River waters in low-lying Bangladesh are receding after days of deadly floods but 300,000 people are still in emergency shelters requiring aid, disaster officials said on...
At least 40 others injured, with officials in Andhra Pradesh state saying many suffered extensive chemical burns. An explosion at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in southern...
Sequencing of confirmed case under way to determine whether virus is same deadly Clade 1 variant discovered by Sweden. Pakistan has confirmed at least one case...
Medical charity MSF warns of urgent need to protect civilians caught up in escalating conflict in western Rakhine State. More Rohingya are arriving in Bangladesh from...
Hundreds protest outside the Supreme Court calling for Obaidul Hassan, seen as loyal to ex-PM Hasina, to step down. The chief justice of Bangladesh’s top court...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Within hours of Sheikh Hasina’s removal from power after a student-led mass uprising, reports began to appear in some Indian media outlets that...
Once viewed as the hope for a democratic future in Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina turned increasingly autocratic during her years as prime minister. Weeks of violent protests...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – A day after Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year autocratic rule ended, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, took on a sombre and unusual appearance. The city’s...
The world has at least 58 million US dollar millionaires, accounting for 1.5 percent of the global adult population, according to the 2024 UBS Global Wealth...
Bangladesh’s minister of state for information and broadcasting has defended the government’s handling of mass protests, as United Nations experts called for an independent investigation into...