Bangladesh: The fugitive owner of an illegally constructed building that collapsed and killed at least 377 people was captured by commandos as he tried to
Bangladesh: When the cracks in the building appeared early Tuesday afternoon, a stocky man in his early 30s, a feared political operative who a neighbor says dropped out of school
DHAKA: The death toll from a building collapse inBangladesh has risen to 160 and could climb higher, police said on Thursday, with people trapped under the rubble of a complex
Bangladesh: An eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed near Bangladesh’s capital Wednesday morning, killing at least 32 people and trapping many more in the rubble, officials said. Tens of
DHAKA: Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina has firmly rejected demands by Islamists for a new anti-blasphemy law to punish those who defame Islam and Prophet Muhammad. In a BBC interview, she
Dhaka: Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman, a veteran ruling party politician, died Wednesday in a Singapore hospital where he was being treated for kidney and respiratory problems, an embassy official told
DHAKA: Bangladesh deployed troops in the north of the country Sunday after 16 more people were killed in a fresh wave of violence over the conviction of Islamist leaders for
DHAKA: At least 34 people were killed in Bangladesh in a wave of violence on Thursday as Islamists reacted furiously to a ruling that one of their leaders must hang
DHAKA, Bangladesh: For many in Bangladesh, the “V” for victory sign was more than they could bear. They had waited more than four decades for justice in the mass killings
DHAKA: News reports say a ferry packed with more than 100 people has capsized in a river in central Bangladesh. Reports say local villagers rescued 38 people after the ferry