Voting is under way in Bangladesh, where 127 million eligible voters are electing a new government 18 months after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted by a student-led movement. Hasina, the ...

An array of political parties and alliances will be vying for seats in the Bangladesh Parliament on February 12 in the country’s first election since the ousting of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...

Swirling force of subcontinental politics and a governing body lacking in credibility has led to a far from joyous situation The R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo may be hosting a one-day international ...

Protesters in Dhaka demand the extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, now in exile in India The walls of Dhaka University are screaming again. Graffiti - angry, witty, sometimes poetic - ...

Iraqi-UAE consortium plans $700 million data cable amid AI boom An Iraqi-Emirati consortium is planning a $700 million subsea-and-terrestrial data cable linking the United Arab Emirates to Turkey via ...

Tarique Rahman poses for a portrait in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan. 12 Editor at Large Tarique Rahman has lost his voice. That isn’t ideal for the aspiring leader of Bangladesh, the South Asian nation ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesian retail giant Sumber Alfaria Trijaya, the operator of the Alfamart convenience store chain, opened its first store in Dhaka on Tuesday, marking its expansion into Bangladesh with ...