POLICE AND FEAR STALK THE STREETS OF DHAKA AS CLOTHES WORKERS FIGHT FOR MORE THAN ?54 A MONTH

There is no scope to increase the wages of ready-made garment workers at this moment, he says... READ MORE›

BANGLADESHI SUSPECTED OF TRAINING MILITANTS IN DHAKA BAKERY ATTACK IS KILLED

The Bangladeshi authorities said Mr. Chowdhury planned the attack in July at the restaurant, the Holey Artisan Bakery... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH POLICE DETAIL SUSPICIONS OF INSIDE HELP IN CENTRAL BANK HEIST

The malware was customized for Bangladesh Bank's systems, Alam said, adding someone must have provided the hackers with technical details about the central bank's computer network... READ MORE›

2 SUSPECTED MILITANTS DETONATE SUICIDE BOMBS DURING A POLICE RAID IN BANGLADESH

In July, militants attacked a bakery in Dhaka and 22 people were killed... READ MORE›

EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR THE FAR RIGHT AND EXTREMIST ISLAMISTS

Why would we single out British Muslims, would we do this with other communities?... READ MORE›

MUHAMMAD YUNUS: BANGLADESH PROBES NOBEL LAUREATE'S TAX

Professor Yunus has always provided all information related to his taxes in a timely manner, Osmani said... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH TO SHARE FINDINGS OF HEIST INQUIRY WITH PHILIPPINES

No arrests have been made despite investigations by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Interpol, Bangladesh police and authorities in the Philippines... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH REFUSES ROHINGYA FLEEING 'ETHNIC CLEANSING'

Eight boats carrying Rohingya refugees have been turned away by Bangladesh as thousands amass on the border... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS IN ASIA PROTEST PERSECUTION OF BURMAA??S ROHINGYA MUSLIMS

Thousands of Bangladeshis marched in the capitala??s streets Friday to protest the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Burma... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH COURT INDICTS SEVEN IN KILLING OF JAPANESE MAN

A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday indicted seven members of a banned Islamist group in the killing of a Japanese man last year, a prosecutor said... READ MORE›

FIRE KILLS FACTORY WORKERS IN INDIA'S SAHIBABAD

Thirteen workers have died in a fire at a suspected illegal garment factory on the outskirts of Delhi in India... READ MORE›

INDIA FACTORY FIRE KILLS AT LEAST 13

In November 2012, at least 111 workers were killed when a devastating fire engulfed a nine-storey garment factory outside Dhaka... READ MORE›

CHINA AND WORLD BANK UNITE IN THEIR COMMITMENT

We are going to work closely with the World Bank to support the industrialization of Africa, he says... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH HANGS ISLAMIST EXTREMIST OVER 2005 BLAST THAT KILLED TWO JUDGES

Asadul Islam, 42, a leader of the outlawed Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh JMB, was hanged for his role in a 2005 blast that killed two judges... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 140 DEAD IN TERROR ATTACK CLAIMED BY ISIS

Five people from a single family in Sadr City, a poor Shiite neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, were also missing... READ MORE›

ISIS CLAIMS BAGHDAD BOMBING; 200 DEAD

Baghdad car bombs kill 200 people, including 25 children, Saturday evening as families gathered to break the Ramadan fast. ISIS claimed responsibility... READ MORE›

ISIS'S MOST DEADLY ATTACK IN WEEKS IS THE ONE THE WORLD PROBABLY CARES ABOUT LEAST

Baghdad bombing Isis's most deadly attack in weeks is the one the world probably cares about least... READ MORE›

THE WORST ISIS ATTACK IN DAYS IS THE ONE THE WORLD PROBABLY CARES LEAST ABOUT

The world panicked Instanbul Ataturk Airport is one of the busiest hubs in Europe and the Middle East, and it is among the most fortified... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH FACTORY ENGULFED BY FIRE, 20 DEAD

At least 20 people have been killed and 50 injured after a fire engulfed a packaging factory north of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE COULD DRIVE 100M TO EXTREME POVERTY

