By Shakera Tasnim On Nov. 1, in a residential area of Bangladesh’s bustling capital city, Dhaka, the NGO Bangladesh Animal ...

The largest slum area in Dhaka is Korail, a densely-packed maze of tin structures and narrow alleys. According to the UN ...

Nearly 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured Sunday as renewed anti-government protests swept across Bangladesh, with protesters calling for the prime minister to resign and the prime ...

Shahidul Alam is a Bangladeshi writer, photographer and human rights activist. We had violated curfew to join the protest at Shahbag, the Bangladeshi equivalent of Tahrir Square. Injured friends we ...

A fire in a densely populated and impoverished area in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has burned or damaged 1,500 shanties, leaving thousands homeless, authorities say. No casualties were reported as of ...

A viral clip from a Dhaka university shows students scrambling as an escalator suddenly speeds up, raising questions about ...

Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has held talks with top Bangladeshi officials and politicians, including the foreign affairs adviser, Touhid Hossain, as the two South Asian nations aim to reset ...

A fire broke out in a 12-storey market and residential building in Dhaka early Saturday. Firefighters rescued at least 42 ...

Munni was tending to her six‑year‑old daughter at the paediatric cardiology ward of Bangladesh Medical University (PG Hospital) on Friday when the 17‑storey building suddenly began to shake violently.

Voters in Bangladesh have elected the country’s first openly transgender mayor. Nazrul Islam Ritu easily beat her opponent Sunday in an election for the chair of the Union Parishad — the equivalent of ...

A powerful earthquake has struck outside the nation’s crowded capital Dhaka, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 300, authorities said. The 5.5-magnitude quake struck at 10.38am local ...

Bangladesh has again asked India to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was recently sentenced to death in absentia over last year’s deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising.