Bangladesh police fire tear gas, rubber bullets at anti-Modi protesters
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Bangladesh police Thursday fired rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of mainly student demonstrators who…
5 years ago
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Huge blaze at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh kills 15, leaves 400 missing
by Suzauddin Rubel COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Fifteen people have died and 400 are missing after a huge fire…
5 years ago
‘Arson’ destroys four UNICEF schools in Rohingya camps
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Four UNICEF schools for Rohingya children in refugee camps in Bangladesh have been destroyed in…
5 years ago
Giant blaze leaves thousands homeless in Bangladesh Rohingya camp
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) -- A huge fire tore through a Rohingya refugee camp on Thursday destroying more than 550…
5 years ago
Race to save Bangladesh hound from extinction
by Shafiqul ALAM Agence France-Presse SARAIL, Bangladesh (AFP) — In a rickety hut on the border with Bangladesh and India, two…
5 years ago
Bangladesh mosque gas explosion toll rises to 24
NARAYANGANJ, Bangladesh (AFP) -- The death toll from a gas explosion that tore through a Bangladesh mosque has risen…
6 years ago
12 killed in Bangladesh mosque gas explosion
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- A suspected gas explosion tore through a Bangladesh mosque killing at least 12 people while dozens…
6 years ago
Floods in Delhi as South Asia monsoon toll rises to nearly 1,300
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Heavy monsoon rains lashed New Delhi Wednesday, inundating roads and piling on misery for commuters…
6 years ago
Third of Bangladesh underwater as monsoon drenches region
by Sam JAHAN BISWAMBHARPUR, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Almost four million people have been hit by monsoon floods in South Asia,…
6 years ago
At least 30 die in Bangladesh ferry accident
by Shafiqul ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- At least 30 people died and a dozen are missing after a ferry…
6 years ago
Stranded Rohingya pulled to shore by sympathetic Indonesians
LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AFP) -- Nearly 100 Rohingya asylum seekers stranded off the coast of Indonesia were pulled to shore Thursday…
6 years ago
Floods and tears in Bangladesh a week after cyclone
by Sam Jahan and Kazi Santo Agence France-Presse KHULNA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Rezaul Islam wades through waist-high water, a sack of…
6 years ago
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