Rising sea levels from unchecked carbon emissions could drive 100 million into extreme poverty and submerge the homes of 760 million, new reports say... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH LGBT EDITOR HACKED TO DEATH

I am devastated by the brutal murder of Xulhaz Mannan and another young Bangladeshi, said US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat... READ MORE›

DHAKA CAFE SIEGE: ALL 20 HOSTAGES KILLED ARE FOREIGNERS

Gunmen seized a bakery in Dhaka overnight, killing 20 hostages and two officers in a siege that ended Saturday morning, the Bangladeshi military said... READ MORE›

20 HOSTAGES AND SIX GUNMEN KILLED IN BANGLADESH ATTACK

The Islamic State and a local branch of Al Qaeda have claimed responsibility for many of the attacks... READ MORE›

WEDDING HAKA MOVES NEW ZEALAND MAORI BRIDE TO TEARS

Video of the Maori dance at the wedding of Aaliyah and Benjamin Armstrong is being widely shared on social media... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH: SUSPECTED JMB MEMBERS KILLED IN RAIDS

Three raids kill at least 11 members of JMB, blamed for July cafe attack, in Dhaka and Tangail, say security officials... READ MORE›

Activists and intellectuals gathered at Dhaka University on Friday to protest Mr... READ MORE›

TWENTY FOREIGNERS KILLED AT HOLEY ARTISAN BAKERY IN DHAKA

Twenty people, all of them foreigners, are killed during an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a cafe in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, the army says... READ MORE›

NEW ZEALAND'S HAKA IS THE WORLD'S MOST PERFECT ACT OF NATIONALISM

The haka was on show Sunday in Lond0n when the All Blacks defeated Argentina in their first match at the the Rugby World Cup... READ MORE›

BANGLADESHI TROOPS MOVE TO END HOSTAGE STANDOFF

Islamic State commandos attack a restaurant frequented by foreigners in the city of Dhaka in Bangladesh, reported Amaq, an information outlet linked to the Islamic State... READ MORE›

SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACK SITES IN SAUDI ARABIA INCLUDING MOSQUE IN MEDINA

Attackers kill four at Medina mosque housing Muhammad's tomb and also strike outside the US consulate in Jeddah and in Shia-majority Qatif... READ MORE›

HOW TERRORISM IN THE WEST COMPARES TO TERRORISM EVERYWHERE ELSE

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for killing at least 130 people in a string of terrorist attacks Friday in Paris... READ MORE›

BANGLADESHI LGBT EDITOR AMONG 2 MEN HACKED TO DEATH

Mannan had been a prominent member of Boys of Bangladesh since 2005 and many of its leading activists have been living in fear, it added... READ MORE›

DEADLY FERRY COLLISION IN BANGLADESH

Abc online children among dozens dead as ferry sinks in bangladesh's padma river 16 hrs ago... READ MORE›

'THE SMELL OF DEATH IS ALL OVER THE PLACE'

First, they came for Istanbul. Next, they came for Dhaka. Then, in the early hours of Sunday, they attacked Baghdad... READ MORE›

SUSPECTS HELD IN DEATH OF BANGLADESHI BLOGGER

The only man arrested in Mr.Roy's killing is Shafiur Rahman Farabi, who has a large following among Islamist youth on social media... READ MORE›

ISIS USES RAMADAN AS CALLING FOR NEW ATTACKS

In Iraq, it recently lost control of Ramadi and was pushed out of Falluja last month -- a humiliating Ramadan defeat... READ MORE›

AFTER SLAUGHTER BANGLADESH REELS AT REVELATIONS ABOUT ATTACKERS

Mr. Kabir had already been in close touch with the police since Mr. Mubasher disappeared on Feb 29... READ MORE›

THE DARK UNDERWORLD OF BANGLADESH'S CLOTHES INDUSTRY

That sounds hollow now, as hundreds of Bangladeshi families grieve... READ MORE›

BANGLADESHIS PROTEST AFTER ATHEIST WRITER AVIJIT ROY HACKED TO DEATH

Avijit Roy and his wife, Rafida Ahmed, were attacked on a crowded pavement as they were returning from a book fair at Dhaka University... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH ATTACK: HOSTAGE SIEGE ENDS AS CAFE STORMED

