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Parts of India saw temperatures above 44 degrees Celsius in mid-April, with at least 11 deaths near Mumbai attributed to heat stroke on a single day

Climate change: Asia heatwaves '30 times more likely'

Climate change has made record-breaking deadly heatwaves in Bangladesh, India, Laos and Thailand last month at least 30 times more likely, according to a new …

Climate Change • 17 May

Local residents check the damages after Cyclone Mocha's crashed ashore, in Kyauktaw in Myanmar's Rakhine state

Cyclone Mocha: Deadly storm hits Bangladesh and Myanmar

Cyclone Mocha crashed through Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh today, sparing sprawling refugee camps but bringing a storm surge to swathes of western Myanmar where communications …

World • 14 May

Cyclone Mocha was packing winds of up to 220 kilometres per hour, according to India's meteorological office

Major cyclone forecast to hit Myanmar and Bangladesh

Thousands of people have fled from Myanmar's west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh are racing to evacuate Rohingya refugees as the most powerful cyclone …

Asia • 13 May

People shelter at a monestary in Sittwe, Myanmar ahead of the expected arrival of the weather system

World's largest refugee camp threatened by cyclone

Tropical Cyclone Mocha has intensified to become "very dangerous", the World Meteorological Organization said, warning of violent winds, floods and possible landslides in Bangladesh that …

World • 12 May

A protest was held at the site where the building once stood in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka

Protests held 10 years after Bangladesh factory tragedy

Hundreds of workers in Bangladesh shouted slogans for justice and survivors wept at the ruins of a factory that made clothes for Western shoppers and …

World • 24 Apr

Heavy rain swept across Bangladesh, leaving streets in the capital Dhaka flooded

1m people seek shelter as cyclone hits Bangladesh

At least 16 people have died after a cyclone slammed into Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of about a million people from their homes, officials said.

World • 25 Oct 22

People prepare by collecting mud at the remote southern coastal area of Patharghata in Barguna district

Bangladesh evacuates 250,000 people ahead of cyclone

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from the path of a cyclone careening towards densely populated, low-lying Bangladesh, according to officials.

World • 24 Oct 22

A residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh in August, during a load-shedding power outage period (file image)

Bangladesh plunged into darkness by grid failure

At least 130 million people in Bangladesh were without power this afternoon after a grid failure caused widespread blackouts, the government's power utility company has …

World • 04 Oct 22

About 5.5 million people have been displaced, of which about 3.7 million are staying in government-run makeshift shelters

Efforts to help millions stranded in South Asia floods

Authorities in Bangladesh have intensified efforts to deliver food and drinking water to millions of people struggling after heavy rain unleashed catastrophic flooding across a …

World • 22 Jun 22

Bangladesh and India have experienced increasing extreme weather in recent years, causing large-scale damage

Monsoon floods impact millions in Bangladesh and India

At least 25 people have been killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh, while at least 17 were killed in floods in …

World • 20 Jun 22

Relentless downpours have inundated vast stretches of the country's northeast

59 dead and millions stranded in Bangladesh floods

Monsoon storms in Bangladesh have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods that left more than four million others stranded, officials said.

World • 18 Jun 22

The vessel was carrying at least 500 people, despite having an official capacity of 310

At least 38 dead in Bangladesh ferry fire

At least 38 people have died after an overcrowded night ferry caught fire in Bangladesh, police said, as terrified passengers leaped overboard to escape the …

World • 24 Dec 21

Rani measured just 50.8cm from hoof to withers

World's shortest cow gets posthumous recognition

A knee-high celebrity cow that became a sensation in Bangladesh has won posthumous recognition as the shortest on the planet, just weeks after its untimely …

News Lens • 29 Sep 21

Boohoo is set to sign a new deal with its workers in Bangladesh that makes retailers liable for legal action unless their factories meet labour safety standards

Boohoo to sign new safety pact with Bangladesh workers

Online fashion retailer Boohoo said today it intended to sign a new agreement with its garment workers in Bangladesh that makes retailers liable for legal …

Business • 27 Sep 21

Fourteen people were injured and taken to hospital, Fire Service official Meherul Islam said

Lightning kills at least 17 at wedding in Bangladesh

At least 17 people were killed and more than a dozen injured when lightning struck a wedding party on a boat in northwestern Bangladesh, officials …

World • 04 Aug 21

A man walks through flood waters in the camp

Bangladesh evacuates refugees from landslide-hit camps

Bangladesh has evacuated 10,000 Rohingya refugees from around camps on the Myanmar border after monsoon landslides and flash floods killed at least 14 people.

World • 28 Jul 21

Firefighters working to extinguish the blaze

Bangladesh factory owner arrested after 52 die in fire

Bangladesh police have arrested the owner of a factory where 52 people died in a fire, as it emerged that children as young as 11 …

World • 10 Jul 21

Thousands of shanties were destroyed as people scrambled to save their meagre possessions

400 missing, 15 dead after fire at Rohingya camp

At least 15 people have been killed in a massive fire that ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, while at least 400 remain …

World • 23 Mar 21

Police said 40,000 people took part in the Dhaka protest

Anti-France protests in Bangladesh over Macron comments

Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through the Bangladesh capital Dhaka in the biggest anti-France rally since President Emmanuel Macron defended cartoons depicting the …

World • 27 Oct 20

Bangladeshi authorities said He said the vessel had been cleared to carry passengers until September

Bangladesh ferry collision kills at least 30

At least 30 people died and a dozen are missing after a ferry capsized and sank in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka following a collision with …

World • 29 Jun 20

Authorities are scrambling to evacuate people from low lying areas

'Super Cyclone' Amphan makes landfall in India

The strongest cyclone in decades landed on Bangladesh and eastern India today, sending water surging inland and leaving a trail of destruction as the death …

World • 20 May 20

Rain clouds loom over a Kolkata as Cyclone Amphane barrels towards India's eastern coast

India and Bangladesh brace for super cyclone

India and Bangladesh evacuated around half a million people as coastal areas prepared for the most powerful storm in a decade - with the task …

World • 19 May 20

Nearly a million Rohingya live in squalid camps near Bangladesh's border with Myanmar

60 Rohingya die, hundreds rescued after weeks at sea

Sixty Rohingya are believed to have died on an overcrowded boat stranded in the Bay of Bengal for nearly two months, an official said after …

World • 16 Apr 20

Organisers claimed 25,000 worshippers gathered to pray, seeking protection from the coronavirus

Thousands attend Covid-19 prayer session in Bangladesh

A massive coronavirus prayer session with tens of thousands of devotees has sparked an outcry in Bangladesh.

Coronavirus • 19 Mar 20

School headmaster and main suspect Siraj Ud Doula (centre) is escorted as he leaves the court following the verdict

16 sentenced to death for burning Bangladesh teen alive

Sixteen people have been sentenced to death for burning alive a Bangladeshi teenager, who refused to withdraw sexual assault charges against her head teacher.

World • 24 Oct 19

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