Bangladesh

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Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 162 million people. In terms of land mass, Bangladesh ranks 92nd, spanning 147,570 square kilometres (56,980 sq mi), making it one of the most densely-populated countries in the world. Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, Myanmar to the southeast, and the Bay of Bengal to the south. It is narrowly separated from Nepal and Bhutan by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by Sikkim, in the north, respectively. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's economic, political and cultural hub. Chittagong, the largest sea port, is the second-largest city.

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Dozens die in Bangladesh ferry accident: Officials Vessel hit by another ferry in capital Dhaka, close to the country's largest river port, killing at least 30 people. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 01:46Published 5 days ago

Bangladesh economy: Tens of thousands of people left jobless Like other countries, the pandemic in Bangladesh has robbed tens of thousands of workers of their jobs and income. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:16Published 1 week ago

Can Bangladesh deal with mountains of COVID-19 medical waste? Experts say more resources and public awareness are urgently needed in Bangladesh to ensure discarded medical waste does not make the coronavirus pandemic worse. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:02Published 2 weeks ago

Bangladeshi national reaches Attari-Wagah border to save his love story BSF arrested a Bangladeshi national at Attari-Wagah Border's CP Gate on June 01. Amid lockdown, people are travelling back to their hometowns while Abdullah travelled from Kolkata to Amritsar and.. Credit: ANI Duration: 02:51Published on June 1, 2020

Over 200 Indians cross over 3 land border posts to reach India amid COVID-19 Around 200 Indian Citizens, largely from Northeast India, are crossing over through three land border posts on May 28. The three border posts are Dawki-Tamabil, Agartala-Akhaura and Sutarkandi-Sheola... Credit: ANI Duration: 02:15Published on May 28, 2020

'No electricity for last 6 days': Kolkata locals protest for post cyclone Amphan relief Locals blocked a road in Kolkata's Baghajatin area on May 26 to demonstrate a protest against administration's negligence against post cyclone 'Amphan' help in the state. They demanded restoration of.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:42Published on May 26, 2020

Cyclone Amphan: Odisha Fire Service teams leave for West Bengal for restoration work Odisha Fire Service (ODF) teams left for West Bengal for restoration work post-cyclone Amphan. Central Government had also announced Rs 1500 crore relief fund for West Bengal and Odisha. Cyclone.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:30Published on May 24, 2020

Dairy-rich diet may lower risks of diabetes, high blood pressure A recent study links eating at least two daily servings of dairy to lower cluster of factors that heighten cardiovascular disease risk (metabolic syndrome).The observed associations were strongest for.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:10Published on May 23, 2020

Cyclone kills at least 82 in India and Bangladesh The most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India and Bangladesh in more than a decade has killed at least 82 people and destroyed thousands of homes. Joe Davies reports. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:18Published on May 21, 2020

Cyclone Amphan: India and Bangladesh clean up after devastation The cyclone tore through West Bengal and neighbouring Odisha state, uprooting trees, and destroying homes and vehicles. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:05Published on May 21, 2020

Cyclone wreaks havoc as it hits India and Bangladesh A powerful cyclone has ripped through densely populated coastal areas of India and Bangladesh. Cyclone Amphan blew off roofs and whipped up waves that swallowed embankments and bridges and left entire.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 00:38Published on May 21, 2020

Deadly cyclone kills at least 14 in India and Bangladesh A deadly cyclone pounded eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and destroying thousands of homes. Gloria Tso reports. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:15Published on May 21, 2020

Watch: Rooftop of school blown away by strong winds due to cyclone 'Amphan' in Howrah Rooftop of a school in Howrah was blown away by strong winds as cyclone 'Amphan' hit the state on May 20. Cyclone Amphan crossed West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts between Digha (WB) and Hatiya Islands.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:21Published on May 21, 2020

Heavy rain, strong winds in WB's Asansol due to impact of cyclone 'Amphan' Asansol received heavy rain and strong winds due to cyclone 'Amphan'. Local lives got affected due to it. Cyclone 'Amphan' crossed West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts between Digha (WB) and Hatiya Islands.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:15Published on May 21, 2020

