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Biman Bangladesh Airlines faces crisis as 10 flights to Hajj cancelled due to lack of passengers
The national carrier has incurred huge losses for cancelling 10 flights over the past 12 days.
James Anderson: England players trust ECB to make security decision over Bangladesh tour
Eight-match tour in October remains in jeopardy following terrorist attacks in July.
9 Islamist militants killed in Dhaka raid, say Bangladesh police
The suspected extremists were killed when police raided a five-story building used by the militants.
Former Bangladesh prime minister's son given 7-year jail term for money laundering
Rahman is the senior vice chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the country's main opposition party.
Bangladesh court charges 38 people with murder after 2013 building collapse
The Rana Plaza disaster has affected the Bangladesh clothing industry to this day.
Dhaka cafe terror attack victims were brutally tortured, post-mortem reports reveal
Investigators claim to have identified the mastermind and say he is hiding in West Bengal, India.
Dhaka terrorist attack: Bangladesh hopeful of England cricket team visit despite security concerns
England Cricket Board yet to confirm participation in the series.
Isis role confirmed in Malaysia Movida nightclub attack
Malaysian police have arrested two for attack on the nightclub on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.
Dhaka restaurant shooting: Attack was carried out by local Bangladeshi terror group
Bangladesh's home minister pins the blame on banned local group.
Dhaka restaurant shooting: Dramatic images capture unfolding hostage stand-off
Police have sealed the area as they negotiate with assailants who are holding at least 20 people hostage.
Dhaka restaurant shooting: Witnesses say men hurled bombs while screaming 'Allahu Akbar' in terrifying attack
Two police officers have been killed by suspected Islamist gunman at the Holey Artisan Bakery.
Dhaka restaurant shooting: 2 police officers dead, multiple hostages held as gunmen battle police
Islamic State claim responsibility for attack on Holey Artisan Bakery where customers and staff are held hostage.
Bangladesh: Hindu temple volunteer hacked to death in Jhenaidah
Police say the motive for the killing is still unclear.
3,000 arrested in Bangladesh following spate of murders
More than 30 religious minorities and secularists have been brutally killed in recent months.
Islamic State claims responsibility for killing Hindu monastery worker in Bangladesh
Isis reportedly made the claim through its Amaq news agency.
Bangladesh arrests shed new light on serial killings of liberal bloggers by militant Islamists
Two militant groups organise recruits in murder cell suspects tell police, who prepare to round up leaders.
Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is reeling from a wave of attacks on religious minorities, secular bloggers, activists and academics.
Bangladesh minister blames murders of secular bloggers on Israeli-led conspiracy
Bangladesh has been accused of denial about alleged Isis involvement in kiillings.
Bangladesh: Islamic militants shoot wife of senior cop in front of her 6-year-old son
Babul Aktar is currently investigating a banned Islamic terror group known as Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh.
Christian grocer hacked to death in Bangladesh as attacks on religious minorities grow
Police said that the motive behind the murder of 65-year-old Sunil Gomes is unclear.
23 dead as Cyclone Roanu wrecks havoc in Bangladesh
Cyclone Roanu formed in south Sri Lanka, travelled across the Bay of Bengal, and made landfall in Chittagong.
Bangladesh: Village doctor is latest victim of machete attack
A homeopathic doctor has been killed and his friend injured in an attack that took place in Dhaka.
Increase in electrical storms causes panic as lightning strikes kill 56 in Bangladesh
More than 50 people in Bangladesh have died after being struck by lightning in the last two days.
Bangladesh: Elderly Buddhist monk hacked to death
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the killing of the 75-year-old monk.
Migrant domestic workers march through Beirut in protest of human rights abuses
Hundreds of demonstrators demand an end to the kafala system for migrant workers.
Bangladesh: Top Muslim leader to be hanged for war crimes after losing final appeal
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami will be hanged soon for orchestrating killings during 1971 war.
Isis claims responsibility for Hindu man's killing in Bangladesh
Amaq news agency affiliated to IS issues Arabic statement claiming responsibility.
Hindu tailor is latest man hacked to death in Bangladesh
A spate of religiously motivated machete killings has rocked the country in recent days.
Xulhaz Mannan: Editor of Bangladesh LGBT magazine Roopbaan hacked to death in Dhaka
Mannan was editor of the country's only magazine for the LBGT community, which launched in 2014.
Too many Bangladeshis are left with no choice but to drink poisonous water and work in danger
Water supplies in rural areas are widely contaminated with arsenic, affecting some 20 million people.