The Latest Breaking News from Bangladesh

A top United Nations human rights official has called for a thorough investigation of all killings and other rights violations during the violent unrest leading up to and after the fall of Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the world’s longest reigning female political leader, fled Bangladesh on 5 August 2024 for the safety of India. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of protesters descended on Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka. The crowds ransacked her official residence, occupied the nation’s parliament and burnt down her family home.

Follow all the action from Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium

Hundreds died in the student-led revolution that toppled Bangladesh's autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina, but those impacted in the violent aftermath fear the new authorities' promise of justice will exclude them.

Until August, they dominated college campuses and were accused of leading violent mobs against anti-Hasina protesters.

Bangladesh’s interim government bans student wing of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s political party

Dana pounded some districts in Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal state with heavy downpours as gusty winds brought down trees

HMRC and FCA asked to look into property deals by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury now under investigation in Dhaka

A gay Bangladeshi man who fled to the UK to seek asylum is at risk of deportation after a judge denied his application, ruling he is "not truly gay."

Kagiso Rabada made Test cricket history for South Africa against Bangladesh

Twelve Bangladeshi and Egyptian men left Albania for Italy on Saturday after judges ruled against their detention in the non-EU nation under a controversial deal between Rome and Tirana. Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said the administration would appeal the court's decision.