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Bangladesh

The latest news, analysis and opinion on Bangladesh. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

Capital

Dhaka

Head of State

President Mohammed Shahabuddin

Head of Government

Chief Adviser of the Interim Government Muhammad Yunus

Bangladesh’s then prime minister Sheikh Hasina speaking to the media in Dhaka in early 2024. She has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity by a Bangladeshi court. Photo: AFP

India

Are India and Bangladesh sidestepping Hasina’s exile to improve frayed ties?

A national security bilateral meeting and Narendra Modi’s message of support for Khaleda Zia signal that ties are on the mend.

12 Dec 2025 - 6:03PMvideocam

Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Why a leading party in Bangladesh is facing uncertainty as election looms

8 Dec 2025 - 9:01PM

Sheikh Hasina

Video | Mass grave unearthed in Bangladesh

8 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

Nepal

‘Like a market’: Chinese marriage brokers hunt for brides in Nepal

China’s bachelor crisis meets Nepal’s poverty in a trade that blurs the lines between arranged marriage and coercion.

9 Dec 2025 - 2:36PM

A screenshot of a WeChat account that posts videos of Nepali girls and hosts live streams. Photo: Handout

Protests around the world

Bangladesh mass grave from 2024 uprising exhumed with UN support

The UN says up to 1,400 people were killed in the crackdowns, forming the basis for the former prime minister’s conviction for crimes against humanity.

7 Dec 2025 - 10:54PM

Climate change

Opinion | Fashion industry must tailor climate plans to Asian suppliers’ reality

Efforts to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions in the fashion industry will not work if they rest on a Western design paired with Eastern sacrifice.

7 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong’s religious communities unite in prayer to mourn Tai Po fire victims

Muslims and other faith groups express solidarity and sorrow for victims of deadly blaze at Wang Fuk Court.

5 Dec 2025 - 7:29PM

The Incorporated Trustees of the Islamic Community Fund of Hong Kong held a special prayer session at Kowloon Mosque in Tsim Sha Tsui to pay respect to the victims of the Tai Po fire. Photo: Dickson Lee

Britain

UK MP Tulip Siddiq, aunt Sheikh Hasina sentenced to jail in Bangladesh land case

The former Bangladeshi prime minister, her niece and sister were convicted for illegally obtaining land in a government project.

1 Dec 2025 - 4:51PM

Protests around the world

‘Utmost inspiration’: Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia in ‘very critical’ condition

Zia was jailed for corruption in 2018 under Sheikh Hasina’s government, which also barred her from travelling abroad for medical treatment.

29 Nov 2025 - 4:03PM

Singapore

Can new coach Gavin Lee restore hope and pride in Singapore football?

Lee’s appointment, following the Lions’ qualification for the 2027 Asian Cup, is a ‘long-needed change’ in Singapore football, analysts say.

29 Nov 2025 - 12:33PM

Gavin Lee has been appointed permanent head coach of the Singapore national football team on an 18-month contract. Photo: Football Association of Singapore

Climate change

Opinion | How Cop30 laid bare the new geopolitics of climate action

Fractures, even among the Global South, show the energy transition is not just a technical challenge but a deeply political negotiation.

28 Nov 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Protests around the world

Bangladesh authorities uncover fugitive ex-PM Hasina’s gold stash

Authorities seized gold worth US$1.3 million from Hasina, who is under investigation for not depositing gifts into the treasury as required.

26 Nov 2025 - 7:25PMvideocam

Human rights

Can a single vote save Bangladesh from a return to authoritarianism?

Analysts question if the July Charter championed by Muhammad Yunus can overcome Dhaka’s ‘winner-takes-all’ political culture.

22 Nov 2025 - 3:30PMvideocam

Earthquakes

2 children among dead as Bangladesh rattled by magnitude 5.7 earthquake

‘Buildings were shaking like trees,’ a witness said of the strong tremors, which were felt in neighbouring India.

21 Nov 2025 - 10:01PM

Rescuers clear debris from a roof and wall collapse after an earthquake in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Friday. Photo: AP

Malaysia

Malaysia court charges 11 shipwreck survivors with illegal entry

Rescued after their boat capsized, the Myanmar and Bangladeshi migrants face jail or caning, but did not understand the charges read in court.

19 Nov 2025 - 9:40PMvideocam

Rescuers approached a Langkawi jetty earlier this month after saving Rohingya migrant Iman Shorif (left). His boat, carrying migrants from Myanmar, had capsized days earlier near the Malaysia-Thailand border. Photo: AFP

India

Why India extraditing Hasina to Bangladesh to face death penalty is unlikely

Analysts say the verdict adds to New Delhi’s concerns that Dhaka will slip under the influence of radical Islamists.

