Michael Joseph Martin, Bangladesh’s last Armenian, has died aged 89, bringing an end to the more than 300-year presence of the once thriving and powerful minority Christian community. Martin spent dec …
WFP Bangladesh: Assisting Vulnerable Women is at the Heart of Our Operations
English News and Press Release on Bangladesh about Food and Nutrition, Health, Children, Women and Epidemic; published on 06 May 2020 by WFP …
Bangladesh quarantines hundreds of Myanmar’s Rohingya boat people on island
The Bangladesh navy has rescued around 280 Rohingya Muslims from the Bay of Bengal, towing their stranded boat to an island where they will be quarantined as a precaution against the coronavirus, …
Rohingya refugees arrive at ‘de facto detention island’ in Bangladesh
Rights groups decry relocation of people picked up at sea after fleeing camps in Cox’s Bazar …
Rohingya refugees arrive on ‘de facto detention island’ in Bangladesh
Rights groups decry relocation of people picked up at sea after fleeing camps in Cox’s Bazar …
Asia-Pacific Coronavirus News: Confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 13,000 in Bangladesh, Indonesia
Workers wash their hands before entering a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 7, 2020. (Str/Xinhua) — Bangladesh reports 709 new cases, total at 13,134; — Infections in Indonesia increased …
After weeks at sea, 277 Rohingya land in Bangladesh
More than 250 Rohingya Muslim refugees who had been floating for weeks on a fishing boat in the Bay of Bengal arrived Friday on an island in southern Bangladesh, officials said.
Asia Album: Readymade garment factories in Bangladesh resume operations
People work at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 7, 2020.(Str/Xinhua) DHAKA, May 8 (Xinhua) — Thousands of readymade garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh have resumed operations since …
167 Kashmiri Students Return Home From Bangladesh
A special flight, carrying 167 medical students hailing from Jammu and Kashmir, arrived in Srinagar from Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Friday …
Bangladesh: All Rohingya Found at Sea Will Be Taken to Bhashan Char Island
After insisting for weeks that it would not help Rohingya refugees stranded at sea, Bangladesh authorities relented Thursday and towed a boat packed with people to a flood-prone island, saying all …