Bangladesh's largest minority rights group has accused the country's interim government of failing to protect religious and ethnic minorities from attacks and harassment, a claim the government has denied.

The Bangladesh student and people’s uprising of July and August last year overthrew the government of Sheikh Hasina, who had been running the country since 2009. She was widely accused of corruption and human rights abuses.

NGO warns interim government must act to avoid return of rights abuses seen under former PM. Bangladesh risks the return of the rights abuses seen under ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unless robust reform is instituted, an international NGO has warned.

DHAKA: Reprisals against journalists and indiscriminate arrests risk undermining Bangladesh’s once-in-a-generation opportunity to end the legal abuses seen under ousted premier Sheikh Hasina, Human Rights Watch warned on Tuesday.

A Bangladeshi education ministry order demanding officers report institutions and pupils involved in anti-government "provocative activities" was withdrawn Wednesday after criticism it undermined the spirit of last year's student-led revolution.

Train services across Bangladesh were suspended on Tuesday as railway workers went on strike demanding higher pensions and better benefits. This acti

Yunus, 84, an economist and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, took charge of the ... Hasina, who had ruled Bangladesh since 2009, is being investigated there on suspicion of crimes against ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has stressed the need for establishing a mechanism so that everyone in Bangladesh can vote freely and fairly, without any interruptions or threats. He put the emphasis during a one-on-one conversation with the founder of the

TRAINS were cancelled across Bangladesh today as railway workers went on strike for higher pensions and other benefits, affecting tens of thousands of passengers and freight transport.

DAVOS, Switzerland - The head of Bangladesh's interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, said on Thursday that his country's high growth under ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was \"fake\" and faulted the world for not questioning what he said was her corruption.

The head of Bangladesh's interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, said yesterday that his country's high growth under ousted prime <a targe

Four years after Myanmar’s military coup sparked gunfighting, torture, rape and arson in Rakhine state, young Rohingya men are now being forcibly conscripted to fight for both the junta and the rebels.