Bangladesh’s President orders release of opposition leader Khaleda Zia
DHAKA: Bangladesh's president late on Monday ordered the release of opposition leader Khaleda Zia hours after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
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Bangladesh PM resigns, interim gov’t to be set up: army chief
WNAM REPORT: An interim government will be set up to run Bangladesh after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned Monday amid...
Bangladesh imposes indefinite curfew, cuts off internet as fresh protests roil Dhaka
DHAKA( WNAM MONITORING: : The Bangladesh military was deployed to the streets to impose an indefinite nationwide curfew on Sunday...
Bangladesh relaxes curfew as unrest recedes
WNAM REPORT: Bangladesh further eased a nationwide curfew Thursday as students weighed the future of their protest campaign against civil...
‘Near-total’ internet shutdown In Bangladesh as unrest kills at least 26
DHAKA: Bangladesh was experiencing a "near-total" internet shutdown on Thursday night, outage monitor Netblocks said, as student protests demanding quota...
$20B in loans on table as Bangladeshi premier set to visit China
DHAKA: Bangladesh plans to request $20 billion in new loans during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's July 8-10 visit to China,...
Proposed India-Bangladesh rail link sparks mix of optimism and backlash
DHAKA( WNAM MONITORING): One of the significant agreements inked during Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent visit to India was...
Bangladesh evacuates 800,000 as cyclone hits coast
DHAKA: A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal that has intensified into a severe cyclone made landfall on the...
Bangladesh: Grieving families await bodies after restaurant blaze
DHAKA: Anguished families kept vigil outside the morgue of Bangladesh’s largest hospital on Friday, waiting for the bodies of loved...
Safety lapses blamed for Bangladesh fire as toll rises to 46
DHAKA: Bangladesh firefighters said Friday that glaring safety lapses were responsible for a Dhaka restaurant blaze that killed 46 people,...