Bangladesh
Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded, officials said Saturday. Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in low-lying Bangladesh, but e..
A massive fire swept through an inland container depot in southeastern Bangladesh, killing at least 32 people and injuring more than 150, officials said on Sunday, the latest incident highlighting the country's poor industrial safety track record..
"Some two million people have been stranded by floods so far," a senior Bangladeshi official says, adding that at least 10 people have been killed this week. Rivers in Bangladesh have burst their banks and caused the worst floods in the ..
The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh HE Mohammed Abdul Hamid, on the occasion of his country's independence day. QNA ...
Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a U.N. environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban some toxic chemicals. The report said pol..
As part of its "Warmth and Peace" campaign to confront the dangers of winter, Qatar Charity continues to provide the necessary winter aid to displaced people and refugees around the world. In Bangladesh, Qatar Charity distributed emergen..
The incident happened early in the morning near Jhakakathi, 250 kilometres south of Bangladesh capital Dhaka. At least 37 people died when an overcrowded night ferry caught fire in Bangladesh on Friday, police said, as terrified passengers leaped ..
Bangladesh sentenced 20 university students to death on Wednesday for the brutal 2019 murder of a young man who criticized the government on social media. The battered body of Abrar Fahad, 21, was found in his university dormitory hours after he w..
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and India, the Embassies of India and Bangladesh in Doha jointly celebrated the ‘Maitri Diwas’ (India-Bangladesh Friendship Day) to commemorate 50 yea..