Politics

17 October 2025
Head of the Bangladesh's interim government and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, center right, holds the July National Charter 2025 at an event in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Friday.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus. (Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images)
Opinion

Pakistan and Bangladesh must turn the page on the past

Shared economic needs and climate pressures may succeed where history and politics have long failed

22 September 2025
Efforts by the government to grow Bangladesh's tax-to-gross domestic product ratio have not paid off, with the country's vast informal economy cited as one factor.
Economy

Bangladesh's weak tax revenue raises foreign debt trap concerns

Falling government income is also affecting health and education spending

21 August 2025
Feeling upbeat due to its relatively advantageous U.S. tariff position, the Bangladeshi government has set a goods export growth target of 16.5% for the fiscal year through June 30, 2026.
Trump tariffs

Bangladesh garment makers gain orders on new US tariff

Buyers shift from India and China, but risk of higher retail prices clouds outlook

20 August 2025
People celebrate the  anniversary of the protests that ousted Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina outside the parliament building in Dhaka on Aug. 5.
Opinion

A year after Hasina's ouster, Bangladesh is at a crossroads

Despite economic progress, government's political honeymoon is over

14 August 2025
Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the government of Bangladesh, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January: Yunus will seek new elections in February 2026.
Politics

Bangladesh interim leader Yunus to seek elections in February

Thousands join rallies, concerts, prayer sessions a year after Hasina's ouster

6 August 2025
Economists warn that the spread of extortion in Bangladesh hurts the economy by disrupting supply chains, pushing up costs and keeping inflation high.
Crime

Bangladesh extortion crisis hits businesses and fuels inflation

Weak law and order sees various political groups turn to shakedowns

5 August 2025
Mohammad Shamsu, a Bengali-speaking Muslim migrant, works as a ragpicker in India's capital, New Delhi. He lives in fear of deportation and detention amid the ongoing crackdown against Bengali Muslim migrants. (Photo by Quratulain Rehbar)
Politics

Bengali-speaking Muslims in India fear detention, deportation

Migrants from western state treated as illegal aliens, deported to Bangladesh

24 July 2025
Protesters against former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gather at a university in Dhaka on Aug. 13, 2024. In the wake of last year's revolution, reforms have stalled amid disagreements between political parties.
Bangladesh turmoil

Bangladesh's revolutionaries await real change 1 year on

Political parties yet to reach consensus on constitutional reform and election

16 July 2025
Bangladeshi business leaders and analysts expect Washington's proposed 35% tariff to severely affect the country's vital garment industry. 
Trump tariffs

Bangladesh's lack of leverage sees it brace for higher US tariffs

Limited trade leaves Dhaka with weak hand, risking competitiveness against Vietnam

10 July 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump released the first batch of letters on July 7 informing countries of the tariff rates their exports to the U.S. will face, starting Aug. 1.
Trump tariffs

Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea, Malaysia

Myanmar and Laos see 40% rate, among slew of levies to take effect Aug. 1

8 July 2025
Kamal Ahmad, founder of the Asian University for Women, speaks about his commitment to women's education. (Photo by Yurika Yoneda)
Education

Asian University for Women founder envisions Afghan 'brain bank'

Education is tool 'for fighting inequality and injustice,' says Kamal Ahmad

6 July 2025
Women wait for checkups at a health care center on May 26 at a camp Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Photo by Valeria Mongelli)
Politics

US aid cuts leave Rohingya in Bangladesh vulnerable to hepatitis C

Groups struggle to meet refugee health care needs in face of shortfall

18 June 2025
Bangladesh has responded to alleged disinformation from India with the CA Press Wing Facts page on Facebook. (Screenshot from CA Press Wing Facts' Facebook page) 
International relations

Bangladesh looks to China for help in India disinformation fight

Beijing has offered to train officials as false claims spread

17 June 2025
In an exclusive interview with Nikkei, Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus took a resolute stance on his role in reforming his country and steering it to its next election: "Whatever it is you want to change, people resist." (Photo by Yuki Kohara) 
Big in Asia

Bangladesh's Yunus walks reform tightrope in eye of trade, domestic storms

Interim leader faces Trump tariffs, calls for early election, wage protests

7 June 2025
Garment workers at a factory in Bangladesh: The ready-made garments sector accounts for about 80% of the country's exports and provides employment to millions of people.
Trade war

