Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last corruption case against her, paving the way for her to run in elections that an interim government says will be held either in December or in the first half of 2026.
Britain’s anti-corruption minister has resigned amid a controversy over links to her aunt Sheikh Hasina who is the ousted Bangladeshi prime minister.
At least half a dozen children spent months in black site jails with their mothers, says Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances
Bangladesh’s interim government on Tuesday said it will continue its efforts to bring deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back from India and will seek international intervention if necessary. Law Adviser Asif Nazrul told reporters at the Secretariat here that if New Delhi refuses to return Hasina,
The former anti-corruption minister stood down from her role last week after the Mail revealed she was facing a major corruption probe in Bangladesh.
When the army intervened in Bangladesh in 2007, its new rulers locked up both Sheikh Hasina and her archival, Khaleda Zia, hoping to reset the political system. Is Bangladesh about to revive its "minus two" policy?
Several children were among hundreds of people held in secret detention centres in Bangladesh, a commission investigating enforced disappearances carried out during the tenure of now deposed premier S
About 2,500 cases that were filed accusing lakhs of individuals in 25 districts have been identified as being politically-motivated, he says
DHAKA – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is preparing to send a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting the removal of Saima Wazed Putul, the daughter of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, from her position as regional director of the WHO Southeast Asia Region.
Labour has long known about MP Siddiq's links to an autocrat in Bangladesh, so why was she appointed a minister?
Once politicised to serve centralised interests, Bangladesh's local government system now lies in disarray. The interim government’s reform agenda offers hope, but is it enough to revive grassroots governance?
A Bangladeshi court issued an arrest warrant on Sunday for cricket star Shakib Al Hasan for bounced cheques totalling more than $300,000, in the latest blow for the ousted lawmaker.