Bangladesh Bangladesh hangs two opposition leaders for war crimes Two opposition leaders have been executed in Bangladesh for war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and 22/11/2015
Bangladesh Ashura attacks as Shi'ites are killed in Bangladesh and Pakistan A twelve-year-old boy has been killed and more than 100 injured in a bomb attack in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka. One killed and hundred injured in 24/10/2015
Bangladesh Bangladesh: Italian aid worker shot dead An Italian aid worker has been shot dead in Bangladesh. 50-year-old Cesare Tavella worked for a Netherlands-based NGO. He was gunned down in Dhaka’s 28/09/2015
Bangladesh Another blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh Religious extremists are again presumed to have hacked to death another blogger in Bangladesh, the fourth to be killed in this way, in their home, by 07/08/2015
Bangladesh Fatal stampede at Bangladesh charity clothes event More than 20 people, mostly women and children, have been killed and dozens injured in a stampede at a charity distribution event in central 10/07/2015
Bangladesh Bangladesh factory collapse owner to face murder charges The owner of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh is to face murder charges over the buildings collapse which killed more than 1,000 people 31/05/2015
Bangladesh Severe storm kills 24 in Bangladesh At least 24 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a severe storm which has swept across northern Bangladesh. Women and children are said 06/04/2015
Bangladesh Bangladeshi blogger is hacked to death for speaking out against religious fundamentalism For the second time in a month an internet blogger has been hacked to death by assailants using machetes in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. The family 30/03/2015
Bangladesh Bangladesh cement factory collapses, scores trapped At least six people have died and 30 more have been injured when a building collapsed in Bangladesh. Another 50 are still feared trapped. Authorities 12/03/2015
Bangladesh Atheist US blogger killed in machete attack in Bangladesh A machete-wielding mob has hacked to death a blogger in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Avijit Roy, A US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, was an atheist 27/02/2015
Bangladesh Oil spill threatens UNESCO world heritage site in Bangladesh An oil slick has choked up to 50 kilometres of the Shela river in Bangladesh after a fuel barge sank on Thursday following a collision with an oil 12/12/2014