Bangladesh’s Awami League has announced a boycott of the February 12 parliamentary election, with Sheikh Hasina urging supporters not to vote if the party and its symbol are excluded.

Bangladesh is facing its weakest investment climate in a decade as development spending stalls, inflation remains stubborn, and investor confidence erodes amid political and policy uncertainty.

A detained student leader alleges severe rights abuses at Keraniganj jail, claiming thousands of inmates are held in 24-hour lockups without adequate food or water.

A wave of lynchings, arson attacks and threats has left Bangladesh’s religious minorities living in fear, raising urgent questions about impunity and state protection.

Bangladesh claims murder suspects in Osman Hadi’s killing fled to India; Meghalaya Police and BSF say there’s no evidence, deepening investigative and diplomatic tensions.