Nahid Islam was just 26 when he stepped up to a microphone at Dhaka’s Shaheed Minar, a national monument, on August 3, 2024, and uttered a single rallying cry: “Hasina must go.” Student-led ...

Jake Paul’s speed skater fiancée Jutta Leerdam has been labelled a ‘diva’ as she prepares to go for gold at the Winter Olympics in Italy. The Dutch sportswoman will today compete for the win in the ...

Bangladeshis will vote in their first post-Hasina general election on February 12. The main players in the fray are two coalitions — one led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the other by the ...

Bangladesh held its first election since the 2024 mass protests that ousted Sheikh Hasina’s government on Thursday. The voting was largely peaceful and widely seen as a crucial test of the country’s ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel stand guard next to a bullet proof bus of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman and election candidate Tarique Rahman featured alongside his late parents, ...

Claims of an Islam ban in Japan spread rapidly online following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent election win, with social media posts alleging new restrictions on halal foods, mosques, and ...

As old political alliances fracture and constitutional debates intensify, an unprecedented Islamist alliance is reshaping the country's electoral landscape. With the long‑dominant Awami League (AL) ...

Dhaka, Bangladesh – On Wednesday evening in Dhaka, Shafiqur Rahman, the emir (chief) of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, unveiled an ambitious election manifesto. A key promise: If his party wins the ...

More than 1.6 billion Muslims around the world follow the Islamic calendar in some form, meaning key dates, such as New Year’s Day, are marked at different times to the rest of the world, the majority ...