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Landing in Dhaka by air, looking down at the city from the plane window, your first impression is likely to be that you are ...
At least 31 people have been killed in the crash of a Bangladesh air force jet into a private school campus in Dhaka. It is the deadliest airplane crash in the Bangladeshi capital in recent memory.
The government had earlier imposed a curfew with some exceptions in Dhaka and elsewhere. Protesters block the Dhanmondi 2 area during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 4, 2024.
REUTERS/Fatima Tuj Johora [1/4]A demonstrator displays a placard during a protest against what they say violence against Hindu communities during ongoing unrest, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 9, 2024.
Fire and building safety can often be shoddy in Bangladesh. It was home to one of the world's deadliest industrial disasters, the 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse, which killed more than 1,100 people.
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami have held a major rally in Dhaka. The event on Saturday signaled the party's growing influence before an ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital had no fire exits, the country's prime minister said Friday, as the death toll climbed to at least 46 ...
Bangladesh on Wednesday launched its first metro rail service in the capital Dhaka, with officials and commuters hopeful it will help ease traffic in one of the world’s most densely populated ...
At least 31 people have been killed in the crash of a Bangladesh air force jet into a private school campus in Dhaka. It is the deadliest airplane crash in the Bangladeshi capital in recent memory.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party rallied in the capital on Saturday to show their strength before an election expected next ...
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami have held a major rally in Dhaka. The event on Saturday signaled the party's growing influence before ...