Zia was the first woman elected prime minister of Bangladesh FILE - Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia waves to supporters after she was arrested, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 3, 2007. (AP ...

Under the injunction, Mediceram Sdn Bhd is to return the passports and other personal documents belonging to the 93 foreign workers. (Reuters pic) Close to 100 Bangladeshi workers for a glove mould ...

SUTI (MURSHIDABAD): A 20-year-old villager from Suti, the only son of his parents, who went to work as a mason in Odisha’s Sambalpur just five days ago — his first job outside Bengal — was on Tuesday ...

The Kerala government on Monday vowed strict action in the death of a Chhattisgarh native who was allegedly lynched last week in Palakkad after being mistaken to be a thief. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan ...

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Amid anti-India protests in Bangladesh, a young Hindu man was killed in a mob lynching in Bhaluka Upazila of Mymensingh district over allegations of insulting Islam. Angry protestors then set the body ...

Dhaka’s already strained relationship with New Delhi has come under fresh pressure after a Bangladeshi opposition leader threatened to shelter separatists targeting India’s sensitive northeast region ...

Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, a leader of Bangladesh’s 2024 student-led uprising who was flown to Singapore for treatment after being wounded in an assassination attempt ...

Violence has erupted in Bangladesh following the death of a prominent leader of the youth movement that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sharif Osman Hadi was shot by masked attackers while ...

Six Bangladeshi United Nations peacekeepers were killed and six others injured, including four seriously, in a drone strike on a UN camp in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan, on Saturday, the UN mission ...