Bangladesh told the UN Security Council on Thursday that it will no longer be able to take in refugees from Myanmar. Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque told a council meeting that the crisis over the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya sheltering in his country had gone from "bad to worse" and urged the council to take "decisive" action.

Bangladesh tells UN it will no longer take in Myanmar refugees

Bangladesh's most popular Bengali blog platform has been blocked by telecom regulators in what critics Wednesday denounced as an assault on freedom of expression.

Bangladesh shuts down popular blogging site in crackdown

A Bangladeshi man who was shot dead after he tried to hijack a plane had carried a toy pistol and did not have any explosives on him, police said on Monday. "The pistol with the suspect was a toy pistol and he had no bomb attached to his body," Kusum Dewan, additional commissioner of police in the southeastern city of Chittagong, told Reuters.

Bangladesh police say suspected plane hijacker carried toy pistol

Breaking News: Dubai-bound plane hijack attempt foiled in Bangladesh

Relatives of victims of a fire that killed at least 70 people waited outside Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday to collect the bodies of their loved ones.

Bangladesh: Families collect bodies from hospital after massive fire kills 70

A British teen who joined the Islamic State group has no claim to Bangladeshi nationality, Dhaka's foreign ministry said Wednesday, after the UK government decided to revoke her citizenship.

Bangladesh says IS teen Shamima Begum not eligible for citizenship

Massive fire kills 56 in Bangladesh capital Dhaka: Official At least 56 people have died in a huge fire that tore through apartment buildings also used as chemical warehouses in an old part of the Bangladeshi capital, a fire official said Thursday.

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Former Bangladesh Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu speaks on why South Asia is relevant to the World

Ross Taylor on Wednesday became New Zealand's highest scorer in one-day internationals as he helped his side secure an 88-run victory over Bangladesh in the third and final 50-over game in Dunedin.

New Zealand beat Bangladesh in 3rd ODI to claim series; Taylor becomes Kiwis' highest run scorer in ODIs

The work to set up hi-tech surveillance system along the 2000-km sensitive stretch on the international border with Pakistan and Bangladesh is likely to be completed in next six to seven years, a senior Border Security Force (BSF) official said.

Work on hi-tech border surveillance project in progress: BSF

Bangladesh authorities have blocked almost 20,000 websites as part of an anti-pornography "war", a minister said Tuesday. Internet providers in the conservative Muslim-majority nation took down pornography and gambling websites in the past week under orders from the telecommunications regulator.

Bangladesh shuts 20,000 websites in anti-porn 'war'

A majority of Rohingyas in the refugee camp in Cox's Bazar area in southeast Bangladesh are at risk during the cyclone season owing to the deteriorating conditions of their makeshift homes, the International Federation of Red Cross warned Monday.

Rohingya refugees at risk as cyclone season nears: Red Cross

Six people have been charged with the gruesome murder four years ago of a controversial atheist blogger, Bangladesh police said Monday. Avijit Roy, a Bangladesh-born US national, was hacked to death on a busy road outside Dhaka University in February 2015.

Six charged over 2015 murder of Bangladesh blogger

A fire gutted more than 200 slum houses in the Bangladeshi port of Chittagong on Sunday, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 50, police and firefighters said.

Bangladesh slum fire kills at least eight

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who won a historic fourth term, becoming the country's longest-serving leader, has indicated that she will retire after the current term to promote young leaders, according to a media report.

Bangladesh PM Hasina wants to retire to make way for young leaders

A rejuvenated Martin Guptill wound back the clock with his second century in as many games as a clinical New Zealand clinched their one-day series against Bangladesh in Christchurch on Saturday.

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets to win series

Security was tight Friday in Bangladesh as hundreds of thousands of people gathered for a Muslim gathering rivalling the Hajj in Mecca for size. The Biswa Ijtema, or the World Congregation, draws up to three million Muslims from Bangladesh and abroad on the banks of the river Turag at the factory town of Tongi.

Security tight for Bangladesh 'mini-Hajj'

The United Nations refugee agency on Friday said it would raise $920 million in a new plan to aid 900,000 Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh. Over half of the solicited money, also meant to assist 330,000 vulnerable Bangladeshi hosts, is needed to meet the basic needs such as food, water, sanitation and shelter of the refugees who have fled from Myanmar to the neighboring country since 2017.

UN plans to raise $920 million in aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

New political groups are emerging to contest Myanmar's next election in 2020, aiming to challenge the hegemony of national civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi after she has been weakened by escalating ethnic conflicts and slowing economic growth.

In Myanmar, new parties challenge Suu Kyi's grip on power

Bangladesh police have stopped 43 Rohingya refugees from being smuggled to Malaysia by boat with a dozen women claiming they were abducted by traffickers, officials said Thursday.

Bangladesh rescues 'abducted' Malaysia-bound Rohingya

Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of hardline Islamists who attacked minority Muslims in northern Bangladesh, leaving at least 25 people injured, officials said Wednesday.

Bangladesh: 25 people injured after hardline Islamists attack minority Muslims

Bangladesh faced widespread international criticism over the conduct of recent elections, but the United States looks set for business as usual as it sees strong common interests with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

After criticising vote, US charts careful course on Bangladesh

Bangladesh security forces stopped 22 Rohingya Muslims from being smuggled to Malaysia by boat, officials said Monday, the second group in three days prevented from leaving squalid refugee camps.

Bangladesh stops more Rohingya taking risky trip to Malaysia

The foreign minister of Bangladesh on Sunday warned that a prolonged Rohingya crisis encouraged the formation of pockets of radicalism that could destabilize the entire South Asian region.

Bangladesh fears lingering Rohingya crisis may trigger radicalism

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