Landing in Dhaka by air, looking down at the city from the plane window, your first impression is likely to be that you are ...

Two decades ago Nurul Islam, 70, earned his living by fishing in the Buriganga river that flows southwest of the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka and was once its lifeline. Now, with hardly any fish to ...

At least 31 people have been killed in the crash of a Bangladesh air force jet into a private school campus in Dhaka. It is the deadliest airplane crash in the Bangladeshi capital in recent memory.

The government had earlier imposed a curfew with some exceptions in Dhaka and elsewhere. Protesters block the Dhanmondi 2 area during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 4, 2024.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party rallied in the capital on Saturday to show their strength before an election expected next year, ...

Two people, including a local Jamaat-e-Islami leader, were killed and at least 10 others injured when a bus carrying ...

Fires are common in Bangladesh. Last month, a fire in the oldest part of Dhaka, a 400-year-old area cramped with apartments, shops and warehouses, left at least 67 people dead. In 2012, a fire ...

Fire and building safety can often be shoddy in Bangladesh. It was home to one of the world's deadliest industrial disasters, the 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse, which killed more than 1,100 people.

At least 31 people have been killed in the crash of a Bangladesh air force jet into a private school campus in Dhaka. It is the deadliest airplane crash in the Bangladeshi capital in recent memory.