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Monsoon rains wreaking flood havoc across South Asia

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia, affecting millions of…

Deadly monsoon destroys 5,000 shelters in Bangladesh Rohingya camps

by Sam JAHAN BALUKHALI, Bangladesh (AFP) -- At least 10 people have died and thousands of shanty homes have been…

Bridge collapse sends Bangladesh train plunging

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- A train plunged into a canal when the bridge it was travelling across gave way, killing…

At least nine dead as cyclone barrels into Bangladesh

Cyclone Fani, one of the biggest to hit India in years, barrelled into Bangladesh on Saturday after leaving a trail…

Bangladesh girl burned to death on teacher’s order after she reported sexual assault, says police

  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- A schoolgirl was burned to death in Bangladesh on the orders of her head teacher…

Bangladesh firefighters comb blaze-hit skyscraper

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Firefighters were combing through the charred shell of a Bangladesh skyscraper Friday where at least 19 people…

Bangladesh tells UN it will no longer take in Myanmar refugees

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- Bangladesh told the UN Security Council on Thursday that it will no longer be…

Fire kills 69 in Bangladesh capital: official

by Shafiqul Alam DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- At least 69 people have died in a huge blaze that tore through…

UPDATED: Fire kills 56 in Bangladesh capital, says official

by Shafiqul ALAM Agence France Presse DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- At least 56 people have died in a huge fire…

Bangladesh to sue Philippine bank over $81 million cyber heist

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Bangladesh will Wednesday file a lawsuit in New York against a Philippine bank over its involvement…

Myanmar ‘too slow’ in allowing Rohingya return: UN chief

UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday criticized as "too slow" Myanmar's efforts to allow…

Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh’s democracy icon-turned-iron lady

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- To her supporters, Sheikh Hasina is Bangladesh's "mother of humanity" for giving Rohingya refugees shelter, but…

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