Bangladesh
21 Feb 2019
Bangladesh is blocking almost 20,000 websites as part of an anti-pornography “war” The crackdown is coming after the country’s High Court ordered the government to block pornography websites and obscene social media accounts.
7 Feb 2019
U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie visited camps in Bangladesh for Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar this week.
1 Jan 2019
In an exclusive interview with DW, Kamal Hossain, the leader of Bangladesh's main opposition alliance, accused PM Sheikh Hasina's government of "manufacturing" the results of the latest general election.
25 Apr 2018
We also look at how much has changed for Bangladesh's garment industry five years after the Rana Plaza tragedy.
4 Feb 2018
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called for a quick and peaceful solution to one of the world's largest refugee crised unfolding Bangladesh and Myanmar. Widodo was speaking after a visit to refugee camps, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been living in makeshift tents after fleeing a military crackdown in Myanmar.
19 Jan 2018
As Bangladesh and Myanmar agree to complete the return of Rohingya Muslims who fled an army crackdown in Myanmar, many refugees are expressing doubts about the terms of their return.
2 Dec 2017
Pope Francis had an emotional meeting with Muslim refugees from Myanmar in Bangladesh on Friday, calling for them to be respected.
30 Nov 2017
Pope Francis arrives in Bangladesh where scores of Rohingya Muslims are seeking refuge from violence across the border.
1 Nov 2017
A small wooden fishing boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar, capsized off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday.
23 Oct 2017
Nearly 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since August 2017.
17 Oct 2017
Drone footage shows vast numbers of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar entering Bangladesh, arriving by boat and walking through flooded fields.
7 Oct 2017
The United Nations is bracing for a possible “further exodus” of Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh six weeks after the world’s fastest-developing refugee emergency began, its humanitarian aid chief says.