DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – In a letter to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, 12 US senators have urged an end to the “persistent harassment” of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is battling a string of graft cases. Earlier this month, a court handed down a six-month prison sentence to Yunus and three of his colleagues [&helli...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday dismissed the opposition’s criticism of the country’s general election as “illegitimate” as she celebrated securing her fifth term in power. Hasina has presided over breakneck economic growth in a country once beset by grinding pover...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP Bangladesh’s main opposition leader was detained for questioning on Sunday morning, as clashes continued for a second day between police and protesters against the prime minister ahead of upcoming elections. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman said the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist P...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh on Sunday barred ailing opposition leader and two-time prime minister Khaleda Zia from traveling abroad for treatment. Law Minister Anisul Huq said no to an appeal forwarded by Zia’s family, noting his ministry cannot allow her to travel overseas in line with existing law. “The government has no opportunity ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) — UN’s indecisiveness on repatriating persecuted Muslim Rohingya refugees to Myanmar puts the stability of the entire region at risk, Bangladesh’s prime minister has warned. “Last month we witnessed the completion of six years of the mass displacement of the Rohingyas. Out of humanitarian concern, we ha...