Bangladesh clothes sector hit by trade barriers, internal turmoil

Double-digit growth threatened by strikes, U.S. duties and India tensions

30 May 2025
Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus speaks to Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on May 29. The leader intends to use money his predecessor either sent abroad or stashed away domestically to provide his nation with education and healthcare opportunities. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
Interview

Bangladesh offers to buy more US cotton and oil, Yunus says

Government to use $12bn in Hasina cash to create sovereign wealth funds

29 May 2025
Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, left, and a member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. The refugees are often kidnapped by different Myanmar forces. (Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images)
International relations

Bangladesh engages with Myanmar's Arakan Army insurgents

Dhaka says it has no choice, given group's control of Rakhine state at its border

16 May 2025
A female garment worker checks sewing quality at a factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh, on April 9, 2025.
Opinion

Bangladesh shows how Trump tariffs can derail developing economies

Decades-old formula for manufacturing-led prosperity loses its potency

14 May 2025
China is welcoming more Bangladeshi patients by inaugurating new flights and designating four hospitals for their use.
Health Care

China pours money into Bangladeshi health care as ties warm

Beijing opens doors to medical tourists amid souring of Dhaka-New Delhi relations

5 May 2025
A money vendor counts notes at his stall in Dhaka.
Economy

Bangladesh enjoys remittance blessing amid post-Hasina woe

New government policies allow banks to reestablish trusted services

25 April 2025
Tensions between the governments of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Bangladeshi interim leader Muhammad Yunus are overshadowing the textile and clothing industry that powers Bangladesh's economy. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
International relations

Tensions mount as India revokes transshipment access for Bangladesh exports

New Delhi ends arrangement that allowed neighbor to send cargo via its airports

21 April 2025
Garment workers make clothing in the sewing section of a factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh, on April 9, 2025. 
Opinion

Why Bangladesh deserves a seat at ASEAN's table

Nation's post-crisis leadership offers a rare opportunity for Southeast Asia

20 April 2025
Fresh Bangladeshi taka bank notes being sold on the streets of Dhaka.
Economy

Bangladesh plans first budget reduction as IMF chases revenue

Dhaka deems ousted Hasina administration's inflated budgets 'not logical'

15 April 2025
Bangladesh apparel factories and workers began feeling the pitch after U.S. President Donald Trump announced "reciprocal" tariffs on April 2. (Photo by Yuji Kuronuma)
Trump tariffs

Trump tariffs hit Bangladesh apparel factories, threaten workers' jobs

Halted U.S. orders strain garment makers' operation costs

10 April 2025
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, meets Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit, in Bangkok on April 4. (India Press Information Bureau via Reuters)
International relations

Modi meets Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing, Bangladesh's Yunus

As part of Quad, Indian leader calls for extension of Myanmar ceasefire

4 April 2025
The last summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was in Colombo, Sri Lanka in March 2022 
International relations

Myanmar's troubled situation looms over Bay of Bengal regional summit

Impact of earthquake and civil war on connectivity plans expected to dominate talks

2 April 2025
Former Nepali King Gyanendra Shah is welcomed by the pro-monarchy supporters demanding the restoration of monarch outside Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 9, 2025. 
Opinion

Return of the king? Nepal's leaders face growing royalist demands

After 16 years of political dysfunction, many Nepalis see the monarchy as a symbol of lost stability

2 April 2025
Solar panels on roofs of residential buildings in Dhaka. Currently, only 6% of Bangladesh's energy supply comes from renewable sources. 
Energy

Bangladesh pushes green energy as summer power shortages loom

Dhaka woos foreign producers as it seeks a major boost in solar and wind investment

25 March 2025
Shoppers in Dhaka's food markets are relieved to see an end to skyrocketing prices, as the interim Bangladesh government implements new economic policies. But questions linger over whether early progress in the post-Sheikh Hasina era can be sustained. (Photo by Masum Billah)
Policy Asia

Bangladesh reins in inflation, but road to full recovery still rocky

Leader Yunus faces law and order issues, dwindling investment, calls for election road map

21 March 2025