Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Watch: Bangladeshis crowd trains and ferries hoping to make it home fo

Around 20 million people live in Dhaka for work, and leave the capital to celebrate holidays in their hometowns.

04/06/2019

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Muslim prayers spill over into street on the last Friday of Ramadan

Tens of thousands of Muslims descended on the Old City of Jerusalem for the last Friday prayers of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month and Hundreds of Bangladeshi Muslims packed one of the mosques in Dhaka to join the special prayers on the last Friday (May 31) of Ramadan.

31/05/2019

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Nurses protest against rape in Bangladesh

The rape and murder of a nurse in Bangladesh just weeks after a female student was burned to death has sparked ongoing protests.

13/05/2019

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Firefighters battle deadly Dhaka building fire

A fire in a high-rise office building in Bangladesh's capital on Thursday killed 17 people and injured about 70 others, officials said.

29/03/2019

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More than a dozen killed in high-rise building blaze in Bangladesh

The cause of the deadly fire was not immediately clear.

28/03/2019

Bangladesh

Bangladesh high-rise building blaze kills at least 19 people

A huge fire broke out in a 19-storey building in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka on Thursday, killing at least 19 people and wounding 73.

28/03/2019

Bangladesh

Euroviews. Bangladesh’s factories must never become death traps again | View

In the coming weeks, Bangladesh may make the mistake of crippling an initiative that has achieved dramatic improvements in fire and building safety in the years since the Rana Plaza disaster.

31/01/2019

Bangladesh

Violent clashes as Bangladesh goes to polls

Police in Bangladesh report that at least 17 people died in violent clashes at the country held a general election

30/12/2018

Bangladesh

Four die in clashes as Bangladesh goes to polls

Prime Minister expected to secure third term in office.

30/12/2018

Bangladesh

US not labelling atrocities against Rohingya as genocide

US not labelling atrocities against Rohingya as genocide

27/09/2018

World

Bangladeshis and Rohingya refugees build communities in wake of crisis

In partnership with The European Commission

What happens when your community becomes outnumbered by a sudden wave of refugees? On the border with Myanmar, Bangladeshi communities are discovering that. with aid, co-operation, not exclusion, is the way forward.

27/09/2018

Bangladesh

In pictures: How Rohingya are celebrating Eid in refugees camps

Rohingya refugees in the sprawling refugee camp of Cox’s Bazar this celebrated the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

22/08/2018

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No resolution in sight as authorities crackdown on protests in Bangladesh | The Cube

Police have cracked down on thousands of students who brought the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, to a halt with protests calling for tighter road safety laws.

07/08/2018

Bangladesh

UN Security Council envoys visit Bangladesh and Myanmar

UN Security Council envoys began a four-day visit to Bangladesh and Myanmar on Saturday to see firsthand the aftermath of a Myanmar military crackdown that Britain, the United States and others have denounced as ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims.

29/04/2018

Bangladesh

Rohingya: UN rights chief wants claims of atrocities referred to ICC

Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, also urged Myanmar’s government to allow monitors into the country. His call was backed in an interview with Euronews by Andrew Gilmour, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights

09/03/2018

Bangladesh

'Ethnic cleansing' of Rohingya continues says UN envoy

The assessment by the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights comes more than six months after insurgent attacks sparked a security response by Myanmar that has driven nearly 700,000 people into Bangladesh.

06/03/2018

Bangladesh

Pope Francis says "Rohingya" on last day in Bangladesh

Pope Francis visited a home for the outcast, destitute and orphaned in Bangladesh before meeting with muslim refugees from Myanmar, when he finally used the term "Rohingya".

02/12/2017

Bangladesh

Pope meets Rohingya refugees

Pope Francis had an emotional meeting with Muslim refugees from Myanmar in Bangladesh, using the word Rohingya to describe them for the first time on his Asia trip

01/12/2017

Bangladesh

Love Army raises more than €1 million for Rohingya refugees

Campaign reaches millions on social media as French stars bid to mobilise the public.

28/11/2017

World

NGOs scale up humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees

There are now some one million Rohingya living in one of the poorest countries in the world - and the arrivals haven't stopped. NGOs have sharpened their strategies to assist refugees in case of mass

23/11/2017

Bangladesh

Myanmar and Bangladesh sign agreement on repatriation of Rohingya refugees

Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed an agreement for the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who fled to the neighbouring country to escape a Myanmar army crackdown.

23/11/2017

Bangladesh

Heroes emerge from the Rohingya refugee crisis

Out of the tragedy unfolding along the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh as Rohingya flee persecution, heroes have emerged who have gone above and beyond to help those in dire need

16/11/2017

Bangladesh

Euroviews. View: The Rohingya people deserve so much better

UNHCR's Vivian Tan looks at ways of addressing the Rohingya crisis

06/11/2017

Bangladesh

EU Commissioner denounces 'ethnic cleansing' of Rohingyas

EU Commissioner dennounce 'ethnic cleansing' of Rohingyas

03/11/2017

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Rohingya Muslims continue to flee Myanmar

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar continue to wait along the Bangladesh border for permission from border patrol to allow them entry.

02/11/2017

Bangladesh

Millions donated for the Rohingya

Delegates have gathered at a funding conference at the UN in Geneva. A total of 344.7 million dollars has been pledged.

25/10/2017