"I had no idea I'd be leading the government," Muhammad Yunus told the BBC. "I had never run a government machine before and had to get the buttons right. "Once that settled down, we started organising things,

As protesters demolished a museum to the father of Muslim-majority Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina, an image purportedly showing a Hindu relic found at the building surfaced online. The misrepresented picture shows a statue of the Hindu deity Shiva in a temple in southern India.

Bangladeshi students at the forefront of protests that ousted Sheikh Hasina as prime minister last year launched a political party on Friday to contest elections likely to be held by the end of the year.

Students in Bangladesh who led a mass uprising to topple former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last summer are now diving into politics by forming the new National Citizen Party. The aim is to create new political space in a fiercely divisive dynastic political landscape.

Key organizers of last year’s student-led uprising in Bangladesh have launched a new political party, setting the stage for an intense electoral battle in the South Asian nation, which is expected to hold polls by December.

The interim leader of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, told Sky News in an interview that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina will stand trial for crimes against humanity.

A spike in violent crime in the Bangladesh capital makes youth who risked lives for change ask: ‘What was it all for?’

Bangladeshi students who led last year’s mass protests to oust Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have launched a political party before parliamentary elections expected to be held within the next year. Addressing a rally on Manik Mia Avenue adjacent to the parliament building in the capital on Friday,

Bangladeshi students, who were at the forefront of last year's protests that ousted then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, are set to launch a political party this week, two sources with direct knowledge of the development said.

Bangladesh's interim government has been unable to fully ensure public safety and holding a general election this year will be difficult, the head of a newly launched political party told Reuters. Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted last August in the wake of mass,

The interim leader of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, told Sky News in an interview that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina will stand trial for crimes against humanity.

Analysts say China is making overtures while diplomatic tensions have risen between Bangladesh and India on a range of issues. This includes ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina living in exile in India.