Bangladesh capital awash with plastic-coated posters
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Dhaka is awash with millions of plastic-laminated campaign posters ahead of elections in the Bangladeshi capital,…
6 years ago
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Bangladesh factories ordered shut to save key river
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) - Sam JAHAN Bangladesh's high court has ordered the shutdown of 231 factories that have contributed to Dhaka's…
6 years ago
Six dead in protests against Indian citizenship law
by Jalees Andrabi / Anup Sharma / with Sailendra Sil in Kolkata GUWAHATI, India (AFP) -- The death…
7 years ago
Eight killed in blaze at Bangladesh plastics factory
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Eight people were killed and at least 24 critically injured when a devastating fire swept through…
7 years ago
Bangladesh to shut brick kilns as air quality soars to world’s worst
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Bangladesh said Tuesday it will shut hundreds of soot-belching brick kilns around its capital Dhaka as…
7 years ago
15 dead as trains collide in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- At least 15 people were killed and 58 others injured when two trains collided in eastern…
7 years ago
20 dead as Cyclone Bulbul smashes into India, Bangladesh coasts
by Sam Jahan with Sailendra Sil in Kolkata KHULNA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Twenty people died and more than two million…
7 years ago
Bangladesh, India move hundreds of thousands away from Cyclone Bulbul
MOUSOUNI ISLAND, India (AFP) -- Bangladeshi and Indian authorities on Saturday ordered more than 450,000 people to flee coastal…
7 years ago
Bangladesh opt to bowl against India in pollution-hit Delhi
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah Riyad won the toss and elected to bowl in the opening Twenty20…
7 years ago
16 sentenced to death for burning alive Bangladesh teen
by Sam JAHAN Agence France Presse FENI, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Sixteen people were sentenced to death Thursday for burning…
7 years ago
10,000 homeless after fire razes Bangladesh slum
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- At least 10,000 people are homeless after a massive fire swept through a crowded slum in…
7 years ago
Bangladesh flood death toll surpasses 100
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- The death toll from monsoon storms in Bangladesh rose above 100 Friday with flood levels…
7 years ago
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