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BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met Bangladesh leader Muhammad Yunus in Beijing on Friday (March 28), state media reported, as Dhaka's frosty relations with neighbouring India spur the administration to court new friends.
DHAKA: Tremors were felt in multiple places of Bangladesh, including Dhaka, on Friday (March 28).
KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Majuna Khatun sat cradling her six-month-old baby at a rehabilitation centre for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, worried her child would be without critical healthcare due to funding cuts from the United States and some European countries.
DHAKA: The authorities have detected a bird flu case at a government poultry farm in Jashore - the first in Bangladesh since 2018 - raising concerns among farmers.
DHAKA (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme has managed to sustain food assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, though rations have been slightly reduced due to funding shortages, officials said on Thursday.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Two United Nations agencies said on Monday that any shortfalls in funding from global donors could have dire consequences for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) - With her tiny studio tucked in the crowded lanes of the sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh, Tanya is a popular beautician, with long lines of people waiting for her signature haircuts and facials.
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: They first faced persecution in their country. Then a deadly crackdown by Myanmar's army sent hundreds of thousands fleeing into Bangladesh. Driven from their homes, many of the Rohingya have since lived in refugee settlements entirely dependent on humanitarian assistance.
THE nation is resisting pleas by Bangladesh to resume issuing normal volumes of medical visas, citing staffing shortages amid worsening ties, six sources said, giving China rare space to expand similar offerings and build people-to-people ties.
DHAKA (Reuters) - Dozens of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh gathered to pray for the early release of a Rohingya insurgent leader arrested this week on charges of murder, illegal entry and militant activities.
NEW DELHI/DHAKA: India is resisting pleas by Bangladesh to resume issuing normal volumes of medical visas, citing staffing shortages amid worsening ties, six sources said, giving China rare space to expand similar offerings and build people-to-people ties.
DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh upheld on Sunday (March 16) death sentences of 20 former university students convicted of murdering a fellow student in 2019 who had criticised the country's former government on social media.
KARACHI: A Pakistani-flagged vessel pulled into Chittagong Port on March 5 from where it will go on to Mongla Port, both in Bangladesh, at which it is set to discharge its cargo of 26,250 tonnes of premium basmati rice.
NEW DELHI: Tan Sri Othman Hashim, Asean's special envoy on Myanmar, called on Bangladesh's Adviser for Foreign Affairs Mohammad Touhid Hossain in Dhaka on Tuesday (March 11).
DHAKA: Before an eight-year-old girl could fully understand life, it was snatched away from her, leaving behind a tale of violence and vulnerability.
DHAKA: Muhammad Yunus finally said what many felt. He said yesterday (March 17) what the incumbent should have said much earlier, long before matters decidedly took a turn for the worse.
DHAKA: Medical facilities and the number of specialised doctors for treating kidney patients remain inadequate even though such patients are increasing.
DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H. Mansur (pic) will visit the United Kingdom (UK) as part of efforts to recover laundered assets.
DHAKA: In a change of stance, Muhammad Yunus (pic), who leads the interim government in Bangladesh, has now stated that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party Awami League has to take the decision on whether it will contest the elections, whenever they take place eventually.
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's interim government has been unable to fully ensure public safety and holding a general election this year will be difficult, the head of a newly launched political party told Reuters.
