Bangladeshi authorities have stepped up security in the capital ahead of a court verdict expected this week over the murder of the country's founding president more than three decades ago. The convicted killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was gunned down in his home with 20 members of his household in 1975, are appealing the case, which has been ...

The Bangladeshi prime minister has ordered public servants to ditch suits and ties for short-sleeved shirts to cut air-conditioning use in the power-starved nation. Sheikh Hasina first raised the idea at a cabinet meeting last month and asked her colleagues to set an example to other government employees. "She told us to avoid suits and ties on hot days and ...

The Bangladeshi prime minister has ordered public servants to ditch suits and ties for short-sleeved shirts to cut air-conditioning use in the power-starved nation. Sheikh Hasina first raised the idea at a cabinet meeting last month and asked her colleagues to set an example to other government employees. "She told us to avoid suits and ties on hot days and ...