At least three people have been killed and several injured after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Bangladesh on Friday, police said.
A Bangladesh court sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.
A large fire at the import cargo complex of Dhaka airport has caused significant damage to goods and materials belonging to key garment exporters, with losses and impacts on trade potentially amounting to millions of dollars, according to industry leaders on Sunday.
Flights out of Bangladesh's main airport were delayed or diverted on Saturday after a major fire broke out in the cargo terminal, officials said.
Toxic gas and a locked door that barred access to a roof were responsible for most of the deaths in a devastating fire in a Bangladesh garment factory and an adjoining chemical warehouse, a fire official said on Wednesday.
A fire on Tuesday at a garment factory in Bangladesh and an adjacent chemical warehouse killed at least 16 people and injured others, and the death toll could rise, an official said.
Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Chile and Bangladesh are seeking to join the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RECEP), the world's largest trade bloc, Southeast Asian officials said on Thursday (25 September).
Rising temperatures are taking a mounting toll on Bangladesh, with heat-related illnesses and productivity losses costing the economy up to $1.78 billion - about 0.4% of GDP - in 2024, according to a World Bank report released Tuesday
Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, said the country will expand imports from the U.S. to further reduce tariffs on Bangladeshi goods, particularly textiles.
Bangladesh is boosting power imports from India and output from fuel oil-fired power plants in a scramble to meet rising electricity demand as it grapples with constraints on gas supply and coal plant maintenance, industry officials and analysts say.
Authorities in Bangladesh have arrested 16 people, including former minister Abdul Latif Siddique, on charges of attempting to topple the interim government, local media reported Friday.
Bangladesh and Pakistan have agreed to allow visa-free travel for holders of diplomatic and official passports, marking a major step in restoring relations after decades of restrictions.
On Tuesday, massive crowds filled the streets of Dhaka with flags, placards, and chants to mark the first anniversary of the 2024 uprising that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina into exile.
A F-7 fighter jet departed Kurmitola Air Force Base in Bangladesh at 1:06 p.m. local time for a routine training mission but experienced a mechanical failure shortly after take-off, killing at least 27 people, including 25 children on Monday according to the Bangladesh Air Force.
At least 25 children were among the 27 dead pulled from scorched buildings after a Bangladesh Air Force jet on a training mission crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka, officials said on Tuesday, with 88 people being treated in hospital.
Bangladesh has signed a deal to import 700,000 tonnes of wheat annually from the United States over the next five years, aiming to ease trade tensions and secure tariff relief from the Trump administration, officials confirmed on Sunday.
Violence broke out on Wednesday at a rally of Bangladesh’s youth-led National Citizen Party (NCP) in the southern town of Gopalganj, leaving four dead and more injured.
China, Pakistan and Bangladesh are in advanced talks to establish a new regional cooperation framework that could serve as an alternative to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), according to a report by Pakistan’s Express Tribune.
The government of Bangladesh has ordered tax and customs officials to immediately end a two-day nationwide strike that has paralysed tax operations, including customs services at the country’s key trade gateway, Chittagong Port.
Azerbaijan and Bangladesh seek to deepen their bilateral and multilateral ties. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with his Bangladeshi counterpart Touhid Hossain on Sunday at the 51st Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers in Istanbul.
The World Bank has approved a $640 million loan to Bangladesh to help improve gas supply security and reduce dangerous air pollution in urban areas.
Bangladesh's national elections will be held in the first half of April 2026, the country's de facto prime minister, Muhammad Yunus, said on Friday.
Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina is facing trial in absentia over her government’s crackdown on last year’s uprising, with prosecutors accusing her of mass murder and conspiracy.
Bangladesh has launched three days of mass political rallies beginning Thursday, as rival parties take to the streets of Dhaka in a show of strength ahead of upcoming elections following last year’s popular uprising.
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