Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who will lead Bangladesh’s interim government.
Bangladesh turmoil

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus tapped as Bangladesh's interim leader

Microcredit pioneer and Grameen Bank founder picked after long-serving PM Hasina pushed out

7 August 2024
People celebrate the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the National Parliament premises in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 5, 2024.
Bangladesh turmoil

Bangladesh president dissolves parliament, frees former PM Zia

PM Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India on Monday amid student-led uprising

6 August 2024
People enter former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official residence in Dhaka after her resignation on Aug. 5.
Bangladesh turmoil

Bangladesh PM Hasina's dramatic fall from grace: 5 things to know

Leader's 15-year hold on power collapsed as mass protests raged over violence

6 August 2024
Anti-government protesters celebrate in Dhaka on Aug. 5 after the fall of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Opinion

Will Bangladesh's new dawn lead to genuine reform?

Onus is on authorities to clean up a political and economic mess

6 August 2024
Protesters gather around the prime minister's residence in Bangladesh as demonstrations sweep Dhaka on Aug. 5.
Bangladesh turmoil

Bangladesh PM Hasina quits, flees country as protesters storm residence

Army chief says interim government planned and calls for end to deadly unrest

5 August 2024
Men run past a Dhaka shopping center set on fire by protesters during a rally against Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Aug. 4.
Bangladesh turmoil

Bangladesh PM Hasina faces calls to quit as political crisis boils

Critical test for leader's 15-year hold on power as nation plunges into fresh unrest

5 August 2024
Demonstrators occupy a Dhaka street on Aug. 4 during a protest demanding the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following quota reform protests by students.
Bangladesh turmoil

Bangladesh clashes kill at least 91, as protesters urge Hasina to resign

Attacks occur at police stations, ruling party offices and garment factories

5 August 2024
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U.S. elections 2024

Harris could become the 1st female U.S. leader; Asia's had several

Over 13 Asian countries and regions including Australia and Taiwan have had women heads

4 August 2024
Protesters engage in a clash in Dhaka on July 16. Bangladesh has been plunged into unrest after demonstrations against government job quotas. 
Bangladesh turmoil

Bangladesh protest movement launches foreign remittance freeze

Campaign calls on nearly 10 million expats to pressure government over violence

2 August 2024
Protesters clash with authorities outside the state-owned Bangladesh Television in Dhaka on July 19 as violence erupts nationwide after anti-quota protests by students.
International relations

EU delays talks with Bangladesh on pact after Dhaka's response to protests

Dhaka says negotiations on trade and economic deal moved to November after U.N. assembly

31 July 2024
S&P said in a note on July 30, "Bangladesh's external liquidity is weakening, as indicated by sustained depletion of its official foreign exchange reserves."
Economy

S&P cuts Bangladesh's debt rating to 'B+' from 'BB'

Downgrade reflects continued decline in foreign exchange reserves

30 July 2024
Bangladesh's garment industry is a major export earner.
Economy

Bangladeshi mismatch in export data cements doubts on official stats

Now-smaller GDP threatens South Asian nation's negotiation capacity with lenders

30 July 2024
Bangladeshi soldiers take a position at the Mohammadpur area during a national curfew in Dhaka on July 20.
Opinion

Bangladesh's quota quagmire shows need for urgent reforms

Hasina must create economic opportunities, give more space to opposition

26 July 2024
A Dhaka shopowner surveys burnt tyres outside his premises following a clash on July 23.
Society

Bangladesh protests cause thousands of Indians to flee

India anxious about spillover effect of unrest as evacuations get underway

25 July 2024
A man walks past damaged vehicles that were set afire by a mob after violence answered student protests against government job quotas, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 21.
Bangladesh turmoil

Bangladesh protesters demand government take responsibility for deaths

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called on to apologize and fire the home minister

22 July 2024
On July 21, a man in Dhaka rides his rickshaw past damaged vehicles that were set on fire by a mob during clashes after violence erupted following protests by Bangladeshi students against government job quotas.
Bangladesh turmoil

Bangladesh top court scraps most job quotas that triggered deadly protests

Students pushed for lifting government quotas; communications spotty after crackdown

21 July 2024
A police officer fires tear gas during violent demonstrations outside state-owned Bangladesh Television in Dhaka on July 19.
Bangladesh turmoil

Bangladesh army imposes curfew as student-led protests spiral

Internet, text message services suspended; death toll rises to at least 114

20 July 2024
A police officer is beaten by mob during a clash between anti-quota supporters, police and ruling Awami League supporters at the Rampura area in Dhaka on July 18.
Bangladesh turmoil

Bangladesh TV news off air, communications widely disrupted

Websites of several Bangladesh-based newspapers not updated as student protests spike

19 July 2024
Anti-quota protesters carrying Bangladeshi flags engage in a clash with the student wing of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League at the University of Dhaka on July 16.
Bangladesh turmoil

Student protests in Bangladesh over job quotas escalate into violence

Prime Minister Hasina's use of derogatory term for activists further fuels anger

18 July 2024
Bangladeshi workers in Dhaka line up for air tickets to return to Saudi Arabia. Many South Asian migrants work in the Middle East.
Immigration

Philippines, Bangladesh push Asian migrant numbers to record high

6.93 million workers go abroad in 2023 as remittances hit $371.5 billion

27 June 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, speaks with Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her ceremonial reception at the Forecourt of India's Rashtrapati Bhavan Presidential Palace in New Delhi on June 22.
International relations

Bangladesh PM Hasina visits India twice ahead of China trip

Delhi talks yield no progress on river deal that Beijing also wants a part of

24 June 2024
Construction of a Lion factory began at the Bangladesh Special Economic Zone in May. (Sumitomo Corp.)
Business trends

Bangladesh attracts more global factories, from Japan's Lion to Godiva

Manufacturers drawn to cheap labor and growing market in effort to diversify

21 June 2024
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's cash-strapped government took a $4.7 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
Economy

Bangladesh cuts GDP growth target to 6.7% as economic crisis bites

Lower forecast comes as government announces 'cautious' $67.5bn budget

7 June 2024
Rohingya refugees try to balance on a capsized boat in the waters off West Aceh, Indonesia, on March 21.
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Myanmar's Rohingya refugees signal despair and hope in overcrowded camp

Almost a million trapped by civil war amid xenophobia, donor fatigue in Bangladesh

29 May 2024