Bangladesh News News Bangladesh » People: What Is Behind Bangladesh’s Continuing Law and Order Crisis?
The government must rebuild public trust in the police force and insulate law enforcement from political influence.
News Bangladesh » People: Everyone Gets a Cut, and Migrant Workers Pay the Price
The migrant worker — indebted, jobless and stranded in a foreign country — tried to keep it together as he picked up the phone to call his wife. His name was Shofiqul Islam. He’d borrowed to pay ...
News Bangladesh » People: Bangladesh court acquits 49 people convicted in 2004 deadly grenade attack
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s High Court on Sunday acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s son, Tarique Rahman, and 48 others, overturning their verdicts in a deadly 2004 grenade attack on a ...
News Bangladesh » People: Why Bangladesh is going mad for Messi’s Argentina: ‘It can be crazy’
Fans in Bangladesh celebrate a Lionel Messi goal in the 2022 World Cup Munir uz zaman/AFP via Getty Images This is an updated version of an article first published in December 2022. Of all the strange ...
News Bangladesh » People: Bangladesh election: Why BNP leader Tarique Rahman’s return matters
Dhaka, Bangladesh — Standing amid a sea of people on the outskirts of Dhaka, Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), declared that he had “a plan for the people ...