Thousands of Islamists took to the streets across Bangladesh, demanding an immediate ban on ISKCON, which they labelled as an ...

After Hasina’s departure and ahead of a February 2026 vote, Bangladesh’s Islamist parties test whether convenience can trump ...

The first madrassa, or Islamic school, specifically for transgender students in Bangladesh opened last week in the capital city of Dhaka. It was a first not only in the country, but across South Asia, ...

The mass uprising that led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year autocratic regime has ushered in a new political order in Bangladesh. As the once-dominant Awami League (AL) and its principal rival, ...

Around 5 p.m. on a June weekday, men in tunics and loose pants, the traditional outfit in Bengali Asia, kneel on the floor of a Dhaka bank branch, their foreheads touching the ground. Others in ...

A Dhaka court has summoned the managing director, additional managing director, and chief human resource officer of Islami Bank Bangladesh, along with the Bangladesh Bank governor, over the reported ...

The recent political turmoil in Bangladesh has given rise to young leaders one of which is Nahid Islam, a 26-year-old student who has led the protests against the country's ousted prime minister ...

IN MOTIJHEEL, the main business district in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, an iron fence and terrible traffic divide two branches of the country’s oldest private bank—a “conventional” one and an Islamic ...

“IT’S LIKE the Midas effect in reverse,” says Badiul Majumdar of SHUJAN, an anti-corruption pressure group. “Everything the government touches turns not to gold, but rather from gold to dust.” He is ...

Aminul Islam has been re-elected as BCB president for a full four-year term, with experienced administrators and former ...