Sources: CNN
United Nations secretary-general António Guterres appoints Bangladeshi diplomat Rabab Fatima as the next head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. 2026-07-15
At least 15 people are killed and 10 injured after a truck plunged into a ditch between Dhaka and Tangail, Bangladesh. 2026-06-22
The Directorate General of Health Services reports that five more children in Bangladesh have died from measles in the past 24 hours. 2026-06-13
Police in Bangladesh arrest eight people, including the factory's company owner in connection with the fire that killed at least 52 people. Police say that emergency exits were locked in the building. 2021-07-10
Bangladesh grants an emergency use authorization for the Sputnik V vaccine. 2021-04-27
Bangladesh reports a record 6,830 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 624,594. The country also reports its highest ever seven-day moving average of deaths with 50. 2021-04-2
A prosecutor asks the International Criminal Court to decide if it has jurisdiction over Rohingya deportations from Myanmar to Bangladesh, saying they may constitute a crime against humanity. 2018-04-9
Authorities in Bangladesh arrest five leaders of the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party the day before the start of a nationwide strike. 2013-11-9
2013 Bangladesh protests: In Bangladesh, over 100,000 people join in a mass movement to demand justice for atrocities committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War. 2013-02-8
Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Dhaka, Bangladesh, demanding the government step down and hold elections. 2012-03-12