Sheik Mujibur Rahman (1920-1975) was a charismatic leader who organized dissent and rebellion against the British in India, led the Bengalis of East Pakistan in their resistance to the unjust actions of the post-colonial Pakistani government, and...

(1920–1975), founding father of Bangladesh. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is considered the founding father of Bangladesh. When Pakistan achieved its independence from Great Britain in 1947, it was composed of two distinct geographical regions, East...

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bangla: শেখ মুজিবর রহমান Shekh Mujibur Rôhman) (March 17, 1920 – August 15, 1975) was a Bengali political leader in East Pakistan and the founding leader of Bangladesh. He headed the Awami League,...

Police arrested former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday on extortion charges, and she was ordered jailed pending trial, her lawyer said.Her arrest sparked protests by her supporters, who were driven away by baton-wielding police.Hasina is the leader of one of two political dynasties who...

For 15 years Bangladesh has been dominated by the revolving-door premiership of two women whose rivalry is among the most ferocious in the democratic world.President Jimmy Carter tried to get Begum Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina Wazed to shake hands in 2004, but couldn't even...

The jails of this crowded, sweltering city are getting crowded, and not with your typical prisoners.There's the previous prime minister's son. There's the disgraced deputy planning minister, a one-time economics professor from a prominent intellectual family. There's the chief forest conservator, who police say became...

The cyclone that ravaged Bangladesh's coast has left the country reeling, but it's only the latest addition to this unlucky nation's list of plagues.There's the grinding poverty that forces some 60 million people to live on less than US$1 a day.There's the overpopulation that has...