Bangladesh

Dhaka: The toll from Bangladesh's unprecedented floods has risen to more than 100, the authorities said. According to a daily flood report of the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room on Sunday, the floods have killed 102…

Dhaka: Bangladesh reported 1,680 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the biggest single-day increase in more than four months, bringing the total tally to 1,965,173. The death toll from the pandemic rose to 29,140, with two new deaths recorded…

Dhaka: Zakaria Pintu, who was sentenced to death over an armed attack on a train carrying incumbent Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Pabna 25 years ago, has been arrested. Zakaria, a former general secretary of the opposition…

Dhaka: At least 36 have been killed in floods and related causes in Bangladesh from May 17 till now, officials said. The Directorate General of Health Services, in a briefing on the flood situation, said 15 people died in Mymensingh…

Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked how long could her country bear such a huge burden of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees. More than 1.1 million Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh are causing a long-term…

Dhaka: Bangladesh has refuted "misleading" Chinese media claims that the Padma Bridge is "a major cooperation project" between Dhaka and Beijing. In a statement on Saturday, the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry said: "Some quarters are trying…

Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday assured the world that her country would always strive to work with all friends and partners to ensure a peaceful, sustainable world and more importantly a peaceful, sustainable and…

Dhaka: Bangladesh has restricted foreign trips of government officials under operating and development budgets in the context of post-Covid-19 economic recovery and an ongoing global crisis. The country's Ministry of Finance Thursday…

Centurion: Bangladesh registered their maiden ODI series win in South Africa, after sealing it 2-1 when they beat the host by nine wickets in the third and final match, here on Wednesday. Taskin Ahmed's first five-wicket haul (5/35) in…

Geneva: Thirty-five companies, from 12 countries including India, have signed an agreement to manufacture the generic version of Pfizer's oral Covid-19 pill, the UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has said. Pfizer's Covid pill…