Dhaka
Inside Bangladesh’s First School for Trans Students
More than 150 students have been studying Islamic texts free of charge at this privately funded school.
This Bangladeshi Photo Studio Offers a Space for People to Live Out Their Wildest Dreams
Photographer Samsul Alam Helal offers the residents of Dhaka a way to escape their long days of factory work.
Ten Thousand Homeless After Massive Fire Rages Through a Bangladeshi Slum
Many of the shanties were empty at the time of the blaze, as residents left the city to visit their families for Eid.
In a 'Culture of Fear', Bangladeshi Photographer Shahidul Alam Held a Festival on Dissent
In Dhaka last week, Chobi Mela resonated with Alam’s call for collective resistance under authoritarian regimes.
At least 78 dead after blaze guts historic Chawkbazar in Bangladesh
"Our teams are working there, but many of the recovered bodies are beyond recognition.”
He survived a massacre of 20 people, only to be blamed for it
University of Toronto student Tahmid Hasib Khan helped save people in the 2016 Dhaka cafe massacre. He's telling his story for the first time.
Dhaka's Extreme Metal Scene Worships the Old School
Bangladesh's most densely populated city also boasts its highest concentration of killer death, black, and thrash metal bands.
Bangladesh police say they killed the masterminds of the Dhaka cafe attack
The three suspects – believed to be behind the attack in an embassy area which left 22 dead – were holed up in a residence on the capital's outskirts.
British professor and Canadian university student arrested over terror attack in Bangladesh
On Thursday, the two men appeared in court as suspects in the massacre claimed by the Islamic State that left 22 people — mostly foreigners — dead.
Bangladesh police arrest four suspected female militants in cafe attack investigation
The four women, aged 18 to 30, are suspected of plotting a separate attack. Investigators say they found large quantities of grenade-making materials, crude bombs and jihadi books in a house being rented by the women.
A Pizza Baker Was Mistakenly Shot In the Recent Terror Attack in Bangladesh
The baker was mistakenly shot by police during the military operation intended to free those being held captive during the 12-hour siege at the bakery in Dhaka this past Saturday.
Bangladesh is being urged to confront its Islamic State problem
Attacks motivated by religious extremism have not sprouted up overnight in Bangladesh, but the Dhaka massacre on July 1 raised the scale of the killing. IS has claimed responsibility.