Deaths reported as Cyclone Amphan tears into India, Bangladesh Most powerful cyclone in 20 years makes landfall, packing winds of up to 190km/h as millions are evacuated from its path. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 01:53Published on May 20, 2020

Powerful Cyclone Slams Into India A powerful cyclone slammed into eastern India on Wednesday. The damaging storm brought heavy rain, wind and waves to the area in devastating force. Millions of people were evacuated from the area in an.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:32Published on May 20, 2020

India, Bangladesh brace as super cyclone is poised for landfall India and Bangladesh are evacuating millions before the path of Tropical Cyclone Amphan. Credit: Reuters - 3D Animations (Next Me Duration: 01:07Published on May 20, 2020

Cyclone Amphan likely to maintain intensity till May 21 morning: IMD Kolkata Deputy Director of India Meteorological Department in Kolkata, Sanjib Bandyopadhyay on May 20 said cyclone Amphan, which will hit coastal parts of West Bengal in the evening hours and then venture.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:39Published on May 20, 2020

Strong winds, high tides at Chandipur beach as Odisha braces for Cyclone Amphan As cyclone Amphan is expected to make landfall today, strong winds and high tides at Chandipur beach in Odisha's Balasore. Cyclone Amphan will cross West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts between Digha (WB) and.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:29Published on May 20, 2020

India, Bangladesh order evacuation of millions ahead of cyclone Cyclone Amphan with a wind speed of up to 200 kph expected to hit coastal areas of India and Bangladesh on Wednesday. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:20Published on May 19, 2020

India braces for biggest storm in a decade Authorities in eastern India and Bangladesh were scrambling on Tuesday to move tens of thousands of villagers away from coasts expected to suffer widespread damage from a super cyclone, a task.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:02Published on May 19, 2020

India and Bangladesh brace for super cyclone Coronavirus quarantine shelters in India were being converted to cyclone shelters ahead of a super storm expected to inflict large scale damage across India and Bangladesh. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 00:46Published on May 19, 2020

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Bangladesh ferry crash: At least 25 dead as boat capsizes Reports say a ferry carrying about 50 passengers crashed with another vessel on the Buriganga river. BBC News - Published 5 days ago
Ex-Bangladesh captain Mortaza has coronavirus Bangladesh fast bowler, former captain and member of parliament Mashrafe Mortaza tests positive for coronavirus, along with two other players. BBC News - Published 2 weeks ago
Bangladesh fears a coronavirus crisis as case numbers rise As hospitals turn patients away, there are fears the densely populated country could become a hotspot. BBC News - Published 3 weeks ago

Malaysia to ask Bangladesh to take back Rohingya refugees found at sea Malaysia will ask Bangladesh to take back about 300 Rohingya refugees detained after a boat carrying them entered its waters this week, the southeast Asian nation's defence minister said on Tuesday. Reuters - Published on June 9, 2020
Fear stops Rohingya getting tested as virus hits refugee camps Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh with symptoms of the novel coronavirus are not coming forward to get tested because they fear being separated from their families and held in isolation, community.. Reuters - Published on June 5, 2020
First Rohingya dies from coronavirus in Bangladesh An elderly Rohingya refugee has become the first person to die from coronavirus in the camps in southern Bangladesh, officials said on Tuesday. Reuters - Published on June 2, 2020

Bangladeshis killed in Libya were abducted and tortured, Foreign Ministry says The 30 migrants slain by traffickers in Libya on Wednesday had been abducted while crossing the country in search of work and then tortured to extract a ransom, Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry said on.. Reuters - Published on May 29, 2020
Five coronavirus patients die in Bangladesh hospital fire Five coronavirus patients died in a hospital fire in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Wednesday, a fire service official said. Reuters - Published on May 27, 2020
Bangladesh hospital fire kills five coronavirus patients A fire broke out in a hospital on Wednesday in Bangladesh's capital, killing five coronavirus patients, a fire service official said. Reuters - Published on May 27, 2020
Cyclone Amphan loss estimated at $13 billion in India, may rise in Bangladesh A powerful cyclone that tore through India's eastern state of West Bengal this week has caused a damage of 1 trillion rupees ($13 billion) to infrastructure and crops, state officials said. Reuters - Published on May 23, 2020

