Bangladesh

South Asia floods kill 700, drive 1 million from homes

Aug 20, 2017 12:27

The confirmed death toll passed 700 and more than a million were driven from their homes as large swathes of South Asia reeled under monsoon floods Sunday, officials said.
Bangladeshi court sentences 10 to death for plot to kill Premier Hasina

Aug 20, 2017 12:20

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced ten militants to death over a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is in her third term.
Bangladesh border guards block Myanmar Rohingya refugees

Aug 19, 2017 12:26

Bangladeshi coast guards have refused to allow in scores of Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine, where the government continues with a deadly push against members of the minority.
Bangladesh intensifies border patrols to deter fresh inflow of Rohingya refugees

Aug 17, 2017 09:52

Bangladesh has ramped up patrols on its border with Myanmar, following reports that about 1,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar had crossed into the country in the past two weeks.
Bangladesh sees new influx of Rohingya Muslims

Aug 16, 2017 12:15

Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh in recent days, following a fresh military build-up in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine.
Floods kill at least 39, affect half a million in Bangladesh

Aug 16, 2017 07:56

Floods in north Bangladesh have killed at least 39 people over the past few days and affected more than 500,000, many of them fleeing their homes to shelter in camps, officials said on Tuesday.
About 27 killed in floods in Bangladesh; hundreds of thousands affected

Aug 14, 2017 09:58

Flash floods triggered by incessant rains have left at least 27 people dead and nearly six hundred thousand others marooned in nearly two dozen districts in Bangladesh, officials said on Monday.
UN concerned about situation of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Jul 11, 2017 04:37

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has expressed concerns about the poor living conditions of Rohingya Muslim refugees, who have fled a “very dire state” in their homeland Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh.
HRW accuses Bangladesh of holding hundreds in secret jails

Jul 06, 2017 15:55

A prominent rights group has accused Bangladesh of secretly detaining hundreds of people, including scores of opposition activists, many of whom were later killed.
Landslides kill 147 in Bangladesh, northeast India

Jun 14, 2017 09:16

At least 147 people have been killed in Bangladesh and neighboring regions of northeast India after heavy rains triggered a series of landslides and flooded swaths of land over the past two days, officials say.