Authorities confirmed four deaths Sunday following violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters.
Thousands of anti-riot police were in the streets of Bangladesh's capital city Thursday as the opposition alliance launched a day-long general strike in protest of a fuel price hike.
Schools and businesses closed and police fought with protesters Monday as thousands of opposition party supporters took to the streets in a daylong strike against the government.
Two people were killed in a bombing at the home of a lawmaker in western Bangladesh, police said Saturday.
CNN's Sasha Herriman speaks with Asif Saleh of Drishtipat about the elections in Bangladesh.
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League won a landslide victory in Bangladesh's first national elections in seven years, claiming nearly 230 of the 300 seats in parliament, the country's electoral commission reported.
An alliance led by a former prime minister appeared headed for a decisive win in Bangladesh's first national election in seven years, according to preliminary results released early Tuesday morning.
Bangladesh lifted a two-year-old state of emergency on Wednesday, less than two weeks ahead of parliamentary elections.
Bangladesh police have detained or arrested more than 18,000 people in the last 11 days in a crackdown on crime they say is aimed at improving security ahead of December elections.
Bangladesh's former central bank governor, Fakhruddin Ahmed, was sworn in Friday as the head of a new interim government, an official at the presidential palace said.
Activists and police clashed in Bangladesh on Sunday, injuring at least 50 people at the start of a three-day transport blockade aimed at derailing upcoming elections.
Insurgents hurled grenades at Bangladesh's former finance minister, Shah AMS Kibria as he spoke at a political rally Thursday, killing the opposition lawmaker and at least three others.
Bangladesh riot police clashed with protesters at the start of a two-day strike called after a deadly weekend bomb attack.
Bangladesh police have recovered two bombs in the capital, Dhaka -- one of them similar to grenades used in Saturday's assassination attempt on the country's former prime minister, which killed 19 and wounded over 300 others.
Several grenades exploded near former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she spoke at a party rally Saturday, killing at least 18 people and wounding hundreds, police and witnesses said.
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