Cyclone Amphan leaves thousands homeless in eastern India, Modi offers help Several thousand people have been left homeless after the most powerful cyclone in more than a decade hit India and Bangladesh this week, officials said, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited.. Reuters - Published on May 22, 2020
Indian PM offers help to cyclone stricken Kolkata, Bangladesh counts cost Prime Minister Narendra Modi, peering down from his aircraft on Friday, saw the devastation and flooding caused by the most powerful cyclone to strike India and Bangladesh in more than a decade, before.. Reuters - Published on May 22, 2020
Cyclone kills at least 82 in India and Bangladesh, flooding lowlands The most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India and Bangladesh in over a decade killed at least 82 people, officials said, as rescue teams scoured devastated coastal villages on Thursday, hampered by.. Reuters - Published on May 21, 2020	Cyclone Amphan kills at least 72 in eastern India: minister At least 72 people were killed in eastern India after a powerful cyclone tore through coastal areas and neighbouring Bangladesh, a state chief minister said on Thursday. Reuters - Published on May 21, 2020
Cyclone swamps parts of India, Bangladesh, evacuations keep death toll down Rescue teams searched for survivors in eastern India and Bangladesh on Thursday, a day after the most powerful cyclone in over a decade devastated coastal villages, tore down power lines, and left.. Reuters - Published on May 21, 2020	Cyclone leaves trail of devastation along coast of eastern India, Bangladesh Rescue teams searched for survivors in eastern India and Bangladesh a day after the most powerful cyclone in over a decade devastated coastal villages, destroying mud houses, ripping out electricity.. Reuters - Published on May 21, 2020
China-backed AIIB approves $250 million loan for Bangladesh's COVID-19 response Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Thursday it had approved a $250 million loan to Bangladesh to help the country cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Reuters - Published on May 21, 2020	Amphan: Cyclone lashes India and Bangladesh Cyclone Amphan comes at a time when rescue efforts are hampered by coronavirus restrictions. BBC News - Published on May 20, 2020
Cyclone kills 14 in India, Bangladesh leaving trail of destruction A powerful cyclone pounded eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and destroying thousands of homes, officials said, leaving authorities struggling to mount relief.. Reuters - Published on May 20, 2020	Powerful cyclone tears into India, Bangladesh, killing five A powerful cyclone killed at least five people as it swept through eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, accompanied by a storm surge that swamped embankments and destroyed hundreds of homes in.. Reuters - Published on May 20, 2020
Cyclone Amphan tears into India, Bangladesh, destroys homes, whips up storm surge A powerful cyclone tore into eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, destroying mud houses and embankments and whipping up a storm surge along the coast, officials said, after millions of people.. Reuters - Published on May 20, 2020	Strongest cyclone in over a decade slams into India, Bangladesh A powerful cyclone barrelled into eastern India on Wednesday with heavy rain, wind and waves as millions of people were evacuated from there and neighbouring Bangladesh in an operation complicated by.. Reuters - Published on May 20, 2020
Bangladesh moves Rohingya to island shelters as huge cyclone nears Authorities in Bangladesh have moved hundreds of Rohingya refugees living on a flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal to storm shelters as super cyclone Amphan, the strongest recorded in the region,.. Reuters - Published on May 20, 2020	Heavy rains in India and Bangladesh as cyclone bears down Heavy rains and winds lashed two eastern Indian states and parts of Bangladesh hours before a powerful cyclone made landfall on Wednesday, with rescue teams evacuating millions of villagers to higher.. Reuters - Published on May 20, 2020Also reported by •BBC News
Hundreds of thousands evacuated as India, Bangladesh brace for super cyclone India and Bangladesh evacuated around half a million people out of the way of the most powerful storm in a decade ahead of its landfall on Wednesday amid fears of heavy damage to houses and crops and.. Reuters - Published on May 19, 2020	Coronavirus: Two Rohingya test positive in refugee camp Aid agencies warn of the impact on the camp in Bangladesh, home to around one million Rohingya. BBC News - Published on May 14, 2020
