Bangladesh

Ahead of the national elections in Bangladesh on February 12, Jamaat-e-Islami has formed a large  alliance. The party’s previous eight-party alliance of Islamic parties has recently been joined by the National Citizens’

In any civilized society, the principles of jurisprudence require that a person under trial, however grave the charges against one may be, must be allowed to defend oneself in a court of

DHAKA — The numbers are staggering. Twelve officials dismissed. Six sent on forced retirement. Eighty-four suspended. Over seven months, Bangladesh’s prison system has seen an unprecedented crackdown on corruption within its ranks.