The Bangladeshi military announced Jan. 19 it had foiled a coup plot to unseat the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sheik Hasina. An army spokesman pinned the “heinous conspiracy” ...

Explore Bangladesh's architectural heritage through this curated map of prominent Mughal mosques. Spanning the Sultanate era ...

Activists want the autocratic prime minister to step down. Now to Bangladesh, a country of more than 170 million people who inhabit a place a little bigger than Iowa. It has just experienced some of ...

Radical changes to the school curriculum are routine in Bangladesh - Copyright AFP Munir Uz Zaman Radical changes to the school curriculum are routine in Bangladesh ...

Crowds cheer the acting Bangladesh president and the acting government during a mass meeting in Jessore, East Pakistan on Dec. 11, 1971. In his seminal book of nonfiction, “The Blood Telegram,” Gary J ...

Bangladesh's 13th parliamentary elections have concluded, and Tarique Rahman is now poised to become the country's next prime minister. Whether this signals the continuation of dynastic politics or ...

The church no longer exists, and a Muslim family has since settled on the land. However, the district’s official website still preserves its history online. A garden now occupies the site of ...

A senior Catholic priest has authored and published a book that documents the history of Christianity in Bangladesh spanning over five centuries with an aim to inspire young Catholics to better ...