File photos of Mostaqur Rahman (L) and Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman (R). Mostaqur Rahman's appointment as Bangladesh Bank governor faces criticism over his lack of central banking experience and ...

Bangladesh has banned aviation giant SpiceJet from flying in its airspace as the budget carrier is yet to pay its pending dues. Consequently, with Dhaka's airspace no longer available for the airline, ...

After two years of political turmoil, Bangladesh has elected a new government which marks the return of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) after 20 years. Tarique Rahman, Chairperson of the ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) chairman, Tarique Rahman, the scion of Khaleda Zia, will take oath as Bangladesh's new Prime Minister on Tuesday after leading his party to a forceful victory in ...

Facing sustained criticism at home for failing to fully restore democratic normalcy and protect vulnerable minorities, Bangladesh's outgoing Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus used his farewell address to ...

Bangladesh's new prime minister Tarique Rahman steps into his role as the leader of the country after elections last week handed his Bangladesh Nationalist Party a landslide victory. The 60-year-old ...

Two Hindu candidates are among four from minority communities to have won in the recent general elections in Bangladesh. All of them were nominees of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which is ...

Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus has announced he is resigning to pave way for a new government elected several days ago. Speaking in a farewell broadcast to the nation on Monday, Yunus said ...

Bangladesh’s newly elected government will call on the UK to extradite Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over alleged corruption, according to a senior aide to prime minister-in-waiting Tarique Rahman. The ...

The Bangladesh National Party (BNP) won a decisive two-thirds majority on Friday in general elections, a result expected to bring stability after months of tumult following the ouster of former Prime ...

Editor at Large Tarique Rahman had spent 17 years in exile before returning to Bangladesh on Christmas Day. Just seven weeks later, he looks set to become the South Asian nation’s new Prime Minister.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vote counting is continuing in Bangladesh, and local media are reporting results based on provisional tallies announced by the top ...