Veteran jatra artiste, director and writer Milon Kanti Dey, a towering figure in Bangladesh’s folk theatre, died on Saturday (February 7) at his residence in Kalishahar, Patiya upazila of Chattogram.

Bangladesh will go to the polls for the first time since its government collapsed in 2024 during a bloody crackdown on protesters. More than 127 million people are eligible to vote in the country's ...

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus stepped down on Monday before handing over to an elected government led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its leader Tarique Rahman. Bangladeshi voters ...

“We have got a tariff rate of 19% in the new trade deal with the U.S., which is good compared to our rivals like Cambodia and Indonesia but a clause in the deal has given us greater advantage as the U ...

The national elections were the first since 2024, when a student movement ousted the prime minister of the South Asian country. By Anupreeta Das and Saif Hasnat Reporting from Dhaka Bangladesh voted ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has secured a majority victory in the country's first election since the Gen Z-driven uprising of 2024. The BNP won a two-thirds majority, enough to form the ...

Voting is under way in Bangladesh, where 127 million eligible voters are electing a new government 18 months after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted by a student-led movement. Hasina, the ...

Mr. Hussain, a former lead economist on Bangladesh for the World Bank, wrote from Dhaka. Mr. Joehnk, a former Bangladesh correspondent for The Economist, wrote from London. A year and a half ago, ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party secured a clear majority of parliamentary seats in the country's landmark election, with party chairman, Tarique Rahman, set to become the next prime minister.

Bangladesh Election Result 2026 Highlights: Steered by a leader back to the country after a 17-year exile, Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) raced towards a decisive win in the ...

Bangladesh’s prime minister-in-waiting Tarique Rahman has appealed for unity in the country and dedicated his sweeping win to those who “sacrificed for democracy”, as his Bangladesh Nationalist Party ...

Bangladesh has delivered a decisive verdict, with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) sweeping the parliamentary election and positioning Tarique Rahman to become the next prime minister. For Nobel ...