exploitation, deception, and deepening debt bondage involving Bangladeshi migrant ...

A rare unfolded on Day 3 of the 2nd Test between Bangladesh and Ireland in Mirpur on Friday. During the 56th over of Ireland's first innings, play was halted momentarily after an earthquake caused a ...

An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale interrupted Ireland's second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka; The Ireland team were batting at the time and play was halted for a few minutes Friday ...

On Monday, Bangladesh's former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, who once wielded immense power, was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. This landmark verdict has ignited intense ...

Human rights activists are demanding the Australian-based company Ansell take steps to prevent the forced repatriation of Bangladeshi workers from Malaysia by Ansell’s contractor, MediCeram.

In the kangaroo court, with no authority to try cases other than those relating to 1971 war crimes, death sentence became an inevitability. The trial was rushed through, but the narrative remains ...

Bangladesh is reportedly ‘preparing a letter’ to seek Interpol's help in extraditing Sheikh Hasina from India after the death sentence.(HT_PRINT) The Bangladesh government is set to seek help from ...

Kolkata, The number of illegal Bangladeshi nationals attempting to cross the India-Bangladesh border in South Bengal has risen sharply in recent weeks, a surge that is being linked to the ongoing ...

In a small, sun-bleached neighbourhood somewhere in the mid-'90s South Asia, two boys spend their afternoons the way many of us once did — tinkering with half-broken toys, scavenging for wires, and ...