Around 300 people died in the demonstrations that began as protests against employment quotas but spiralled into a movement seeking Hasina's overthrow...

Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned, the law ministry's adviser Asif Nazrul said in a Facebook video post, after students warned him of "dire conseq...

Her iron-fisted grasp on power has been challenged since summer by protests triggered by a court ruling to reserve government jobs - heavily coveted a...

Muhammad Yunus was appointed to the post by Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin after he held meetings with student leaders and chiefs of the th...

The decision was taken following meetings with the heads of defence forces, leaders of political parties, student leaders and some civil society repre...

Bangladesh's army chief will meet student protest leaders on Tuesday as the country awaits the formation of a new government a day after PM Hasina res...

Student leaders, who spearheaded a movement against job quotas that turned into a call for Hasina to resign, said that they want a new interim governm...

The United Nations is following the situation in Bangladesh very closely after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday.

Sheikh Hasina, who has served consecutively since January 2009, has now been ousted.