Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims are fleeing a military crackdown in western Myanmar to Bangladesh, trying to escape an upsurge of violence that has brought the total number of dead confirmed by the army to nearly 90.
A Bangladesh court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for the country's opposition leader after she failed to appear for a hearing over the date of her birthday.
Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims are fleeing a military crackdown in western Myanmar to Bangladesh, trying to escape an upsurge of violence that has brought the total number of dead confirmed by the army to more than 130.
A man stabbed a security guard to death Sunday in Bangladesh's main airport after police and paramilitary officers stopped him from going through to departures, officers said.
Police in Bangladesh have arrested dozens of people following fresh violence against Hindus, the country's biggest minority community, a senior officer told reporters on Sunday.
The wife of a British Bangladeshi man arrested over the South Asian country's deadliest attack says her husband is innocent and unaware that his father has died while he's been in prison.
Bangladesh cricket have pulled a raunchy advert starring new Test star Sabbir Rahman and a model following social media outrage, an industry official said Tuesday.
A Bangladeshi Islamist party allied to the opposition has elected a new chief untainted by war crime allegations, seeking to turn the page after the execution of several of its top leaders.
Security was tightened in a Bangladesh southern city Sunday ahead of the expected execution of a senior Islamist extremist whose group has been linked to the murder of foreign hostages, police said.
Bangladeshi leaders on Friday welcomed the first Chinese president to visit in three decades, seeking to secure much-needed infrastructure investment without alienating China's main regional rival India, a key ally.
Myanmar soldiers have killed at least four men during a sweep of Muslim villages following deadly attacks on police posts along the northwestern border with Bangladesh, state media said on Tuesday.
At least two policemen were killed in coordinated attacks by an unknown group on posts along Myanmar's border with Bangladesh early Sunday morning, an official and police said.
