カテゴリー: Bangladesh
Tulip Siddiq denies claims that she brokered corrupt deal with Russia to build nuclear power plant in BangladeshThe Labour minister Tulip Siddiq is facing an investigation in Bangladesh over allegations she and family members embezzled billions as part…
Millions of migrants will build stadiums, transport networks and hotels. But testimonies from Bangladeshis who have worked there suggest abuse is deeply entrenched in the Gulf kingdomWhen Shahadat set out for Saudi Arabia from his village in Bangladesh…
Allegations of violence against Hindus prompt mass protests in India and attack on Bangladeshi consulateGrowing tensions between India and Bangladesh have erupted amid accusations of attacks on Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, which have prompted mass prot…
Associates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UKAs Sheikh Hasina watched Dhaka fade from view, aboard a military helicopter, crowds were storming her palatial residence.Far below, abou…
Hundreds of protesters stormed the presidential palace in Dhaka demanding the resignation of the president, Mohammed Shahabuddin. Demonstrators took action after an interview in which Shahabuddin expressed doubt over the resignation of the ousted prime…
HMRC and FCA asked to look into property deals with Saifuzzaman Chowdhury now under investigation for corruption in DhakaBritish regulators have been urged by MPs to examine the relationship between London estate agents, lawyers and lenders and a forme…
After the giddy public highs following Hasina’s departure, the interim government has admitted that weight of expectation is enormous Like so many of Sheikh Hasina’s political rivals, Amir Chowdhury was in jail the day that the prime minister fled Bang…
Anger is rising at Indonesia’s new administration – while Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Laos and Brunei are all led by the children of former leadersIn early August, against a backdrop of deadly student-led protests, Bangladesh’s prime minister …
As ex-prime minister has fled, relatives of protesters among 1,000 killed in crackdown pin hopes on international courtsShe may not have fired the gun but Mahabubar Rahman knows who killed Shoikot, his beloved only son. “Sheikh Hasina is the criminal r…
New Delhi was seen as former PM’s greatest ally. Now it must reckon with a new government that wants accountability for her regime’s actionsIt was earlier this month, as protests swept Bangladesh and bodies lay on the streets, that prime minister Sheik…
Nearly 300,000 people forced to flee after monsoon rains, which have killed 42 people in India and BangladeshNearly 300,000 Bangladeshis are taking refuge in emergency shelters from floods that inundated vast areas of the country, disaster officials sa…
Arakan Army targeting Muslim minority as Myanmar’s military are driven out of Rakhine, UN official saysThousands of Rohingya are being forced to flee from their homes in Myanmar and escape on dangerous boat journeys after being targeted by armed rebels…
Sheikh Hasina was a historic figure in her country. But now she has fled after protests turned violent. How did it all go wrong? David Bergman reportsThis summer Prapti Taposhi joined thousands of her fellow students in Bangladesh and took to the stree…
Hundreds of students and activists prevent Sheikh Hasina followers from visiting her father’s former houseHundreds of student protesters and political activists armed with bamboo sticks, iron rods and pipes have assaulted supporters of the ousted Bangl…
Exclusive: Indigenous rights activist Michael Chakma is among the first to be released after the fall of Sheikh Hasina, but hundreds are still unaccounted forAfter more than five years, the family of Michael Chakma, one of Bangladesh’s “disappeared”, h…