Muhammad Yunus will arrive in Dhaka on an Emirates flight from Dubai at 2.10 pm today. Dhaka: Nobel Laureate economist Muhammad Yunus is expected to return to Bangladesh on Thursday, …
Muhammad Yunus is one of Bangladesh’s most famous faces. Bangladesh is pinning its hopes on one of the nation’s most acclaimed intellectuals to bring stability to a country scarred by …
As the Bangladesh story unfolds at blinding speed, my memory goes back to the summer of 1981, when on a sultry morning Ziaur Rahman, the then president of the country, …
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated during an attempted revolt on May 30, 1981. Paris, France: Ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s dramatic flight from Bangladesh in a helicopter on Monday under pressure …
Dhaka: Diplomats in Dhaka questioned Bangladeshi authorities’ deadly response to widespread student protests following a presentation by the foreign minister that laid the blame for recent violence at demonstrators’ feet, …
Protesters throw stones as they clash with police during the ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka. Dhaka: Grief-stricken widow Fatema Begum wept when hospital staff said her husband had been killed …
The protests, which began late last month, reached a boiling point earlier this week. New Delhi: Violence in Bangladesh has left over 130 dead as students demand reforms to a …
Nearly half of Bangladesh’s 64 districts reported clashes on Thursday Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladeshi student protesters stormed a prison and freed hundreds of inmates Friday as police struggled to quell unrest, …