Bangladesh

Rohingya in Bangladesh protest to be sent home after UN aid cut
Tens of thousands of refugees protest in Bangladesh camps, asking for repatriation to Myanmar after food ration slashed.
Published On 9 Jun 2023
Bangladesh suffers long power cuts amid worst heatwave in decades
Frequent power cuts due to fuel shortages worsen misery as searing heat forces schools to close and disrupts lives.
Published On 8 Jun 2023
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Why a map in India’s new parliament has riled its neighbours
Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan express displeasure over ‘Undivided India’ mural in the recently inaugurated building.
Published On 7 Jun 2023
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s ‘hot zone for climate threats’
Extreme weather is bearing down on vulnerable Rohingya communities on southeastern Bangladesh’s coast.
Published On 5 Jun 2023

Bangladesh shut its biggest power plant because it was unable to afford the coal to fuel it amid a heatwave.

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says almost 151 tonnes of methamphetamine seized in Southeast, East Asia in 2022.

Dhaka assures free polls, due by January 2024, after US says it would restrict visas to Bangladeshis who undermine vote.

Official death toll surges as the UN says at least 800,000 people in need of emergency food aid and other assistance.

HRW says Bangladesh ‘shouldn’t forget why Rohingya became refugees’ and recognise that those factors have not changed.

The country faces its worst power cuts in months as the deadly storm forces closure of both its floating LNG terminals.

Communications problems are making it difficult to assess the extent of the damage caused by the massive storm.

Better forecasting and more effective evacuation planning have dramatically reduced the death toll from such cyclones.

The storm is one of the most powerful to ever hit the region with winds as strong as 250km/h (155 mph).

Images by three young Rohingya photographers are on display in Qatari capital as part of Tasweer photo festival.

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