Bangladesh Bangladesh ISIL attack: 20 foreigners killed, 13 hostages freed after Dhaka cafe siege ends
Bangladesh Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh Suspected militants in Bangladesh have hacked to death an elderly Hindu priest. 07/06/2016
no comment 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 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
economy Bangladesh cyber bank heist blame game underway The blame game is underway in Bangladesh after computer hackers stole the equivalent of 73 million euros from the central bank and nearly got away with 10 times as much 14/03/2016
Sport Cricket: Below-par Bangladesh hold off Dutch at ICC World T20 After Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, Bangladesh were the third team to chalk up a victory at the sixth edition of the ICC World Twenty20 when they beat 09/03/2016
Bangladesh Quasem Ali's death sentence upheld by Bangladesh's Supreme Court Bangladesh’s highest court has upheld the death penalty for Quasem Ali, one of the leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami party. A five-judge panel led by 08/03/2016
Bangladesh The friendlier side of Davos The Davos World Economic Forum can conjure up an image of testosterone charged mega-deals, or of a top-tier inaccessible political elite debating the 25/01/2016
Bangladesh Killers of Bangladesh blogger are given death penalty Two former students were sentenced to death in Bangladesh on Thursday for the murder of a secular blogger in 2013. Only one of the pair was present 31/12/2015
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 Bangladeshi blogger 'murdered by machete-wielding attackers' A Bangladeshi blogger committed to secularism was hacked to death in his apartment by a group of attackers bearing machetes, it’s been 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
Malaysia Malaysian forensic officers examine remains of migrants found along Thai border Police forensic teams in Malaysia are at work to identify whether the remains uncovered at 139 grave sites and 28 abandoned camps are Bangladeshi or 26/05/2015
Myanmar Myanmar set to send migrants back to Bangladesh Indonesia is far beyond the shores of the Mediterranean but both share a common problem. On Saturday over 200 migrants were rescued in a wooden boat 23/05/2015
India Nepal quake also causes panic in India and Bangladesh The quake was felt as far away as New Delhi, as well as in Bangladesh 25/04/2015
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 At least 70 dead as overcrowded river ferry capsizes in Bangladesh The death toll from a weekend ferry disaster in Bangladesh has risen to at least 70 including many women and children. The official search for more 23/02/2015
