Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Rohingya crisis

01/06/2017

Bangladesh

Twin bomb blasts claim casualties in Bangladesh

At least six people have been killed and dozens wounded in the attack, which has reportedly been claimed by ISIL.

26/03/2017

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Man injured as leopard escapes netting in India

At least one man suffered serious injuries on Monday, (January 2), when locals and wildlife authorities attempted to trap a leopard which had strayed into a residential area in West Bengal, India, Ind

03/01/2017

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"Kumari Puja" ceremony in Bangladesh

Thousands of members of Bangladesh’s Hindu community gathered at a temple in the capital Dhaka to take part in a traditional ceremony.

10/10/2016

Bangladesh

Many dead in Bangladesh factory fire

Police and eyewitnesses says dozens have been taken to hospital. Firefighters are struggling to control the blaze in the four-storey building.

10/09/2016

Bangladesh

Bangladesh hangs party leader convicted of war crimes

Bangladesh has hanged an opposition party leader convicted of war crimes.

04/09/2016

Bangladesh

Bangladesh police kill terror attack plotter in shootout

Bangladeshi police say they have killed three militants – including the alleged plotter of a terror attack which left 22 people dead last month.

27/08/2016

Bangladesh

Police killed in Bangladesh attack

At least two police officers have been killed by militants who have targeted Bangladesh's biggest festival marking the end of Ramadan.

07/07/2016

Bangladesh

Police attacked in Bangladesh

Initial reports suggest extremists were behind the blast near a school in Kishoregonj, 140 kilometres north west of the capital, Dhaka.

07/07/2016

Bangladesh

Cooperation and repatriation in wake of Bangladesh attack

Bangladesh is reeling after police suggested the men who carried out one of the country’s deadliest militant attacks were homegrown, privileged and educated.

05/07/2016

Bangladesh

Bangladesh police work to identify perpetrators of deadly Dhaka attack

Police in Bangladesh are working to confirm the identities of a group of men who carried out a deadly attack on a restaurant in Dhaka, in which 20 hostages and two police officers were…

04/07/2016

Bangladesh

Bangladesh mourns after suspected Islamist militants storm upmarket cafe in the capital

Bangladesh has begun two days of mourning after suspectic Islamist militants stormed an upmarket restaurant in the capital, Dhaka.

03/07/2016

Bangladesh

Italy mourns at least nine nationals killed in Bangladesh terror attack

Italy is mourning nine of its nationals killed in Friday’s militant attack on a café in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.

03/07/2016

Bangladesh

Renzi and Abe condemn "despicable act of terrorism"

Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi condemned the attack and vowed not to give in terrorism.

02/07/2016

Bangladesh

Islamist gunmen kill 20 hostages, mainly foreigners, in Bangladeshi capital

The victims include at least nine Italians and possibly Japanese nationals.

02/07/2016

Bangladesh

Bangladesh ISIL attack: 20 foreigners killed, 13 hostages freed after Dhaka cafe siege ends

Several Italians died in the attack, claimed by the group calling itself Islamic State.

02/07/2016

Bangladesh

Bangladesh police storm Dhaka siege café, 'several hostages freed'

Bangladeshi police have stormed a café in Dhaka trying to free 20 hostages including several foreigners – trapped inside after gunmen attacked it on Friday…

02/07/2016

Bangladesh

Bangladesh police storm Dhaka restaurant after gun attack and siege

Bangladeshi police have stormed a restaurant in Dhaka trying to free 20 hostages including several foreigners – trapped inside after gunmen attacked it on Friday…

01/07/2016

Bangladesh

Bangladesh police storm Dhaka restaurant after gun attack and siege

Bangladeshi police have stormed a restaurant in Dhaka trying to free 20 hostages including several foreigners – trapped inside after gunmen attacked it on Friday…

01/07/2016

Bangladesh

Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh

Suspected militants in Bangladesh have hacked to death an elderly Hindu priest.

07/06/2016

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Deadly cyclone in Bangladesh

The coasts of Bangladesh have been hit by a cyclone which has killed at least 21 people and injured many others.

23/05/2016

Bangladesh

Bangladeshi Islamist leader Motiur Rahman Nizami executed for war crimes

An Islamist leader has been hanged in Bangladesh for war crimes committed in 1971. Seventy three-year-old Motiur Rahman Nizami was executed on

11/05/2016

Bangladesh

Sufi Muslim leader is hacked to death in Bangladesh

A Sufi Muslim leader has been hacked to death in Bangladesh in what may be another attack by Islamist militants there. The remains of Mohammad

07/05/2016

Bangladesh

Bangladesh: US embassy worker and gay rights activist is hacked to death

The US State Department has expressed its outrage after two men – one of whom worked at the American embassy in Bangladesh and edited the country’s

25/04/2016

Bangladesh

University professor hacked to death in Bangladesh

A university professor has been hacked to death in northwest Bangladesh – the latest to die in a series of attacks on liberal activists in the

23/04/2016

Economy

Bangladesh central bank boss resigns over cyber heist, money hunt continues

Bangladesh's central bank governor has resigned over the theft by hackers of $81 million (73 million euros) as investigators try to track where that money went.

15/03/2016