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2020-04-28
But refugee commissioner Mahbub Alam Talukder says aid distribution “has been going on as usual.”
2020-04-27
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, meanwhile, says schools will remain closed until September.
2020-04-23
To date more Bangladeshis have succumbed to COVID-19 in the United States and a dozen other countries than in Bangladesh, according to estimates.
2020-04-23
Officials say two trawlers stranded in the Bay of Bengal with hundreds of refugees are not welcome.
2020-04-22
Amnesty International calls on Bengali government to rescue the refugees and for other countries to assist.
2020-04-21
Labor ministry, meanwhile, threatens to sue factory owners for not paying wages owed to workers during lockdown.
2020-04-20
“We are in a great crisis,” a senior health ministry official says.
2020-04-16
Dozens died during the failed 58-day journey to enter Malaysia.
2020-04-15
Afghan intelligence officials linked Mohammad Tanvir to deadly attack on a Sikh temple in Kabul last month, Indian TV report said.
2020-04-14
Pandemic cripples colorful festivities as countries in South and Southeast Asia grapple with infections, deaths.
2020-04-10
The average monthly income fell to $42 per month for nation’s poor, a survey by BRAC found.
2020-04-09
Police intensify patrols around refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to block entry without permission.
2020-04-06
Health minister says the nation of 165 million people has only about 1,475 ventilators.
2020-04-05
“I hope our economy will rebound,” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says.
2020-04-03
U.S.-based news portal has been inaccessible for two days amid concerns over a crackdown on criticism of nation's handling of COVID-19.