Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, must rebuild the nation after Sheikh Hasina’s regime was overthrown, while dealing with resistance from her supporters.

A legal scholar breaks down the various steps in the process of extradition – which is all the more complicated when an ex-prime minister is involved.

Analysts say China is making overtures while diplomatic tensions have risen between Bangladesh and India on a range of issues. This includes ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina living in exile in India.

Analysts say China is making overtures while diplomatic tensions have risen between Bangladesh and India on a range of issues. This includes ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina living in exile in India.

As protesters demolished a museum to the father of Muslim-majority Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina, an image purportedly showing a Hindu relic found at the building surfaced online. The misrepresented picture shows a statue of the Hindu deity Shiva in a temple in southern India.

Bangladeshi security forces have arrested more than 8,600 people after a two-week crackdown targeting gangs allegedly connected to the ousted government of Sheikh Hasina, the government said on Monday.

Hundreds of students gather to launch their new political party called the Jatiya Nagarik Party or National Citizen Party in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/)

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court ruling that acquitted former premier and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case in which she was sentenced to seven years in jail by a lower court.

Scientists at ICDDR'B have recently identified five cases among patient samples collected in 2023, representing the first identification of a cluster of Zika-infected patients in Bangladesh. The information was published on the ICDDR'B website on Monday.

Since Sheikh Hasina stepped down and Muhammad Yunus took over as the leader of Bangladesh, the country has been grappling with a series of economic and political crises.

Visiting Dhaka in January, it felt like the climate of fear that had pervaded the country for many years had finally been lifted.