Story Archive
2021-08-09
As Bangladesh resumes mass inoculations, some patrons report chaos at jammed vaccination venues.
2021-08-05
Refugee says he needs to find work as humanitarian food aid is not enough.
2021-08-04
Lack of land, wind hamper efforts to move away from coal, traditional power sources, officials say.
2021-07-27
Rickety shelters for displaced refugees prove dangerous because they are built on hills, experts say.
2021-07-22
Joblessness in Bangladesh amid the pandemic has spurred an increase in irregular migration to Europe.
2021-07-16
Tokyo-bound competitors from South, Southeast Asia mix coronavirus tests and quarantine with training.
2021-07-13
In Southeast Asia, Thai official defends vaccine-mixing, while in Malaysia, inoculation center shuts after 200 staff test positive.
2021-07-12
Many of them working at the juice manufacturing plant were underage, police and the missing children’s families said.
2021-07-09
Six-story building had only two exits, one of which was locked, fire service officials say.
2021-07-09
Dhaka hosted the first summit of finance ministers from Vulnerable 20 group to discuss “planetary emergency.”
2021-07-06
Because Dhaka is overcrowded, BRAC and others have started program to improve conditions in other towns’ slums.
2021-07-01
Diplomats paid homage to 24 victims a day earlier at Holey Artisan café site that militants had stormed.
2021-06-30
Slain pair are the forgotten victims of the Holey Artisan Bakery attack.
2021-06-30
South Asian nation scrapped 10 delayed projects, but at least 5 large ones are going ahead.
2021-06-29
Scores of suspected militants have been killed and nearly 2,500 arrested in post-attack crackdown.