An explosive investigation reveals how a criminal gang is colluding with the security forces of Bangladesh and has links to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Undercover reporters with the I-Unit expose how a former street mafia claims to have captured a state. The brother of Bangladesh’s army chief boasts that he can use police and paramilitary…… Read More
At least 32 people were killed when two ferries collided on a Bangladeshi river in the capital, Dhaka. A ferry carrying about 100 passengers capsized when it was struck by a larger boat, which then left the area. Three children were among the dead. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury reports from near the scene of the…… Read More
Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit reveals more explosive evidence of corruption in cricket after Cricket’s Match-Fixers rocked the sport in May 2018. The Munawar Files reveal that the match-fixer featured in the earlier documentary is part of a powerful criminal syndicate and has been fixing international matches since 2010. Al Jazeera’s investigators have obtained telephone recordings…… Read More
In 1988, Islam became the state religion of Bangladesh. But since then, there has been a movement to overturn that decision. A court petition that was filed nearly 30 years ago is being heard on Monday. Supporters argue the decision to designate Islam as the state religion was ‘illegal’ in the first place. And goes…… Read More
At least six people have been killed and more than 100 injured in Bangladesh after communal violence erupted over an alleged image of a Quran being desecrated during Hindu Durga Puja celebrations. @Al Jazeera English #BangladeshViolence #BangladeshHindu #AljazeeraEnglish #AlJazeeraNewsfeed… Read More
Attackers have killed at least seven people in an assault on an Islamic seminary in a Rohingya refugee camp on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the Bangladeshi police said. The attackers shot dead some victims and stabbed others with knives, a regional police chief told the AFP news agency on Friday. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe…… Read More
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Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has gathered evidence linking agents of the Myanmar government to unrest between Muslims and Buddhists. Anti-Muslim violence spread through Myanmar after riots in 2012, rendering more than 100-thousand people from the Rohingya minority homeless. Al Jazeera’s Phil Rees has part two of our exclusive investigation. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow…… Read More
101 East travels to Bangladesh to find out why young girls are often forced to marry men twice their age. In Bangladesh, 13-year-old Beezly Roy is preparing for her wedding. She is to be married the following day. Despite child marriage being illegal, it is not unusual. Almost a third of all Bangladeshi girls marry…… Read More
A notorious highway in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is the site of a shocking trade. Girls as young as 10 are being forced to work as prostitutes – and it’s their own families selling them to passing trucks. The girls are from the Bachara tribe, a low-caste community known as Dalits. Most of…… Read More
Russia has launched a murder investigation after the daughter of pro-Kremlin commentator Alexander Dugin was killed in a car bomb explosion near Moscow. Unverified social media footage appears to show Darya Dugina’s father Alexander at the scene. He’s been dubbed ‘Vladimir Putin’s brain’. Both have supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi has…… Read More
In this episode of Head to Head, Mehdi Hasan challenges Gowher Rizvi, the International Affairs advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, on the state of the country’s democracy and whether it is heading towards authoritarianism. Once one of the poorest countries in the region, Bangladesh’s economy has been booming over the last decade, with…… Read More