Having nothing to show, Muhammad Yunus is now resorting to Islamist appeasement: invoking jihadist nostalgia, deepening ties ...

Bangladesh and Pakistan have agreed to implement visa-free travel for each other’s diplomats and official passport holders—an ...

I recall much of my formative youth in the United States spent sharing a home with struggling guests and families. Sharmin Ahmad “Reepi,” my mother and Tajuddin’s eldest daughter, once hosted a family ...

In the immediate aftermath of the Bangladesh Liberation War, as world attention fixated on the harrowing human toll of ...

In 1971, due to religious and economic inequality, Pakistan was divided into two parts. Lakhs of people died and twice as ...

The demolition of Satyajit Ray's ancestral home in Bangladesh has reignited concerns over rising Islamism and the erasure of ...

A special tribunal has indicted Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which ...

Aided by India, Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina’s father and the country’s first leader.

Faiz Ahmed Faiz, a poet shaped by early heartbreak and political disillusionment, blended romance and revolution in his work. From his involvement with the Progressive Writers Association to his ...

Those include the 'Mrityunjoy' sculpture of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which was demolished by the protesters. Dhaka North's initiative includes a sculpture, a Gonominar (mass monument), and public space ...

Leaders from different political, religious, and social organisations participated in the grand rally included Gobinda Chandra Pramanik, general secretary, Hindu Mahajot, Dayal Kumar Barua, president, ...