Tag: Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s fugitive ex-leader warns of mass voter boycott in 2026 polls
Bangladesh’s fugitive former leader Sheikh Hasina has warned that excluding her Awami League party from next year’s elections…
Bangladesh expats win means to vote – could they sway the next election?
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Long overlooked in Bangladesh’s electoral system, millions of expatriates – including migrant workers who underpin…
Marco Rubio said US aid cuts were to slash bureaucracy. So why are more refugee children going hungry?
On the floor of their tiny makeshift home in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, her mother Fatima Begum…
Bangladesh garment exporters fear $1bn losses after huge airport fire
A fire that decimated a cargo complex in Bangladesh’s largest airport has caused devastating losses to garment exporters…
Bangladesh probes cause of massive airport fire
Bangladeshi traders on Sunday assessed heavy losses after a devastating fire tore through the cargo complex of the…
Clashes erupt in Bangladesh’s Dhaka in protests over govt’s new charter
Police have fired tear gas and used grenades and batons to disperse protesters gathered outside Bangladesh’s national Parliament…
Bangladesh factory blaze kills at least 16: fire official
At least 16 people were killed Tuesday when a fire tore through a chemical and garments factory in…
Bangladesh rolls out typhoid immunisation drive for 50 million children
Bangladesh has begun a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect millions of children from typhoid, a life-threatening disease that…
Bangladesh launches typhoid vaccination drive to combat drug-resistant threat
(Removes story link in paragraph 3. Also adds cross-head.)DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh launched a nationwide vaccination campaign on Sunday…
Banned Bangladesh party turns to flash protests ahead of polls
Once Bangladesh's largest political party, the Awami League has been outlawed since its leader Sheikh Hasina was overthrown…
Snakebite surge as Bangladesh hit by record rains
In the swamplands along Bangladesh's mighty Padma River, snakes slithering through villages have become an unrelenting menace, leaving…
Muslims in India’s poll-bound Bihar battle ‘Bangladeshi infiltrator’ tag
Kishanganj/Katihar, India – More than a decade ago, when Mukhtar Alam* studied at a government school in Kishanganj,…