18 Nov 2025 - 5:30PMvideocam

SCMP Highlights

Malaysia-Singapore crossing brawl, climate crisis in focus: 7 Asia highlights

From a Bangladesh court sentencing Hasina to a Muslim trans woman’s secret, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

18 Nov 2025 - 12:41PM

Human rights

Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death over 2024 uprising

The former prime minister was tried in absentia for the killing of hundreds of people during a student-led uprising last year.

17 Nov 2025 - 9:27PMvideocam

Sheikh Hasina gestures while speaking to the media, a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections, in Dhaka, Bangladesh in January 2024. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong society

My Take | Hong Kong’s football fans deserve much better than the latest ticketing debacle

Backlash over ticket sales for the coming clash between the city’s team and Singapore shone a spotlight on the city’s long-standing scalping problem.

15 Nov 2025 - 11:15PM

Turkey

From TV dramas to diplomacy, Bangladesh-Turkey ties are ‘growing stronger’

The success of Turkish shows in Bangladesh mirrors shifting alliances and expanding relations between the two Muslim-majority nations.

15 Nov 2025 - 5:25PM

Law

Justice or chaos? Bangladesh on edge as Hasina verdict looms

The verdict on Monday could pile pressure on the interim administration as it seeks to reform the country ahead of next year’s election.

17 Nov 2025 - 2:36PMvideocam

A fire smoulders after the party office of the Awami League party led by ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina was vandalised during a nationwide “lockdown” in protest against her trial, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Thursday. Photo: AP

The Football Association of Hong Kong, China

Editorial | Don’t pass the buck on scalping in Hong Kong

The gouging of loyal fans is a menace which threatens to undermine Hong Kong’s standing as a leading host of international sports events.

14 Nov 2025 - 6:45AM

Supporters cheer for Hong Kong during an AFC Asian Cup qualifying match against Bangladesh at Kai Tak Stadium on October 14. Photo: Sam Tsang

Sheikh Hasina

‘Judicial mockery’: Bangladesh’s Hasina slams trial as verdict nears

Former PM defends crackdown after protests ‘darkened into mob violence’ and calls trial a political hatchet job driven by her rivals.

13 Nov 2025 - 8:37PMvideocam

Malaysia

Malaysian firms accused of exploiting Bangladeshi workers in wage dispute

The workers are seeking unpaid wages and compensation for 431 Bangladeshi labourers allegedly exploited by two Malaysian companies.

10 Nov 2025 - 8:39PM

Malaysia

Malaysia boat tragedy reignites concern over rising toll of Rohingya sea exodus

The UN has warned that Southeast Asia risks “another humanitarian disaster” if sea crossings by desperate refugees continue unchecked.

10 Nov 2025 - 8:56PMvideocam

A boat carrying suspected ethnic Rohingya migrants is seen detained in Malaysian territorial waters on April 5, 2020. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

How a Bangladesh university is fighting for Gaza women’s education dreams

The Asian University for Women remains determined to bring students from Gaza to its Chittagong campus after earlier attempts failed.

3 Nov 2025 - 7:58PM

Students at the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh. The university hopes to evacuate students from the conflict zone in Gaza and give them a chance to study again. Photo: Handout

Human rights

Bangladesh political violence kills 281 since Hasina’s fall

A Dhaka-based human rights group said many people had fallen victim to extortion by political parties regardless of their financial or social standing.

2 Nov 2025 - 7:20PM

United States

Letters | US ‘No Kings’ protests draw on the spirit of 1776

Readers discuss the survival of the American republic, the fading myth of American exceptionalism, and Donald Trump’s soybean problem.

25 Oct 2025 - 11:30AM

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Bangladesh

Are India and Bangladesh sidestepping Hasina’s exile to improve frayed ties?

A national security bilateral meeting and Narendra Modi’s message of support for Khaleda Zia signal that ties are on the mend.

Why a leading party in Bangladesh is facing uncertainty as election looms

.css-rcruog{color:#C79A00;}Video | Mass grave unearthed in Bangladesh

‘Like a market’: Chinese marriage brokers hunt for brides in Nepal

China’s bachelor crisis meets Nepal’s poverty in a trade that blurs the lines between arranged marriage and coercion.

