Bangladesh
Bangladesh turnout low in election set to keep Hasina in power
By Sudipto Ganguly and Ruma Paul DHAKA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Bangladeshis largely stayed away from the polls in a general election…
Bangladesh deploys army to keep peace ahead of Sunday’s election
By Ruma Paul and Sudipto Ganguly DHAKA, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Troops deployed across Bangladesh on Wednesday amid fears of violence ahead…
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Bangladesh region
Dec 2 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck the Bangladesh region on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ)…
Five nations seek war crimes probe in Palestinian territories
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said he had received a joint request from five countries to investigate the situation in…
Global fashion brands say to raise purchase prices for Bangladesh-made clothes
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, (Reuters) - Global fashion retailers including H&M and Gap are committed to raising purchase prices for…
Photo Story: Durga Puja festival celebration in Dhaka
A man stands next to Goddess Durga's picture at a makeshift pandal of the largest Durga Puja festival of the Bengali Hindu…
Bangladesh grapples with record deadly outbreak of dengue fever
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals struggling to make…
UPDATED: Cyclone Mocha floods Myanmar port city, sparing major refugee camps
By Ruma Paul DHAKA, May 14 (Reuters) - Storm surges whipped up by a powerful cyclone moving inland from the Bay of…
Bangladesh suffers widespread power outages during relentless heat
By Ruma Paul and Sudarshan Varadhan DHAKA, April 20 (Reuters) - Bangladesh is being forced to cut power to millions of people…
Photo Story: Major fire consumed clothing market in Dhaka
Smoke rises as shop owners and other people look at the burned shops site a day after a fire broke out at…
Photo story: At least 19 dead in bus accident in Bangladesh
Firefighters hose a fire that after a road accident at Sibchar upazila in the Madaripur district in Bangladesh, 19 March 2023. At…
UPDATE – Crew killed in cargo plane crash in Greece, airline Meridian says
KYIV (Reuters) - All the crew were killed when an Antonov An-12 cargo plane crashed in northern Greece late on Saturday, an…