From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

For most of his adult life, Rafiul Alam did not believe that voting was worth the walk to the polling station. He is 27, grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood of Dhaka, and became eligible to vote ...

On February 12, Bangladesh is scheduled to hold its first general elections since the country’s August 2024 Monsoon revolution. But ahead of the elections, attacks on women, girls, and religious ...

Violence has erupted in Bangladesh following the death of a prominent leader of the youth movement that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sharif Osman Hadi was shot by masked attackers while ...

DHAKA, Dec 14 (Reuters) - At least six Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed and eight wounded in a drone attack on a U.N. base on Saturday in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan, ...

Bangladeshi taxpayers residing abroad can now submit their online income tax returns or e-returns via email if they do not have a biometric SIM card registered in their name. Previously, a One-Time ...

The Bangladeshi cell of southeast district police has apprehended 28 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants from different parts of the capital and initiated their deportation process, police said on Thursday ...

The UAE has not made any announcement about a visa ban on Bangladeshi nationals, a senior official has said. Tareq Ahmed, Bangladesh’s Ambassador to the UAE, clarified that the reports circulating on ...

Outside the Bronx mosque where a New York City police officer was eulogized last week, a group of officers in their formal navy blue uniforms solemnly hung a banner bearing the young officer’s ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee on Sunday lashed out at the Delhi Police for referring to the Bengali language as "Bangladeshi national language" in a purported letter, alleging that it was ...

Shanta Paul, a Bangladeshi model was on Thursday (July 31, 2025) arrested in Kolkata for allegedly possessing Indian identity documents including a passport. Ms. Paul (28) was arrested from a rented ...

Whenever Officer Didarul Islam had time off, he made it a point to visit the mosque around the corner in the Bronx's Parkchester neighborhood, said Malik Ahmed, the slain officer's friend and neighbor ...