Bangladesh: How torturers become UN peacekeepers
The family has requested Nimesh's body to be exhumed for a second postmortem, a request the authorities have since granted. The exhumation is scheduled for April 23.…
Turkey’s Erdogan meets Iran’s Rouhani and Venezuela’s Maduro
Turkish President Tayyip Erodgan met the leaders of Iran, Venezuela and Bangladesh in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit where the plight of Rohingya…
Thousands of Rohingya flee for Bangladesh as fresh violence erupts in Myanmar
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar try to cross the border with Bangladesh, as fresh fighting erupts in Myanmar's northwestern Rakhine state.…
Heavy rains, landslides kill scores in Bangladesh
Heavy monsoon rains and landslides kill scores in south-east Bangladesh, burying many in their homes as they slept, authorities say.…
More than 400 migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Migrants from north Africa, Gambia and Bangladesh are among the hundreds rescued from a wooden boat off Libya by an aid agency.…
Robots threatens Bangladeshi garment workers
Robots are threatening jobs in many industries, including the clothing business. Some of the biggest factories are in Bangladesh, and many workers are on strike demanding higher pay.…
Bangladesh struggles to fight Islamic fundamentalists
Bangladesh has seen an alarming rise in Islamist terrorism in the last two years. Groups affiliated with al Qaeda have murdered so-called 'atheist bloggers', publishers and LGBT activists.…
At least 20 killed in Bangladesh garment factory fire
At least 20 people have been killed and 50 injured after a fire engulfed a garment factory north of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.…
Singapore: Zika virus infections jump to 189
Singapore has at least 189 confirmed cases of the Zika virus, including pregnant women, since the outbreak spread from the Americas in the last year.…
Bangladesh police kill deadly café attack suspect
Police in Bangladesh say they have killed the main suspect behind last month's attack on a cafe that killed 22 people. Security forces raided a house outside the capital Dhaka, and also…
Twenty hostages killed in Bangladesh cafe attack
Twenty foreign hostages were killed at a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, the army said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group that ended…