Bangladesh mass grave from 2024 uprising exhumed with UN support

The UN says up to 1,400 people were killed in the crackdowns, forming the basis for the former prime minister’s conviction for crimes against humanity.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Opinion | Fashion industry must tailor climate plans to Asian suppliers’ reality

Efforts to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions in the fashion industry will not work if they rest on a Western design paired with Eastern sacrifice.

Hong Kong’s religious communities unite in prayer to mourn Tai Po fire victims

Muslims and other faith groups express solidarity and sorrow for victims of deadly blaze at Wang Fuk Court.

UK MP Tulip Siddiq, aunt Sheikh Hasina sentenced to jail in Bangladesh land case

The former Bangladeshi prime minister, her niece and sister were convicted for illegally obtaining land in a government project.

‘Utmost inspiration’: Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia in ‘very critical’ condition

Zia was jailed for corruption in 2018 under Sheikh Hasina’s government, which also barred her from travelling abroad for medical treatment.

Can new coach Gavin Lee restore hope and pride in Singapore football?

Lee’s appointment, following the Lions’ qualification for the 2027 Asian Cup, is a ‘long-needed change’ in Singapore football, analysts say.

Opinion | How Cop30 laid bare the new geopolitics of climate action

Fractures, even among the Global South, show the energy transition is not just a technical challenge but a deeply political negotiation.

Bangladesh authorities uncover fugitive ex-PM Hasina’s gold stash

Authorities seized gold worth US$1.3 million from Hasina, who is under investigation for not depositing gifts into the treasury as required.

Can a single vote save Bangladesh from a return to authoritarianism?

Analysts question if the July Charter championed by Muhammad Yunus can overcome Dhaka’s ‘winner-takes-all’ political culture.

2 children among dead as Bangladesh rattled by magnitude 5.7 earthquake

‘Buildings were shaking like trees,’ a witness said of the strong tremors, which were felt in neighbouring India.

Malaysia court charges 11 shipwreck survivors with illegal entry

Rescued after their boat capsized, the Myanmar and Bangladeshi migrants face jail or caning, but did not understand the charges read in court.

Why India extraditing Hasina to Bangladesh to face death penalty is unlikely

Analysts say the verdict adds to New Delhi’s concerns that Dhaka will slip under the influence of radical Islamists.

Malaysia-Singapore crossing brawl, climate crisis in focus: 7 Asia highlights

From a Bangladesh court sentencing Hasina to a Muslim trans woman’s secret, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death over 2024 uprising

The former prime minister was tried in absentia for the killing of hundreds of people during a student-led uprising last year.

My Take | Hong Kong’s football fans deserve much better than the latest ticketing debacle

Backlash over ticket sales for the coming clash between the city’s team and Singapore shone a spotlight on the city’s long-standing scalping problem.

From TV dramas to diplomacy, Bangladesh-Turkey ties are ‘growing stronger’

The success of Turkish shows in Bangladesh mirrors shifting alliances and expanding relations between the two Muslim-majority nations.

Justice or chaos? Bangladesh on edge as Hasina verdict looms

The verdict on Monday could pile pressure on the interim administration as it seeks to reform the country ahead of next year’s election.

Editorial | Don’t pass the buck on scalping in Hong Kong

The gouging of loyal fans is a menace which threatens to undermine Hong Kong’s standing as a leading host of international sports events.

‘Judicial mockery’: Bangladesh’s Hasina slams trial as verdict nears

Former PM defends crackdown after protests ‘darkened into mob violence’ and calls trial a political hatchet job driven by her rivals.

Malaysian firms accused of exploiting Bangladeshi workers in wage dispute

The workers are seeking unpaid wages and compensation for 431 Bangladeshi labourers allegedly exploited by two Malaysian companies.

Malaysia boat tragedy reignites concern over rising toll of Rohingya sea exodus

The UN has warned that Southeast Asia risks “another humanitarian disaster” if sea crossings by desperate refugees continue unchecked.

How a Bangladesh university is fighting for Gaza women’s education dreams

The Asian University for Women remains determined to bring students from Gaza to its Chittagong campus after earlier attempts failed.

Bangladesh political violence kills 281 since Hasina’s fall

A Dhaka-based human rights group said many people had fallen victim to extortion by political parties regardless of their financial or social standing.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Letters | US ‘No Kings’ protests draw on the spirit of 1776

Readers discuss the survival of the American republic, the fading myth of American exceptionalism, and Donald Trump’s soybean problem.

Video | Mass grave unearthed in Bangladesh

Opinion | Fashion industry must tailor climate plans to Asian suppliers’ reality

Letters | US ‘No Kings’ protests draw on the spirit of 1776