Bangladesh says coronavirus detected in Rohingya refugee camp: official The novel coronavirus has been detected in one of the camps in southern Bangladesh that are home to more than one million Rohingya refugees, officials said on Thursday. Reuters - Published on May 14, 2020	Bangladesh quarantines hundreds of Rohingya boat people on island: officials The Bangladesh navy has rescued around 280 Rohingya Muslims from the Bay of Bengal, towing their stranded boat to an island where they will be quarantined as a precaution against the coronavirus, coast.. Reuters - Published on May 8, 2020
Black and some other ethnic groups more at risk from COVID-19, Britain says Black people and men of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin are nearly twice as likely to die from the COVID-19 disease than whites, even when adjusting data for deprivation, a new British report said on.. Reuters - Published on May 7, 2020	Black and Pakistani people more likely to die from COVID-19: UK data Black people and those of Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnicity have a significantly higher chance of dying from COVID-19 than white people, even when adjusting for deprivation, the British statistics.. Reuters - Published on May 7, 2020
Bangladesh eases some restrictions, extends lockdown to May 16 Bangladesh authorities said on Monday they will gradually open up more factories, as well as farms and logistics operations, as they try to diminish the economic impact of a coronavirus lockdown which.. Reuters - Published on May 4, 2020	Bangladesh coronavirus cases exceed 10,000: health ministry The number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh surpassed 10,000 on Monday, the country's health ministry said, with infections increasing in pace over the past several days. Reuters - Published on May 4, 2020
Rohingya survivors tell of misery and death at sea; hundreds still adrift Rohingya refugee Shahab Uddin thought the wooden trawler he boarded in February would be his ticket out of a camp in Bangladesh to a better life in Malaysia. Reuters - Published on May 3, 2020	Dozens of Rohingya from stranded boat land in southern Bangladesh: official says Dozens of Rohingya believed to be from one of several boats stuck at sea landed on the coast of southern Bangladesh on Saturday, an official said, as concerns grew over hundreds stranded for weeks on.. Reuters - Published on May 2, 2020
Coronavirus: Two million Bangladesh jobs 'at risk' as clothes orders dry up Half of the four million garment industry jobs in Bangladesh could be lost as orders dry up. BBC News - Published on April 28, 2020	Bangladesh garment factories reopen, while India looks to ease its lockdown More than 500 garment factories in Bangladesh that supply to global brands reopened on Monday after a month-long shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while India considered ways to scale.. Reuters - Published on April 27, 2020
Bangladesh restarts some garment factories, India debates an easing of restrictions More than 500 garment factories in Bangladesh that supply to global brands reopened on Monday after a month-long shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while in India calls grew for an easing.. Reuters - Published on April 27, 2020	Bangladesh shuts down villages after tens of thousands attend cleric's funeral Bangladesh has tightened a clampdown on seven villages after tens of thousands attended the funeral of a popular local cleric in spite of a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus,.. Reuters - Published on April 20, 2020
Bangladesh garment workers pack streets to demand wages during coronavirus lockdown Hundreds of workers poured onto the streets of Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong on Saturday, flouting social distancing rules to demand work and wages during the coronavirus shutdown. Reuters - Published on April 18, 2020	Bangladesh coast guard rescues 396 Rohingya from drifting boat; 32 dead At least 32 ethnic Rohingya died on a ship that drifted for weeks after it failed to reach Malaysia, officials of the Bangladesh coast guard said on Thursday, following the rescue of 396 starving.. Reuters - Published on April 16, 2020

Bangladesh

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