As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening

The extremists began by asserting control over women’s bodies. In the political vacuum that has emerged after the overthrow of Bangladesh’s authoritarian leader, religious fundamentalists in one town declared that young women could no longer play soccer. In another, they…

Trump Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Refugees’ Survival: ‘People Will Die’

More than a million people in the world’s largest refugee camp could soon be left with too little food for survival. In the camp in Bangladesh, United Nations officials said, food rations are set to fall in April to about…