Bangladesh
4 Mar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party has won a record fourth straight term in power. But the election victory was tarnished by significantly low voter turnout and the main opposition’s boycott.
3 Mar
The Southeast Asian nation has seen some of the worst building blazes in the world in recent years, with each incident claiming dozens of lives.
24 Feb
Fighting between Myanmar's junta and rebel groups in Rakhine state is growing more intense. Neighboring Bangladesh may soon need to reach out to rebels on security and refugee issues.
18 Jan
India and China are competing for influence in Bangladesh and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina looks to maintain partnerships with the US and Europe while keeping new options on the table.
14 Jan
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won another term in power in a contentious general election that was boycotted by the main opposition and drew a low turnout.
10 Jan
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has just been re-elected for a fifth term in a vote boycotted by the opposition. Since she came to power in 2009, at least 600 people have disappeared, including opposition activists, businessmen and members of the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, according to Human Rights Watch.
7 Jan
Just ahead of the general elections, a fire in a passenger train killed at least four near Dhaka. Police suspect it was an act of sabotage, but have not named any suspects yet.
7 Jan
Bangladesh will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday. Opposition and rights groups have said the vote can be neither free nor fair — and accuse the current government of carrying out a brutal crackdown, arbitrarily jailing thousands of opposition party leaders and activists.
6 Jan
Bangladesh is heading towards a controversial election after the top opposition party declined to participate. However, the ruling party and election authorities insist the polls will be free and fair.
4 Jan
Millions of Bangladeshis are projected to be internally displaced due to environmental disasters in the coming years. The climate-induced migration presents huge challenges to the country's already overcrowded cities.
16 Dec
Bangladesh's main opposition party has decided to boycott the upcoming national election following a monthslong crackdown that has seen thousands of party leaders and members arrested.
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