More Rohingya take children as they leave Bangladesh by boat – aid groups
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters An increasing number of Rohingya people are leaving refugee camps in Bangladesh with their children, taking to boats in search of a better life as hopes fade of returning to Myanmar or being resettled, and camp life gets tougher, aid groups say. Nearly one million members of the Muslim minority from Myanmar live […]
Rising temperatures, longer monsoon drive Bangladesh’s worst dengue outbreak
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters Rising temperatures and a longer monsoon in Bangladesh because of climate change are providing ideal breeding conditions for the dengue-spreading mosquito, experts said, as the country grapples with its worst-ever outbreak of the viral disease. The death toll from Bangladesh’s outbreak in 2023 is 1,476 as of 12th November, with 291,832 infected, official […]
One killed in Bangladesh as garment workers clash with police over pay – police
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters One woman was killed as police in Bangladesh used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse stone-throwing protesters as a demonstration by garment workers for more pay turned violent on Wednesday. The latest death was the third since protests erupted in the past week. On Tuesday, the government said that the minimum wage would […]
Global fashion factories in Bangladesh resigned to slimmer margins ahead of wage hike
Dhaka, Bangladesh/New Delhi, IndiaReuters Several clothing factory owners in global fashion manufacturing hub Bangladesh are asking clients that include H&M to help them pay for an almost 60 per cent government-mandated hike in wages, well aware that weaker sales might stymie their efforts. Following a week of deadly clashes between garment industry workers and police […]
Opposition activists held over policeman’s death in Bangladesh protest
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters Bangladesh police said on Sunday they arrested two opposition activists over the death of a policeman in violent protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The officer was beaten and bludgeoned to death on Saturday by a mob, photos and videos showed, as tens of thousands joined demonstrations in the capital […]
Bangladesh opposition protest turns violent amid calls for PM to resign
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters One police officer was killed in Bangladesh on Saturday and over 100 people injured during an opposition party protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and calling for a free and fair vote under a caretaker government. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as clashes erupted when tens of thousands […]
Snapshot: Sonargaon, Bangladesh
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Bangladesh trains collide, killing 17, wounding scores – police
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters At least 17 people were killed and scores injured on Monday after two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh, police said. A passenger train crashed into a freight train in Bhairab, about 80 kilometres north-east of the capital Dhaka. A general view of derailed compartments of train after two trains collided in Bhairab, about […]
Mental health: Climate change takes heavy toll in Bangladesh
MD TAHMID ZAMI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as Bangladesh faces increasingly extreme weather from floods to storms, psychologists fear rise in anxiety and depression…
Hundreds of shops gutted in market fire in Bangladesh
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters A huge fire gutted several hundreds shops at a market in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, but there were no casualties as the blaze swept through the area in the early hours of Thursday, before stores opened. Firefighters work after a fire broke out at the Mohammadpur Krishi Market in, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 14th September, […]