Topic: Dhaka

British warning: Summer is forced marriage season

At least 5,000 women and girls were sent abroad to marry last year, according to a government report. Britain is toughening its stand against the practice with 'rescue’ teams, hotlines, and a new campaign to protect women.

Better lives in Bangladesh – through green power

The environmental arm of a Nobel Prize-winning community development bank brings solar power, biogas, better stoves, and economic opportunity to rural residents.

Are terror groups finding a haven in Bangladesh?

Police have uncovered South Asian terror operatives in the country. Reports allege that Bangladeshi and Pakistani intelligence services are involved.

Bangladesh fights rampant corporate corruption

It charged the son of a former leader with laundering kickbacks and is investigating other prominent figures.

Compressed natural gas clears the air in Bangladesh

Cleaner-burning fuel is reducing dangerous levels of pollution – and saving money, too.

Garbage turns into gold in Bangladesh

Organic waste becomes salable compost – and millions in carbon credits.

Bangladesh: mutiny dealt serious blow to country's security

Prime Minister Hasina revoked an amnesty for rebel soldiers as the Army announced Sunday that it was deploying across the country to apprehend fugitives.

Bangladesh revolt tests civilian rule

The recently elected government took quick measures to end a paramilitary force mutiny that erupted Wednesday, though the situation remains tense.

World

Violence erupts in Bangladesh as border guards rebel

The mutinous security forces may surrender in exchange for amnesty.

Hasina (and democracy) return to Bangladesh

This week's election ended two years of rule by a military-backed caretaker government.

The holiday-gift moment of truth: ‘Wear’ am I?

After his garment industry world tour, this American can’t see jeans without thinking of Nari in Cambodia, or Christmas boxers without a nod to Arifa in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh-Burma (Myanmar) maritime boundary dispute escalates

The oil-rich Bay of Bengal has been contested territory for years.

Opinion: Terrorists in Bangladesh?

Another Musharraf could emerge if the US doesn't act.

Bangladeshi woman wins rights for garment workers

In the Dhaka slums, trade union leader Nazima Aktar campaigns for wage increases and rice subsidies.

Six months out, Bangladesh's cyclone woes unresolved

1.3 million people still live in makeshift homes, often built from cyclone debris.

Burma (Myanmar) aid logjam riles donors

UN members rejected a proposal Thursday to forgo junta permission and force aid in.

Asia limits rice exports as prices and uncertainty rise

Top exporters are trading less of the staple food, hurting countries that rely on imports.

Bangladesh's corruption probe sets back interim government

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed's victory signals continued tensions that could spill into the region.

A mother's love tangled by war

A Bangladeshi widow will do anything for her rebel children.

'A Golden Age' tells of a mother's love tangled by war

A Bangladeshi widow will do anything for her rebel children.