Story Archive
2023-12-15
More than 2,000 candidates are contesting in next month’s polls but the main opposition party is sitting out.
2023-12-15
Security staff at Bangladesh’s camps work with boat captains to sneak out the refugees, Indonesian police say.
2023-12-13
The opposition labels the Election Commission’s freeze ahead of the Jan. 7 vote as restrictive
2023-12-08
Tens of thousands of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists have been arrested ahead of national polls in January.
2023-12-05
Most candidates are independents who are required to have written support from thousands of electors
2023-11-30
More than 200 buses and other vehicles have been torched in arson attacks coinciding with hartals launched by the BNP.
2023-11-19
One of the people-smuggling boats, with 249 aboard, had been pushed back to sea twice since Nov. 16.
2023-11-16
The party cites rigging fears as it refuses to commit to participating in January polls.
2023-11-16
This happened after two other Rohingya boats landed in Aceh earlier this week.
2023-11-15
The opposition parties denounced the announcement and called for a two-day strike.
2023-11-14
Several other people, living abroad or incarcerated, have been embroiled in similar complaints filed with police.
2023-11-08
They also claim some party leaders are victims of “enforced disappearances”
2023-11-07
Workers will now make at least $113 in monthly pay – up from $72 - but union leaders say this is too little.
2023-11-02
At least two people were killed during clashes with police, while demonstrators vow to maintain blockade.
2023-11-01
Wazed’s critics called into question her qualifications to run a large WHO division