Sources: Washington Post
The death toll from an explosion and fire at a six-story residential building in Chattogram, Bangladesh, rises to three. 2026-02-24
An airstrike on a biscuit shop kills five Bangladeshi nationals and two Libyans and wounds 33 others in Tripoli, Libya. A U.N. envoy to Libya claims that it could be a war crime. 2019-11-18
Pope Francis ends his six-day trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh by visiting the Rohingya refugees in Dhaka. 2017-12-2
At least 14 people are killed in the Indian city of Mumbai as nearly a month's average rainfall fell yesterday during the worst monsoon in years. More than 1,200 people have been killed across India, Nepal and Bangladesh. 2017-08-30
Flooding in South Asia has displaced tens of thousands of people and resulted in an estimated 500 deaths across India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. 2017-08-18
A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal sentences Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Secretary General of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami political party, to death for atrocities committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War. 2013-07-17
A bomb kills one person and clashes break out in Bangladesh between security and opposition protesters during the 40th anniversary of the country's independence. 2011-12-18
At least 30 people drown after a boat capsizes in northeastern Bangladesh. 2010-12-18
One person is killed in clashes between demonstrating garment workers demanding higher pay, and police in Bangladesh. 2010-12-12
A power crisis in Bangladesh prompts the government to order the partial shut-down of natural gas stations in and near Dhaka. 2010-08-12