Bangladesh

Bangladesh to get $4.7bn IMF package
The funding comes under a new programme which aims to help vulnerable middle-income countries and island states.
Published On 30 Jan 2023
OPINION,
Rohingya are drowning at sea. Asia’s leaders are to blame
Leaders from Southeast and South Asia are acting both illegally and immorally by not helping Rohingya “boat people”.
opinion by Tun Khin
Published On 26 Jan 2023
UN reports ‘alarming’ rise in Rohingya deaths at sea in 2022
More than 3,500 Rohingya refugees risked the dangerous sea crossing to escape Myanmar or Bangladesh last year.
Published On 17 Jan 2023
HRW accuses Bangladesh police unit of ‘rampant’ Rohingya abuse
Rights group says the Armed Police Battalion is engaged in extortion, harassment and wrongful arrests of the refugees.
Published On 17 Jan 2023

Fortify Rights said Myanmar’s air force ‘dropped bombs on both sides of the Myanmar-India border’ in raids this week.

Study of 1,000 clothing factories found some fashion firms ‘engaged in unfair practices’, including H&M, Lidl and GAP.

The main opposition party wants formation of caretaker government to conducts the next general election due in December.

Wirathu has long been known for his ultranationalist, anti-Muslim rhetoric, particularly against Myanmar’s Rohingya.

The country plans to extend the train network to more than 100 stations and six lines across the capital by 2030.

The boat came ashore in Ujong Pie village, a day after a wooden vessel with 57 Rohingya landed in another part of Aceh.

A boat carrying 180 Rohingya is missing at sea and presumed sunk, a UN agency says.

Millions in the South Asian country support Argentina, which will take on France in Sunday’s championship game in Qatar.

The Jamaat-e-Islami party is supporting the opposition’s protests demanding PM Sheikh Hasina’s resignation.

From Bangladeshis to Bahrainis, the Argentinian superstar’s fans are in Doha praying their hero will lift the World Cup.

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