Flags across the country will be lowered to half-staff until late next month to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100. According to U.S. flag code, flags must be ...

His arrest came after a local politician complained that he had disrespected the Bangladeshi flag by raising it lower than a saffron-colour flag. The arrest also prompted India’s External Affairs ...

For Bangladesh to succeed as a country following the overthrow last year of pro-India prime minister Sheikh Hasina, it must grow geographically, Mr Alam wrote. “A small, limited, landlocked ...

WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump lashed out Friday over plans for the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff during his upcoming inauguration to honor the late President Jimmy Carter ...

Textbooks in Bangladesh will now state that Ziaur Rahman — not ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — declared the country’s independence in 1971, The Daily Star reported on Wednesday. The new ...

Das was arrested on sedition charges for allegedly “desecrating” the Bangladesh flag brought to Chattogram where subsequent violence over his arrest left a government prosecutor dead ...

What's the truth behind videos of attacks on members of the Hindu minority in Bangladesh? Sahar Zand investigates the violence, and why it's seemingly being met with silence. Show more In the afte ...

Bangladesh revises textbooks to remove exaggerated historical content Ziaur Rahman's role in 1971 independence to be highlighted Textbooks from grades four to nine are being revised, grades one to ...

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, referred as 'Bangabandhu', served as the inaugural president of independent Bangladesh. His life ended tragically when Bangladesh Army officers executed a coup, raiding his ...

The unrest in Bangladesh stems from the sedition charges filed against Chinmoy Krishna Das for allegedly raising a saffron flag above Bangladesh's national flag in Chittagong on October 25.

A Bangladeshi court on Thursday again denied bail to an outspoken Hindu monk advocating for the protection of the minority after religious strife in the mainly Muslim nation. Chinmoy Krishna Das ...

Prabhu’s arrest came as tensions spiked following reports of the desecration of the Indian flag in Bangladesh, with some burning it and others laying it on the floor for people to step on.