Dhaka, Bangladesh News

Barely a fortnight ago, a fringe group of Hindu fanatics forced the clamping of a ban on Wendy Doniger's extremely insightful work, The Hindus, in India.

Ali Zaidan was ousted as Libya's prime minister by lawmakers, the culmination of a campaign by Islamists and other opponents to terminate his 17 months in office.

She's careful to point out her hometown of Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and to place the country beside India on the off chance those around her aren't geography buffs or travellers.

Students at UNC are hoping to prevent another catastrophe like the one at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh.

Lawyers for two key figures in a political payback scandal ensnaring Gov. Chris Christie's administration will go in court to try to persuade a judge not to force them to turn over text messages and other... Lawyers for two key figures in a political payback scandal ensnaring Gov. Chris Christie's administration are trying to persuade a judge not ... (more)

This Feb. 12, 2014 photo, shows a Bangladeshi garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In this Feb. 13, 2014 photo, Bangladeshi garment workers arrive for work early morning in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Traffic policemen hardly ever dare to stop cars for violating traffic rules as most of the vehicles that disregard the rules are owned by influential people who can have the policemen reprimanded or even transferred.

With the movement proceeding smoothly, despite a series of provocative acts by the Pakistan army and also through its encouragement of Bihari resistance to Bangabandhu's political programme in such areas of Dhaka city as Mirpur and Mohammadpur, a pattern had set in.

Physicians yesterday started the final stage of Bangladesh's first ever bone marrow/stem cell transplant being conducted on a blood cancer patient at Dhaka Medical College Hospital .

DHAKA: Several thousand Bangladeshi garment workers have lost their jobs after their factory was discovered with serious safety problems and shut down, officials said Monday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today accused the government of keeping control over the judiciary and forcing judges to act according to its instructions.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the SAARC Literary Festival Dhaka 2014 at the National Museum.

Eskender Ali Tarafder left his village in Bagerhat in 2001 to find a job in Dhaka.

Armed with just six sledge hammers and a blow torch, the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha sent in only 10 labourers to tear down this gigantic under-construction factory illegally built on the floodplains of the Turag river in Tongi.Photo: Anisur Rahman The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha yesterday staged a rather ridiculous eviction drive with 10 ... (more)

About 1,500 factories in Bangladesh are on track to be inspected by the end of August as part of a five-year safety pact signed by more than 150 clothing brands and 20 countries, according to organizers of the pact.

Bangladeshi people hold lit candles as they pay homage to the victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 10, 2014.

As the first anniversary of the tragic Rana factory collapse in Bangladesh approaches, what are Australian companies doing to make their Bangladeshi factories safer? Alys Francis finds out.

Rose Figtree's sprawling manor with its beautifully manicured gardens in Moss Vale is a long way from the slums of Bangladesh, but that's exactly what drove her to establish a primary school in the poor South Asian country.

WAM DHAKA, 9th March, 2014 -- Saeed bin Hajar Al Shihhi, U.A.E. Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, and Nasrul Hamid, Bangladeshi State Minister for Power, have discussed ways to develop bilateral relations between the two countries, especially in the field of energy and gas.