Rights abuses have persisted since the Yunus-led government took power. Odhikar, a well-respected rights organization, ...

The 47th BCS written examination has come under scrutiny after a question in the “Bangladesh Affairs” paper described the ...

Bangladesh intellectual Badruddin Umar, who passed away in September, was often dubbed a leftist theorist. But his real ...

The last significant earthquake of the twentieth century in Bangladesh occurred in Moheshkhali upazila in July 1999. Its epicentre was on the island, and the 5.2 magnitude tremor damaged many houses.

DHAKA, Nov 21, (Xinhua): At least 10 people were killed and hundreds of others injured on Friday after one of the biggest earthquakes in Bangladesh's recent history struck near the capital city Dhaka.

She was once cast as a secular heroine, the daughter of a revolutionary leader, whose brutal assassination in the 1970s ...

The next general elections will be the "most credible and peaceful" in Bangladesh's history, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus' aide has said, asserting that the interim government has taken all necessary ...

As part of the conservation process for Asian elephants, Bangladesh has taken a new step to retrieve captive elephants from ...

Bangladesh faces a high risk of major earthquakes as it lies at the junction of three tectonic plates -- the Indian, Myanmar ...