He was the most famous magician of the 20th century. Yet Harry Houdini’s peers were often scathing about him. His tricks were “awful stuff” and “a bunch of junk”, they sniffed. “Watching him play the ...

Bangladesh will hold a parliamentary election on February 12, authorities said, in what would be the country’s first national vote since last year’s student-led uprising that removed former Prime ...

Muslim co-workers accused the garment factory worker of blasphemy and dragged him into the street, where an angry mob murdered him. By Saif Hasnat and Mujib Mashal Saif Hasnat reported from Dhaka, ...

Since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, Bangladesh has been governed by an interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. A year after the toppling of the Sheikh Hasina ...

Bangladesh’s domestic political discourse has taken a sharply confrontational turn against India, with senior leaders openly invoking threats that revive memories of Dhaka’s past role as a rear base ...

Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin said on Thursday he plans to step down midway through his term after February’s parliamentary election, telling Reuters he has felt humiliated by the interim ...

Bangladesh’s next national elections will be held on Feb. 12, 18 months after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted through a mass uprising following weeks of violence that left hundreds dead ...

(FILES) Students chant slogans near a vandalised mural of Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, during a protest demanding accountability and trial against Hasina, near Dhaka University in ...

DHAKA – Bangladesh’s interim government said it would fly a leader of the 2024 uprising, a candidate in an upcoming election, for treatment in Singapore after he was critically wounded in an ...

New Delhi responds after Dhaka summons Indian envoy over Sheikh Hasina’s statements, as Bangladesh heads into first election since August upheaval India on Sunday rejected Bangladesh’s claim that its ...