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Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus Thursday cancelled an international conference of social business entrepreneurs outside the Bangladeshi capital after ...

Four suspected Islamist extremists surrendered Sunday after a night-long standoff with Bangladeshi police in which they detonated explosives and opened ...

Nearly half a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in squalid Bangladeshi camps face staying "for some more time", the ...

Bangladesh police have arrested three female members of an Islamist extremist group blamed for the deadly Dhaka café siege, officials ...

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday at the site of one of the worst Islamist attacks in Bangladesh's history to mark ...

As the chatter of customers and the smell of warm bread fill the Holey Artisan Bakery it is easy to ...

Bangladesh police Monday widened a sweeping crackdown against Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants, arresting at least 10 suspected extremists and ...

Bangladesh police on Sunday arrested a businessman accused of being a major figure in the Islamist group blamed for a ...

Bangladesh on Sunday reinstalled a controversial statue deemed un-Islamic by religious hardliners on the grounds of the Supreme Court, just ...

Bangladesh detectives hit the jackpot when they stopped Mohammad Belal at Chittagong airport carrying some surprising excess baggage. Under questioning, ...

Religious hardliners in Bangladesh removed a controversial statue depicting the blindfolded Greek goddess of justice from outside the nation's supreme ...

Bangladesh Friday removed a controversial statue which religious radicals claim represents an "un-Islamic" Greek goddess from outside the country's highest ...

Five young Bangladeshis accused of being Islamist militants surrendered to authorities Sunday, an official said, after a lengthy siege that ...

Bangladesh police swooped on the offices of the country's main opposition leader hunting "anti-state documents" on Saturday, sparking angry protests ...

A giant coal-fired power plant approved by Bangladesh could drastically worsen air pollution for millions and cause the early deaths ...

A giant coal-fired power plant approved by Bangladesh could drastically worsen air pollution for millions and cause the early deaths ...

Bangladesh is using "draconian" internet laws to crack down on dissent, curb public debate and criticism and harass and prosecute ...

Bangladesh has approved a project to build hundreds of mosques with almost $1 billion from Saudi Arabia, an official said ...

Bangladeshi villagers buried the leader of a banned Islamist extremist outfit and two of his aides early Thursday, hours after ...

Bangladesh hanged three Islamist extremists including the leader of a banned militant outfit on Wednesday, after they were sentenced to ...