Bangladesh

Bangladesh promises free, fair polls after US warns of visa curbs
Dhaka assures free polls, due by January 2024, after US says it would restrict visas to Bangladeshis who undermine vote.
Published On 25 May 2023
Official Cyclone Mocha death toll in Myanmar rises to 145
Official death toll surges as the UN says at least 800,000 people in need of emergency food aid and other assistance.
Published On 19 May 2023
HRW condemns Bangladesh, Myanmar on plan to repatriate Rohingya
HRW says Bangladesh ‘shouldn’t forget why Rohingya became refugees’ and recognise that those factors have not changed.
Published On 19 May 2023
Bangladesh rocked by power cuts as Cyclone Mocha hits fuel supply
The country faces its worst power cuts in months as the deadly storm forces closure of both its floating LNG terminals.
Published On 16 May 2023

Communications problems are making it difficult to assess the extent of the damage caused by the massive storm.

Better forecasting and more effective evacuation planning have dramatically reduced the death toll from such cyclones.

The storm is one of the most powerful to ever hit the region with winds as strong as 250km/h (155 mph).

Images by three young Rohingya photographers are on display in Qatari capital as part of Tasweer photo festival.

Fears for the safety of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in path of potentially devastating storm.

The negative impact of a water project in the city of Khulna should be a cautionary tale for policymakers.

Rohingya refugees, who have spent nearly six years in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh, wary and sceptical of the scheme.

The nine-storey building collapsed in 2013, killing 1,134 people, in one of the deadliest industrial disasters ever.

The 74-year-old retired judge of the ruling Awami League party was elected unopposed in February.

The devastation of areas like the Buriganga comes into greater focus in the run-up to Earth Day.

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