Bangladesh riots
From Pakistan in 1977 to Bangladesh in 2026, when loosely organised reformists align with disciplined Islamist forces, the ‘revolution’ rarely ends as they imagine.
Updated 22 Feb, 2026 09:56am
BNP was leading in 50 seats and Jamaat in 18, according to local TV news stations.
Updated 12 Feb, 2026 10:06pm
All three tried in absentia; 5 other former police officials handed varying terms.
Published 26 Jan, 2026 03:43pm
Sheikh Rehana is convicted to seven years in prison; her daughter gets two-year sentence.
Published 01 Dec, 2025 08:00pm
US-based son Sajeeb Wazed and daughter Saima Wazed handed 5 years each; public prosecutor to appeal verdict as had sought maximum punishment.
Published 27 Nov, 2025 02:11pm
Stalled attempts to extradite former PM from India strain relations between countries.
Updated 19 Nov, 2025 09:34am
Ultimately, the coercive power of the state could not withstand the power of the people.
Updated 19 Nov, 2025 08:41am
There can be little argument that Hasina’s dispensation had become increasingly autocratic over the years.
Updated 18 Nov, 2025 08:28am
Categorically rejects allegations of responsibility for lethal force against Bangladeshi citizens.
Updated 10 Nov, 2025 09:23am
"You cannot disenfranchise millions of people if you want a political system that works," she says.
Updated 29 Oct, 2025 12:46pm
The youth have shown they can shake regimes — but without organisation, ideology, and economic transformation, their fury may only deepen the status quo.
Published 25 Sep, 2025 11:28am
Delay too long, and Bangladesh risks repeating the very cycle it sought to break.
Published 06 Aug, 2025 05:37am
Vows return to full democratic rule at a time of mounting pressure for a swifter transition.
Updated 05 Aug, 2025 08:52pm
Witness lost his left eye, while his right eye was damaged, as well as his lips, nose and teeth during crackdown last year.
Published 03 Aug, 2025 07:44pm
July Proclamation will be “presented to the nation … in the presence of all political parties involved in the mass uprising”, says office of chief adviser Muhammad Yunus.
Published 02 Aug, 2025 04:40pm
Factory shutdowns and aid cuts have added to job losses.
Updated 02 Aug, 2025 02:14pm
Former PM Hasina formally indicted.
Updated 11 Jul, 2025 08:09am
BBC says no evidence found that speech was edited or manipulated; Bangladesh police match audio with recordings of Hasina.
Published 09 Jul, 2025 08:05pm
Chief prosecutor says she will serve her sentence the day she arrives in Bangladesh or surrenders to the court.
Published 02 Jul, 2025 03:28pm
Sayeed died aged 23 in the northern city of Rangpur, the first student demonstrator killed in the police crackdown on protests.
Updated 01 Jul, 2025 09:44am
Sheikh Hasina's former election commissioner detained after mob assaults him in Dhaka.
Published 23 Jun, 2025 08:19pm
Bangladesh leader threatened to resign if political parties did not extend support to him.
Updated 24 May, 2025 10:05am
Sheikh Hasina’s party is the oldest political party in Bangladesh.
Updated 14 May, 2025 11:05am
Bangladesh Nationalist Party spokesperson calls it "significant day" for the country and its people.
Updated 06 May, 2025 04:02pm
Former Labour minister Tulip Siddiq faces allegations of illegally receiving land.
Updated 14 Apr, 2025 09:35am
Indian, Bangladeshi leaders meet for first time since ex-PM’s exit.
Updated 05 Apr, 2025 09:16am
Fahad’s killing sparked nationwide protests, forcing Hasina to pledge the highest punishment for the perpetrators.
Updated 17 Mar, 2025 10:10am
Hardline groups have also demanded that organisers of religious commemorations and other public events remove women from the line-up.
Updated 15 Mar, 2025 07:12pm
Fascist rulers engaged in ‘militarism’ and ‘expansionism’ while the Awami League leader survived through cronyism.
Updated 10 Mar, 2025 12:10pm
Former prime minister Khaleda Zia calls for swift elections.
Updated 27 Feb, 2025 07:47pm
