Around half a million people are being evacuated to safer areas in south east Bangladesh, ahead of a cyclone that could be extremely dangerous. Cyclone Mocha is predicted to make landfall on Sunday, with 170kph winds and storm surges of…
Massive fire guts popular clothing market in Bangladesh capital
A large fire has gutted thousands of shops at a popular clothing market in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, with shop owners devastated by the loss weeks before Eid, the Muslim festival marking the end of Ramadan. Hundreds of firefighters and…
Fire blazes through crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
A massive fire raced through a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh, leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United Nations said. The blaze hit Camp 11 in Cox’s Bazar, a border district where more than…
Shamima Begum loses appeal against removal of British citizenship
Shamima Begum, who left Britain as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State (IS), has lost an appeal against the decision to remove her British citizenship. Describing it as a case of “great concern and difficulty”, the special immigration appeals commission…
Traditional Spring festival, Valentine’s Day ring in Bangladesh
With poetry, music, dance and colors, people in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka and elsewhere on Tuesday celebrated a grand festival that waves goodbye to the shivery chill of winter in the country. Capital Dhaka dwellers thronged parks and green spaces to…
Bangladesh accused of violent crackdown on free speech
“I was treated like an animal in a zoo. I was permanently blindfolded – the only time they removed my handcuffs from behind my back was to eat.” Bangladeshi journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol, known as Kajol, says he was held…
Convicts on death row for killing US blogger escape from Bangladesh court
Two Islamist militants convicted of killing Avijit Roy, an American blogger critical of Islamic fundamentalism, and his Bangladeshi publisher, escaped from a crowded court in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, Sunday. Suspected members of the al-Qaida-inspired local militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team,…
18 dead in India, Bangladesh floods; millions without homes
At least 18 people have died as massive floods ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links, authorities said Saturday. In India’s Assam state, at least nine people were killed in the floods and…
Fahim Saleh: Pathao and Gokada entrepreneur found dead in New York
A leading tech entrepreneur of international ride-sharing companies has been found dead in New York. The body of Fahim Saleh was found dismembered in a flat on Monday afternoon, US media reports say. The entrepreneur was best known for his…
Bangladesh charges 16 for burning girl alive (BBC)
Sixteen people have been charged in Bangladesh over the shocking murder of a teenager who was burned to death after reporting sexual harassment. Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 19, was doused with kerosene and set on fire on the roof of her…