At least 49 die in Bangladesh depot blast
Sitakunda—Bangladesh authorities accused a container depot operator Monday of not telling firefighters about a chemical stockpile before it exploded with ...
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Bangladesh depot accused over blast that killed at least 49
By Shamsuddin Illius Bangladesh authorities accused a container depot operator Monday of not telling firefighters about a chemical stockpile before ...
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Bangladesh port depot fire kills 34, injures 300
At least 34 people have died after a fire that sparked a huge chemical explosion and was still blazing on ...
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Women-only beach area nixed in Bangladesh
COX’S BAZAR—Authorities in Bangladesh’s main tourist resort scrapped a dedicated beach section for women and children after a social media ...
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Bangladesh arrests ferry owner after blaze that killed 39
Dhaka—Bangladesh police on Monday arrested the owner of an overcrowded ferry that caught fire and killed at least 39 people ...
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‘Allah save them’: 37 dead in Bangladesh ferry blaze
Halkathi, Bangladesh—At least 37 people died in an inferno on an overcrowded night ferry in Bangladesh on Friday, with terrified ...
Read moreAt least 32 dead in Bangladesh ferry fire tragedy
At least 32 people died when a packed ferry caught fire in southern Bangladesh on Friday, police said, in the ...
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Seven killed in Bangladesh Rohingya camp attack
Gunmen killed at least seven people and wounded 20 in an assault Friday on an Islamic seminary in a Rohingya ...
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Seven Rohingya killed in refugee camp assault
Gunmen killed at least seven people and left others wounded in an assault Friday on an Islamic seminary in a ...
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US sending 5.57 million Pfizer doses to PH
The United States said it is sending more than eight million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh and the Philippines in ...
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