A fire that broke out on Saturday afternoon at the cargo village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka caused severe damage to imported goods and the surrounding area. According to airport officials and industry analysts, the damage was estimated at approximately $1 billion, much of it related to goods imported by the apparel industry.

Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister could face the death penalty over her alleged role in a crackdown that left about 1,400 people dead.

The Islami Chhatra Shibir’s victory may be more a rejection of the status quo than an embrace of its Islamist ideology. But it reflects a crisis of democracy.

"The struggle never ended. Bangladeshi women have been on the battlefield since 1971; July simply reconnected us with that rebellious past. If needed, we’ll return to the streets."

A prosecutor in Bangladesh is seeking the death penalty for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a case involving charges of crimes against humanity in a mass uprising last year that forced her to leave the country.

Toxic gas and a locked door that barred access to a roof were responsible for most of the deaths in a devastating fire in a Bangladesh garment factory and an adjoining chemical warehouse, a fire official said on Wednesday.

The fire broke out on the third floor of a four-story factory in the South Asian nation’s capital, Dhaka, before spreading to a adjacent chemical warehouse.

The lights are out here in my home city of Dhaka as I write these words. Cyclone Sitrang has knocked out the electricity in Bangladesh’s capital, plunging much of this city of 22 million people into darkness. But one thing we Bangladeshis are not in the ...