Bangladesh
Former prime minister’s son jailed for seven years for money laundering
The exiled son of the former Bangladesh prime minister has been jailed for seven years for money laundering.
Chef in Dhaka restaurant siege mistaken for terrorist and shot dead
Police in Bangladesh have said they may have shot dead one of the hostages at a Dhaka cafe after mistaking him for an attacker.
Dhaka restaurant attackers were ‘highly educated rich kids’, say authorities
Authorities believe the gunmen who killed 20 hostages in a Bangladesh restaurant siege were “highly educated” and from “well-off families”.
Hindu priest hacked to death in latest religious-hate killing in Bangladesh
A Hindu priest was hacked to death on Friday at a temple in the latest of a series of attacks linked to Muslim hardliners in Bangladesh.
20m Bangladeshis still being poisoned by arsenic-tainted wells
Arsenic-tainted government wells are still poisoning an estimated 20 million people in Bangladesh, a number that is unchanged from 10 years ago despite...
Bangladesh bank boss quits over $100m cyber-theft he told no one about
Bangladesh’s central bank governor Atiur Rahman has resigned after between $81million and $101m was stolen from the bank’s account at the New...
Street parties and police on patrol as opposition leaders hanged for war crimes
Two opposition leaders were hanged in Bangladesh on Sunday for war crimes during the independence conflict with Pakistan, sparking fears of a violent backlash.
Bangladesh opposition leaders to hang for war crimes
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected final appeals from two opposition leaders against death sentences for atrocities committed during...
‘We could not do much to save her’: Conjoined twins die in Bangladesh
Conjoined twin girls have died in Bangladesh less than a week after they were born, the hospital treating them said on Monday.
27 dead in Bangladesh charity handout stampede: police
A stampede during a Ramadan charity handout killed at least 27 people in Bangladesh on Friday as hundreds of desperately poor people tried to get their...
Stampede in Bangladesh during Ramadan clothes handout kills at least 23
At least 23 people have been killed in a stampede during a handout of free clothes in the northern Bangladesh city of Mymensingh, police said.
India, Bangladesh sign historic land boundary agreement
India and Bangladesh signed an agreement on Saturday to simplify their 4,000-km border and clarify the identities of 52,000 people living in enclaves,...
Bangladesh secular blogger hacked to death by masked men
A secular blogger has been hacked to death by a masked gang in Bangladesh – the third such murder of a critic of religious extremism in three months.
Bangladesh braces for protests after Islamist’s execution
Bangladesh braced for protests and fresh violence Sunday after a senior official of the largest Islamist party was executed on charges of crimes against...
Bangladesh executes Islamist party official for war crimes
Authorities in Bangladesh on Saturday executed a senior Islamist party official convicted of crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 independence...
Another blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
A blogger was hacked to death in the Bangladesh capital on Monday, in the latest brutal attack on the country’s independent writers, a senior officer...
Bangladesh factory collapse kill 7, dozens still trapped
At least seven workers were killed and dozens more are feared trapped after the roof of a half-built cement factory collapsed in southern Bangladesh on...
End of the world for England as they crash to defeat to Bangladesh
England crashed out of the cricket World Cup on Monday after a dismal performance against Bangladesh. England was set a target of 276 to win and stay...
Death toll rises in Bangladesh ferry tragedy
At least 48 people, including a baby, have been killed after a ferry carrying about 140 passengers capsized in Bangladesh. A rescue operation is under...
Death toll climbs to 48 as Bangladesh ferry carrying more than 100 sinks
At least 48 people including a baby are confirmed dead and rescuers are still searching for missing passengers after a ferry collided with a cargo ship...
Death toll climbs to 48 as Bangladesh ferry carrying more than 100 sinks
At least 48 people including a baby are confirmed dead and rescuers are still searching for missing passengers after a ferry collided with a cargo ship...
Death toll climbs to 48 as Bangladesh ferry sinks with more than 100 aboard
At least 48 people including a baby are confirmed dead and rescuers are still searching for missing passengers after a ferry collided with a cargo ship...
At least 16 dead as Bangladesh ferry carrying over 100 sinks
Sixteen people including a baby are confirmed dead and rescuers are still searching for missing passengers after a ferry collided with a cargo ship and...
Five bodies recovered as Bangladesh ferry carrying over 100 sinks
Five people including a baby are confirmed dead and rescuers are searching for missing passengers after a ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank Sunday...
Bangladesh blackout as transmission line bringing electricity from India fails
Bangladesh was hit by a nationwide blackout on Saturday after a transmission line bringing electricity from neighbouring India failed, an official from...
20 killed and 30 injured in Bangladesh bus crash
At least 20 people were killed and 30 injured when two buses collided head-on in northern Bangladesh on Monday.
Bangladesh ferry disaster: Two bodies recovered and more feared dead
A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people has capsized in a river in Bangladesh, officials said.
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