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Bangladesh turnout low in election set to keep PM Hasina in power
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladeshis largely stayed away from the polls in a general election on Sunday set...
Daughter of Bangladesh's founding father secures fifth poll win
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once joined rivals in a fight to restore...
Bangladesh opposition leader detained after massive protests ahead of elections
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOne of Bangladesh’s most senior opposition politicians has been detained after deadly clashes...
Two killed in anti-government protests in Bangladesh
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTwo people were reportedly killed and dozens of others injured during a protest by the main Bangladesh opposition party that is demanding the resignation...
'I feel trapped': Scores of underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages in Malaysia
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn a bedroom in Malaysia that has become a prison, the 14-year-old girl wipes away tears as she sits...
Inflation, unrest challenge Bangladesh's 'miracle economy'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStanding in line to try to buy food, Rekha Begum is distraught. Like many others in Bangladesh, she...
Bangladesh Announces New Minimum Wage
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoBangladesh garment workers will get a 56.25 percent minimum wage increase starting Dec. 1. On Tuesday Monnujan Sufian, state minister of Labour and...
Bangladesh’s Wage Protests, Explained
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAs thousands of workers continue to spill into the streets of Bangladesh in protest of the impending minimum wage increase, Miran Ali, an executive of...
A forgotten people, a tragic journey: Families of refugees lost at sea search for answers
TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTEKNAF, Bangladesh — The wind had whipped the waves to nearly three times the woman’s height when...
New Riverview Drive apartment owner booting hundreds of immigrant tenants
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 month agoShahida Akther was shocked when she saw the written notice from her new landlord posted on her door....