Bangladesh

Chinese fighter jet based on Israeli design sold to Muslim-majority Uzbekistan

The Chinese J-10 is cheaper than the American F-16 and is marketed to countries that don't want to buy US-made fighter jets.

An experimental model of Israel Aerospace Industries' Lavi aircraft (left) and a Chinese J-10 fighter jet (right); Illustrative.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, accompanied by their ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence, pose after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 7, 2026.

What will happen if Iran, Egypt, Bangladesh join Mecca Joint Defense Agreement? - analysis

 SUPPORTERS OF the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chant slogans as they join in a rally, days after the ousting of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Bangladesh’s bid to clear a US-wanted terror fugitive raises troubling questions - opinion

Smoke rises above Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 5, 2026

Deadly Iran attacks on Saudi, Bahrain civilian sites may be war crimes, Amnesty International says


Bangladesh lifts ban on travel to Israel

Passports for Bangladeshi citizens, up until now, have had a caveat written on the document stating that the document was valid in "all countries of the world, except Israel."

A Muslim devotee recites the Koran at the Star Mosque during Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26, 2020

UN says 15 dead, 400 missing in fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh

"We still have 400 people unaccounted for, maybe somewhere in the rubble."

A general view of a Rohingya refugee camp after a fire burned down all the shelters in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 23, 2021.

End ties with France in 24 hours, Bangladesh Islamist group tells gov't

France has allowed displays of the cartoons, which are considered blasphemous by Muslims.

Supporters and activists of the Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, an Islamist political party, hold placards as they take part in a protest calling for the boycott of French products, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 2, 2020

Which countries punish rape with the death penalty?

Following Bangladesh approving the death penalty for rape, it joins a list of other countries that carry out this punishment for the crime.

Old rope with hangman’s noose (illustrative).

Gas pipeline blast kills 17 worshipers in Bangladesh mosque

Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.

A Muslim devotee recites the Koran at the Star Mosque during Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26, 2020

A less crowded planet - an expected population decline

True, we will reach a peak in about forty years’ time of 9.7 billion, but by century’s end we will be sliding down the other side of the population mountain quite fast.

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Bangladesh's Beximco to begin producing COVID-19 drug remdesivir

Remdesivir, a drug developed by Gilead Sciences, has grabbed attention as one of the most promising treatments for COVID-19.

Vials of investigational coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment drug are capped at a facility.

Bangladesh court sentences seven to death for 2016 cafe attack

After the ruling, they shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) and "We did nothing wrong" from the dock to a packed courtroom, witnesses said.

One of the accused of Holey Artisan Bakery attack is led to the court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 27, 2019

Bangladesh sentences 16 to death for killing teenager in harassment case

The killers poured kerosene over Nusrat Jahan, 18, and set her on fire on the roof of her madrasa in April in the southeastern district of Feni.

Accused people are seen inside a prison van after they were given death sentences in a murder case in Feni, Bangladesh, October 24, 2019

Four killed in Bangladesh riot over facebook post about Prophet Mohammad

Police said the Facebook had actually been hacked and all the hackers had been detained.

Bangaladeshi Islamists Protest In Dhaka