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A passenger bus with more than 40 people rolled into a ditch in the Bangladeshi city of Shibchar. According to initial reports, 19 people died in the accident. Authorities stated that the accident occurred as the driver lost control of the…

An explosion occurred at 16:00 local time at a shop selling cleaning supplies in a 7-story business center in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Sixteen were reported dead, and more than one hundred and twenty were injured. Officials stated…

A fire broke out at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, where 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims, most of whom fled military operations in Myanmar in 2017, stayed. At least 2 thousand houses turned to ashes in the camp, where…

An explosion occurred at 16:30 local time at an oxygen plant in Sitakunda, Bangladesh. Authorities reported that 6 people died and 25 people were injured. Many workers were trapped inside, but the evacuation work was carried out…

Fahim, a 12- to 15-year-old in Bangladesh, fell asleep inside a shipping container while playing hide-and-seek with friends. The little boy, who was stranded on the cargo ship MV Integra in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on January 12, was found…

The annual festival Shakrain, also known as Ghuri Utsob or kite festival, was held in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, on Saturday. Taking place in every ninth month of the Bengali calendar (Jan. 14 or Jan. 15 in the Gregorian calendar), the…

The first-ever metro line in Badgladesh was put into service in Dhaka, the country's capital. The metro line, inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday, was made available to the public in the morning. It will initially run…

Thousand of supporters of the opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Bangladesh, protested the ongoing economic and political crisis and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed at the capital Dhaka.…

Due to the heavy rains and strong winds caused by the Cyclone Sitrang that hit Bangladesh yesterday, more than 16 died. Affecting particularly the coastal regions of southern and southwestern Bangladesh, the cyclone left nearly 10 million…

Due to an error in the national power grid, almost all regions, including Dhaka, the capital, of Bangladesh are left in the dark. The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board stated that electricity transmission was cut off in an area…