Dhaka building fire kills at least 70, toll could climb
By Ruma Paul DHAKA, Feb 21 (Reuters) – The death toll from a fire in a centuries-old area of the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, jumped dramatically...
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Bangladesh to complete Rohingya return in two years
Bangladesh said on Tuesday it would complete the process of returning within two years many of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who had fled...
US sanctions Myanmar general, others for abuses, corruption
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on 13 “serious human rights abusers and corrupt actors” including Myanmar general Maung Maung Soe, who oversaw this year’s brutal...
‘No evidence’ NY bomb suspect linked to Bangladesh militants
Bangladesh has found no evidence linking a Bangladeshi man charged with an attempted suicide bombing in New York with militants in Bangladesh, its counter-terrorism chief told Reuters on...
New York charges bomb suspect; Bangladesh questions wife
New York officials on Tuesday said they charged a Bangladeshi man with terrorism, accusing him of setting off a pipe bomb a day earlier in a crowded...
Myanmar, Bangladesh sign Rohingya return deal
Myanmar and Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday, a senior Myanmar official told Reuters, for the return home of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who...
China calls for Myanmar, Bangladesh to resolve Rohingya crisis
China called for a ceasefire in Myanmar’s Rakhine State so that Rohingya Muslim refugees can return from Bangladesh, proposing a three-stage approach to the crisis as...
Bangladesh says it’s in talks with Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation deal
By Serajul Quadir Bangladesh is in negotiations with Myanmar aimed at a deal to repatriate displaced Rohingya and Dhaka’s foreign minister will address the...
Seven Rohingya drown as boat capsizes off Bangladesh (Update)
Four Rohingya Muslims, a man, woman and two children, drowned when a small wooden fishing boat carrying dozens of refugees fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar capsized off...
Bangladesh to press for Muslim refugees’ return to Myanmar
Bangladesh opened talks with neighbouring Myanmar on Monday with the aim of securing the return of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar,...
Myanmar laying landmines near Bangladesh border
Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh, said two government sources in Dhaka, adding that the purpose may have...
Explosions near Myanmar Bangladesh border amid Rohingya exodus
Two blasts rocked an area on the Myanmar side of the border with Bangladesh on Monday, accompanied by the sound of gunfire and thick black...
Nearly 90,000 escape Myanmar as humanitarian crisis looms
Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar in August, pressuring scarce resources of aid agencies and communities already helping hundreds of thousands...
Bodies wash up as boat carrying Rohingya capsizes
Bangladeshi border guards on Thursday recovered the bodies of 20 Rohingya women and children whose boat capsized as they fled violence in Myanmar, an official...
Thousands more Rohingya flee Myanmar violence flares
Nearly 9,000 Rohingya Muslims, many sick and fearing for their lives, have fled the worst violence to grip northwest Myanmar in at least five years,...
Bangladesh pile the pressure on England
Bangladesh opener Imrul Kayes hit an unbeaten half-century as the hosts took a lead of 128 with seven second-innings wickets remaining against England on the...
Man wanted in connection with trafficking
Police are looking for MD Amran Hasan Laiek, 22 from Bangladesh in connection with investigations into the offences of conspiring to commit a crime and...
Great survivor Moeen helps England overcome spin woes
Moeen Ali survived five reviews in his charmed innings as he and Jonny Bairstow helped England overcome their spin discomfort and post 258-7 in the...
England win ODI series to end Bangladesh’s home run
England’s Chris Woakes hit a six off Shafiul Islam to seal a series-clinching four-wicket victory in the third and final one-day international against Bangladesh on...
Remand for three arrested in marriage scam
Three Bangladeshi men were remanded in custody for six days in Larnaca on Saturday on suspicion of conducting sham marriages with women from Romania. The...
