The political journey of Sheikh Hasina, one of Bangladesh's most prominent leaders, has been marked by significant highs and dramatic lows.  Born on September 28, 1947, Sheikh…

Thousands of people took to the streets of Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, again on Friday, clashing with police and calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as they…

The Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) has urged the authorities for the immediate release of Hafiz Al Asad (Sayed Khan), a former executive member of the organisation, who was kept under…

Student groups in Bangladesh have called for fresh street protests after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's authorities failed to meet their demand for releasing detained leaders and apologising…

Acknowledging restoration of telecommunications across Bangladesh, the United States has called for a full and undisrupted public access to internet and social media services.  "We're…

Amnesty International has called upon the Bangladesh authorities to end punitive mass arrests and arbitrary detention of student leaders and protesters. The international rights body…

Teachers from various universities across Bangladesh, united under the banner of ‘Anti-Repression Teachers Rally,’ have called for an immediate end to the harassment of…

Education, Research and Development Forum of Bangladesh (ERDFB) has called for improving the relationship between teachers and students irrespective of party affiliation to drive Smart…

A part-time tutor, shot in the neck and killed. A journalist and young father, felled by a bullet to the head. A shopkeeper’s son, also fatally shot in the head. When Bangladesh’s…

Maj Kamaldeep Singh Sandhu of the 6th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment was on “spearhead” duties that day. It was 5 pm on 26 February 2009 when the orders came. An emergency…

The ferocity of the crisis this month in Bangladesh is unprecedented during the rule of Sheikh Hasina, the country’s ever-more-authoritarian prime minister. It was triggered…

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Thursday called upon Bangladesh authorities to urgently disclose information on protests crackdown amid horrific violence. “Today, I…

It took just 18 minutes into TIME’s interview with Sheikh Hasina last September for Bangladesh’s Prime Minister to bring up her murdered father. There would be at least…

What began as student demonstrations for quota reform in government jobs has rapidly escalated into a nationwide uprising in Bangladesh, a widespread call for Prime Minister Sheikh…