Italy's ambassador to Bangladesh, Mario Palma, told Italian state TV seven Italians were among the hostages... READ MORE›

AN ISIS ATTACK IN BANGLADESH'S CAPITAL SHOULD SURPRISE NO ONE

On Friday night, assailants assaulted a restaurant in an upscale neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh's teeming capital... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE DEADLINE ON JAPANESE CAPTIVES PASSES WITH NO WORD ON FATE

Islamic State militants have seized large areas of Iraq and Syria, and beheaded several Western captives... READ MORE›

JITTERY BACKDROPS TO NEW YEAR'S EVE AROUND THE WORLD

In its warning Tuesday, the embassy said Dhaka police have increased security measures for New Year's Eve, including a ban on outdoor parties after 8 p.m... READ MORE›

'GOD WANTS YOU TO DIE': DHAKA'S LONG NIGHT OF TERROR

What's really puzzling is the background of these attackers, said Faiz Sobhan of the Dhaka-based think tank, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute... READ MORE›

DHAKA MASTERMIND KILLED IN HOUSE RAID

The alleged planner, Bangladeshi-Canadian Tamim Chowdhury, was killed during a police house raid in the district of Narayanganj, said counterterrorism official Monirul Islam... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH POLICE 'KILL MAIN DHAKA CAFE ATTACK SUSPECT'

He is the Gulshan attack mastermind and the leader of JMB Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh, a domestic armed outfit, he said... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH: SONS OF CONVICTED WAR CRIMINALS DETAINED

Some men in plain-clothes opened the right hand back door where Hummam was sitting, and asked 'Are you Hummam Quader Chowdhury?'... READ MORE›

POLICE SAY NINE KILLED IN RAID ON DHAKA DEN LINKED TO CAFE CARNAGE, WERE PLOTTING NEW MASS ATTACK

Bangladeshi police killed nine suspected Islamist extremists in a gun-battle Tuesday after storming a hideout where they said a new mass attack was being p... READ MORE›

ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR GERMAN TRAIN ATTACK

Hours earlier, in a bulletin issued in Arabic and English via its Amaq News Agency, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the ax attack... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH POLICE DENY RESCUED FOREIGN HOSTAGES STILL IN THEIR CUSTODY

Human Rights Watch said all of the hostages except for Karim, 47, and Khan, 22, were released by authorities on July 3... READ MORE›

THREE KILLED IN BANGLADESH ATTACK NEAR EID PRAYERS

Two policemen, an attacker and a woman who was shot during the gunfight were killed, national police spokesman AKM Shahidur Rahman told the AFP news agency... READ MORE›

FOREIGN FIRMS CANCEL TRAVEL TO BANGLADESH AFTER DHAKA CAFE ATTACK

TheUS and British embassies in Bangladesh may reduce staff numbers, one diplomatic source said, and ask only essential staff to stay on... READ MORE›

DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 187 IN ISLAMIC STATE'S WORST-EVER BOMB ATTACK

The bombing follows attacks in Turkey and Bangladesh over the past week that many have linked to the Islamic State... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH MOURNS AFTER SUSPECTED ISLAMIST MILITANTS STORM UPMARKET CAFE IN THE CAPITAL

Bangladesh has begun two days of mourning after suspectic Islamist militants stormed an upmarket restaurant in the capital, Dhaka... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH OFFICIAL DOUBTS ISIL'S CLAIM FOR HOSTAGE-TAKING ATTACK

Shahidul Hoque, however, said authorities were investigating the possibility the attackers might also have had ties to the Islamic State... READ MORE›

EATERY GUNMEN MADE NO DEMANDS, WERE FROM RICH FAMILIES, NOT ISLAMIC STATE

One line of inquiry being pursued was whether the restaurant attackers received any guidance from Islamic State or al-Qaida, an official in Bangladesh's counter-terrorism wing said... READ MORE›