People traffickers holding hundreds of Rohingya refugees at sea are demanding payments from their families before they will release them from boats off the shores of Southeast Asia, relatives and rights groups say.

Traffickers demand payments for Rohingya stranded at sea

The number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has increased by 3,471 to 81,523 in the past 24 hours, the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research confirmed on Friday amid relaxed coronavirus-related restrictions.

COVID-19 cases count in Bangladesh rises by 3,471 to 81,523

Thousand of workers are demonstrating for their wages and allowances, making the road completely impassable. They were also joined by workers from nearby factories.

Bangladesh: Over 1,000 workers protest near Bangladesh's Labour Ministry

China on Monday sent a 10-member team of medical experts to Bangladesh to help the country in containing the spread of the coronavirus, which has claimed 930 lives and infected 68,504 people.

Chinese team reaches Bangladesh to assist in fight against coronavirus

Nearly 10 per cent of the total coronavirus infections have hit the police in Bangladesh and now to boost their health and keep the deadly virus away, the cops are performing yoga.

Bangladesh police officers turn to yoga in times of coronavirus pandemic

Hundreds of children accused of committing largely petty crimes are being released in Bangladesh in a bid to avoid the spread of coronavirus in overcrowded detention centres.

Bangladesh releasing children in detention centres to avoid coronavirus cases surge

A Bangladeshi youth, who wanted to marry a Pakistani woman he befriended on social media and fell in love with, entered India illegally and hitchhiked his way to Punjab to cross the border, but his plans went awry as he was held at Attari.

Bangladeshi youth who planned to marry Karachi woman held at Attari

Bangladesh lifted its coronavirus lockdown Sunday, with millions heading back to work in densely populated cities and towns even as the country logged a record spike in deaths and new infections.

As Bangladesh lifts lockdown, record rise in coronavirus infections, deaths seen

Bangladesh has decided not to extend further the nationwide lockdown after May 30 that was imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus but every citizen needed to strictly abide by the health guidelines for COVID-19 until June 15, Junior Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain said on Wednesday.

COVID 19: Bangladesh will not extend lockdown after May 30

Five coronavirus patients died in a hospital fire in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Wednesday, a fire service official said. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, said Zillur Rahman, a fire service director.

Bangaldesh: Five coronavirus patients die in hospital fire

China wants Bangladesh to revive B.R.I projects in return for more medical assistance. Could Bangladesh be next to fall into China's trap after Nepal? WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you more.

Gravitas: After Nepal, Is China eyeing Bangladesh?

Parts of eastern India & Bangladesh have been hit by the most powerful cyclone in two decades. Cyclone Amphan has claimed more than 80 lives so far. A Gravitas ground report.

Gravitas: Cyclone Amphan batters India: A Gravitas ground report

The most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India and Bangladesh in over a decade -- Cyclone Amphan -- has killed at least 82 people. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Amphan made landfall helped in saving countless lives, but the full extent of the casualties and damage will only be known once communications are restored, officials said.

Cyclone Amphan kills 82 in India and Bangladesh, flooding lowlands

Cyclone Amphan ravages eastern India and Bangladesh killing atleast 14 people destroying thousands of homes. Watch report.

Super Cyclone Amphan ravages India, Bangladesh: Claims 14 lives

After claiming multiple lives and leaving a trail of destruction in coastal West Bengal on Wednesday, the Super Cyclonic Storm ‘Amphan' moved north northeastwards and weakened into a Deep Depression, laying centred over Bangladesh, about 270 km north-northeast of Kolkata. "There have been casualties. I will announce a compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh to the families of those who died in cyclone Amphan," West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said.

Cyclone Amphan: Trail of destruction left behind in eastern India

Thousands of people rushed to the markets and a large number of vehicles led to traffic snarls in Dhaka as the Bangladesh government began to ease the COVID-19 lockdown, amidst fears that the disease may spike as the country reported over 14,000 cases of COVID-19, according to a media report on Monday.

Thousands flock to markets in Dhaka as government eases COVID-19 lockdown

India has kicked off Mission 'Vande Bharat' - the biggest evacuation mission that the world has seen in peace time. India will bring back around 15,000 Indians in the first week of the mission alone.

Gravitas: India kicks off world's biggest evacuation mission

As part of the mission 'Vande Bharat' which has been intitiated by the Indian government to bring back all Indian citizens stranded in other countries due to coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown, over 1,000 people will be evacuated today.

Over 1,000 people to be evacuated on day 2 of India's Vande Bharat Mission

Dozens of Rohingya believed to be from one of several boats stuck at sea landed on the coast of southern Bangladesh on Saturday, an official said, as concerns grew over hundreds stranded for weeks on trawlers because of coronavirus restrictions.

Dozens of Rohingya from stranded boat land in southern Bangladesh

India has sent the second tranche of emergency medical supply consisting of 1,00,000 hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets and 50,000 sterile surgical latex gloves to Bangladesh.

India sends second tranche of medicines to Bangladesh

Authorities in Bangladesh have shut down seven villages to control the spread of the deadly coronavirus after 100,000 people defied government restrictions to attend the funeral of a religious leader in eastern Bangladesh on Saturday.

Bangladesh shuts down seven villages after 100,000 people gather at cleric's funeral

Defying the ban on mass gathering during the lockdown imposed due to novel coronavirus outbreak, tens of thousands in Bangladesh attended the funeral prayer of Muslim cleric Maulana Zubair Ansari in eastern Bangladesh.

Tens of thousands mourners gather after cleric died in Bangladesh

At least 32 Rohingyas died with hundreds rescued in Bangladesh after a boat drifted for weeks as it was turned back from Malaysia, Bangladesh coast guard officials said on Thursday.

Nearly 400 Rohingya rescued by Bangladesh coast guard from boat; over 30 dead

Bangladesh has executed a military captain less than a week after he was arrested after nearly 25 years on the run over the assassination of the country's founding leader, a minister said Sunday.

Bangladesh executes killer of founding leader 

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