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Wage Hike

Bangladesh police (foreground) stand guard as garment workers protest to demand the increase of their salaries, in Dhaka on Thursday. Hundreds of garment factories...

Fresh clashes as garment workers protest low wage

Ashulia,  Bangladesh—Bangladeshi police clashed on Tuesday with thousands of garment workers demanding fair wages for the clothing they make for major Western brands, a...

Bangladesh opposition leader detained: party, family

Bangladesh's main opposition leader was detained by authorities on Sunday morning, a day after a giant protest against the prime minister, his party said. "Mirza...

Bangladesh dengue deaths top 1,000 in worst outbreak on record

Dhaka, Bangladesh - More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever since the start of the year, official figures showed, in...

The magnificent Ramon Magsasay Awardees

"Both Dr. Kannan and Rakshand show us how far compassion and perseverance can take our own advocacies" Every year, the Ramon Magsaysay Award (RMA) is...

PH, Bangladesh eye expansion of defense relations

The Philippines and Bangladesh are looking to expand defense cooperation through education and training as part of efforts to ensure peace in the Indo-Pacific...

Activists wary as Bangladesh vows to amend ‘draconian’ security law

Bangladesh's government said Monday it would overhaul controversial security laws the opposition says are being used to stifle dissent, but rights groups said the overhaul...

One dead, hundreds injured in Bangladesh political clashes

Dhaka, Bangladesh - At least one opposition activist died and hundreds were injured in clashes across Bangladesh Tuesday as tens of thousands demanded Prime Minister...

Boat carrying dozens sinks

DHAKA, Bangladesh—An unknown number of people were missing Sunday after a water bus carrying up to 40 passengers sank in a river in the...

Myanmar city cut off in ‘Mocha’ wake

KYAUKTAW, Myanmar—Tens of thousands of people in a major Myanmar port city were cut off from contact on Monday after a cyclone tore through...

Cat. 5 cyclone hits Myanmar, Bangladesh

Cyclone Mocha began to crash ashore at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on Sunday, Bangladesh’s weather office said, uprooting trees and bringing driving rain to a...

Cyclone Mocha reaches top hurricane category: US weather centre

Cyclone Mocha intensified into the equivalent of a category 5 hurricane as it barrelled through the Bay of Bengal towards Myanmar and Bangladesh, the...

Bangladesh evacuations ahead of Cyclone Mocha

Bangladesh Saturday moved to evacuate Rohingya refugees from “risky areas” to community centres and hundreds fled an island as the most powerful cyclone in...

IMF grants $4.7-b loan package to help Bangladesh

DHAKA—The International Monetary Fund has signed off on a $4.7 billion support loan package for Bangladesh to help it cope with soaring energy and...
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