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Cyclone toll hits 95 as Bangladesh and India start mopping up

India and Bangladesh began a massive clean-up Thursday after the fiercest cyclone since 1999 killed at least 95 people, leaving a trail of destruction...

Super cyclone leaves trail of destruction in Bangladesh, India

The most powerful cyclone to hit Bangladesh and eastern India in more than 20 years tore down homes, carried cars down flooded streets, and...

Move Rohingya on Bangladesh island to refugee camps: UN chief

Hundreds of Rohingya rescued by Bangladesh and sent to a flood-prone island after being stranded at sea for weeks should be moved to existing...

Bangladesh builds mega field hospital as virus outbreak worsens

Bangladesh has prepared a huge field hospital in three weeks to treat coronavirus patients in an attempt to fight the intensifying outbreak in the...

Virus a ‘perfect storm’ for South Asian nations

New Delhi—South Asia is on course for its worst economic performance in 40 years, with decades of progress in the battle against poverty at...

Tiger widows shunned as bad luck in rural Bangladesh

By Sam Jahan Abandoned by her sons, shunned by her neighbors and branded a witch.   Mosammat Rashida's crime? Her husband was killed by a Bengal...

Bangladesh holds ‘modest’ bodybuilding tournament

Dhaka, Bangladesh—Bangladesh’s first women’s bodybuilding championship was won by a 19-year-old student in a contest where most of her muscle was modestly covered up...

Citizenship fears fuel anger among India’s Muslims

Barpeta, India"•Habib-ur-Rehman was locked up for four years after failing to prove he’s Indian, and now worries he may be expelled. It’s a fear...

Seven Islamists to hang for savage Dhaka attack

Dhaka—Seven Islamist extremists have been sentenced to death by a Bangladesh court over a savage 2016 attack that killed 22 people including 18 foreigners...

Angry bees delay Air India flight

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Welcome wears thin for Rohingya in Bangladesh

Cox’s Bazar"•When hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled Myanmar into Bangladesh two years ago, local communities were mostly welcoming. Today that welcome has worn thin,...

10,000 homeless after fire razes slum

Dhaka"•At least 10,000 people are homeless after a massive fire swept through a crowded slum in the Bangladesh capital and destroyed thousands of shanties,...

Monsoon rain wreaking havoc

New Delhi"•Torrential monsoon rain swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia, affecting millions of people and claiming at least 180 lives, officials...

Monsoon toll rises across Asia

New Delhi—At least 12 people were killed when a house collapsed in northern India following heavy monsoon rain which has left more than 100...
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