Malaysian authorities have initiated an investigation against controversial preacher Zakir Naik over his intent to provoke a peace breach while making alleged and sensitive remarks on the Hindus and Chinese residing in the Muslim-majority nation.

Malaysia probes Zakir Naik over inflammatory speeches

At least 40 people have died in Bangladesh's worst-ever outbreak of dengue, officials said Tuesday, as overburdened hospitals struggled to treat thousands of patients.

At least 40 dead in Bangladesh's worst-ever dengue outbreak

Five-year-old Mohammad Ahnaf lies in a makeshift bed in the balcony of a major hospital in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, fighting for his life as dengue fever ravages his little body.

'We are scared': Deadly dengue outbreak overwhelms Bangladesh

Bangladesh is facing its worst-ever dengue fever outbreak. The mosquito-borne viral infection has spread across the country with 61 out of 64 districts reporting dengue cases by late Tuesday.

Bangladesh faces worst ever Dengue fever outbreak

When we think of international borders between two countries, we often tend to come across either secured checkpoints or, perhaps, unremarkable, isolated, and imaginary dividers between the two pieces of land.

House on Indo-Bangladesh border has dwellers from both countries

At least 10 people were killed in a northwestern Bangladesh town after a train hit a wedding party van at an unmanned crossing, officials said Monday. The Dhaka-bound train hit the van in Ullahpara, some 145 kilometres (90 miles) away from the capital, as 14 people were returning home from a wedding ceremony, local police chief Koushik Ahmed said.

Ten dead after Bangladesh train strikes wedding party

Dozens of people protesting against the Bangladeshi government's sudden decision to hike gas prices by a third clashed on Sunday with police outside the energy ministry in Dhaka, protest leaders and police said.

Bangladesh: Dozens clash with police at gas price protest in Dhaka

At least ten people lost their lives after being struck by lightning across three districts in Bangladesh on Saturday. Most of the people who died were farmworkers in the districts of Pabna, Mymensingh, and Chuadanga, according to Xinhua.

Ten dead after being struck by lightning in Bangladesh

A religious school's headteacher has been arrested for allegedly raping two girls and sexually molesting another six children under his care, Bangladeshi officials said Sunday.

Second Bangladesh religious headteacher arrested over child rapes

Bangladesh's high court has granted the country's rivers the rights and status of "living entities" in a bid to save them from encroachment, a lawyer said Tuesday.

Bangladesh declares its rivers 'legal persons'

A passenger train derailed in Bangladesh on Monday, killing at least five people and injuring more than 100, and there could be more casualties inside two carriages that fell into a canal, a police officer said.

Bangladesh train derailment over canal kills five, injures 100: Police

A train plunged into a canal when the bridge it was travelling across gave way, killing four people and injuring 100 more in Bangladesh on Monday. Officials said part of the bridge collapsed as the express train went over, sending five cars crashing to the ground, with one of them landing in the water.

Train plunges after bridge collapses In Bangladesh, 4 Dead, over 100 hurt

Several thousand fishermen blocked Bangladesh's busiest highway Sunday, police said, as protests escalated over a two-month fishing ban in the Bay of Bengal. The fishermen say the 65-day blockade, intended to replenish fish stocks --is driving them out of business.

Bangladesh highway blocked as fishermen protest catch ban

An attack took place in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka in Malibagh Area. A Van of Dhaka police force attacked there. Islamic States took responsiblity for this attack. Three people were hurted in this attack.

Gravitas: Powerful Explosion Rocks Dhaka, ISIS Claimed Responsiblity

Diplomatic tension between Bangladesh and Pakistan intensified on Monday as Dhaka halted issuing the visa to its nationals, sources reported to WION. Pakistani nationals are not being issued a visa for the past seven days now, sources said. Visa section of Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad is also closed since last Monday.

Bangladesh, Pakistan diplomatic row intensifies over visa restriction

Eight Islamist extremists from a banned group were charged by Bangladesh police Sunday for the 2016 murders of two prominent gay rights activists. Dhaka police's counter-terrorism unit filed the charge-sheet against the eight men, saying they were members of Ansar al Islam, deputy commissioner of police Mohibul Islam Khan told AFP.

Bangladesh charges extremists over gay activist murders

Twenty-three teenage Rohingya girls were rescued after being brought from refugee camps to the capital Dhaka to be sent to Malaysia by air, Bangladesh police said Sunday.

Bangladesh rescues 23 Rohingya girls from traffickers

Bangladesh has ordered some 27,000 schools to set up committees to prevent sexual violence, an official said Sunday, after a teenager who accused a teacher of sexual harassment was burned to death.

Bangladesh puts anti-sexual harassment units in schools after girl's murder

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Demonstrations were held across the Bangladesh capital Saturday for the tenth consecutive day after a teenager who accused a head teacher of sexually harassing her was burned to death.

Bangladeshis protest after sexually assaulted girl burned to death

Bangladeshis took to the streets on Sunday (April 14) to celebrate the first day of the Bengali New Year. A procession of colourful floats organized by university students, moved amongst the crowds of revellers and security in Dhaka, as people in colourful clothes beat drums and danced.

Bangladesh marks the start of Bengali New Year

Desperate workers leaped to their deaths as a huge fire tore through a Dhaka office block Thursday, killing at least 19 people and trapping others in the latest major inferno to hit the Bangladesh capital.

Dhaka office fire: Death toll rises to 19; several still trapped

A Bangladeshi man was hanged in a jail outside Dhaka over the murder of a Saudi diplomat in 2012, an official said Monday. Khalaf Al Ali, 45, who worked in the consular section of the Saudi Arabian embassy, was shot in the capital's diplomatic zone in front of his rented apartment.

Bangladeshi man hanged for Saudi diplomat's murder

Bangladesh is cracking down on chemical warehouses in a historic Dhaka district a week after a fire killed 70 people in buildings used for deodorant and plastics storage, an official said Sunday.

Bangladesh crackdown after deadly Dhaka inferno

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