Story Archive
2017-12-29
Police: Counter-insurgency operations in 2017 killed more than 200 militants and 70 security forces.
2017-12-27
An unprecedented influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees entered Bangladesh amid allegations of “ethnic cleansing” in Myanmar.
2017-12-26
Little is known about young man who fled to India after a madrassa principle accused him of blasphemy.
2017-12-22
Mubashar Hasan reappeared a day after a prominent journalist, who was also missing for about two months, returned home.
2017-12-21
About 4,500 youths will be released from jail, allowing them to find jobs, officials say.
2017-12-20
Akayed Ullah became self-radicalized, police allege, but relatives say he visited refugees from Myanmar merely to deliver aid.
2017-12-20
Utpal Das said he was blindfolded and driven around for hours before being pushed out of a minibus.
2017-12-19
Process of voluntary repatriation of refugees is to start in late January, officials say.
2017-12-18
Many patients are women and girls who were raped in Myanmar.
2017-12-15
Five refugees and a suspected human trafficker were detained, police say.
2017-12-15
If approved by parliament, triple talaq would carry a three-year prison sentence.
2017-12-15
Residents express concerns over government’s action to give their land to Bengali settlers.
2017-12-14
Many victims were shot and others were burned in homes during first month of a military crackdown, starting in late August, MSF reports.
2017-12-13
Last month, Bangladesh and Myanmar signed an agreement for the voluntary repatriation of Rohingya Muslims who had fled violence in Rakhine state.
2017-12-13
Ousted Muslim Conference chief Abdul Gani Bhat insists he did not betray the organization.