Fortunately, the University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman announced last evening that the government had accepted the JnU ...

DHAKA: Around 3,000 women rallied on Friday (May 16) in Bangladesh for the country's interim government to openly support a ...

Transgender activist joined a growing protest against the backlash from hardline Islamist groups opposing progressive gender ...

DHAKA: Around 3,000 women rallied in Bangladesh on Friday for the country’s interim government to openly support ...

This was the beginning of Narir Daake Maitree Jatra (Journey of solidarity at the call of women) – a colourful yet powerful protest against violence, injustice, and the silencing of women. It was not ...

Thousands of Bangladeshi women's rights activists on Friday gathered on Manik Mia Avenue near the Parliament building in Dhaka to demand equal rights and dignity for women.The rally, held under the ...

The  Islami Andolan Bangladesh have urged the government to hold discussions with the protesting Jagannath University (JnU) students over their "just demands".  In a statement issued today (16 May), ...

But nine months since the revolution, making big changes is proving tricky. The process began almost immediately after Sheikh ...

Urgent and sustainable reforms are needed, but it’s unclear if the interim government has the time, authority or support to ...

Bangladesh's Election Commission has suspended the registration of ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, ...

Mahfuzul Haque, leader of Hefazat-e-Islam, an Islamist group which had called the protest, urged the interim rulers to ...

Another former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, returned to Bangladesh earlier this month after nearly four months of medical ...