United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world cannot allow countries and cultures to vanish beneath the waves.

Bangladesh is struggling to tackle a measles outbreak that has killed almost 1,000 children this year despite a renewed vaccination campaign.

Bangladesh’s new prime minister has been sworn in after his party’s landslide win in parliamentary elections last week, the country’s first since the massive 2024 uprising.

Bangladesh’s incoming leader says he will work to build a more democratic country, overcoming challenges related to weak institutions.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has claimed victory in the country’s first election since the 2024 uprising, positioning itself to form the next government and potentially reshape Bangladesh’s political landscape after years of intense rivalry and disputed polls.

Bangladesh has held its first election since the 2024 mass protests toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government.

Bangladesh is holding a crucial election that comes after a turbulent period marked by mob violence, rising religious intolerance, attacks on the press, the growing influence of Islamists and weakening of the rule of law.

Campaigning has begun for Bangladesh’s elections next month.

Bangladesh’s High Court acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s son, Tarique Rahman, and 48 others, overturning their verdicts in a deadly 2004 grenade attack on a political rally.

Thousands of activists and opposition leaders from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have rallied in the capital.