Sources: AP via ABC
Over 100 people are injured in violent clashes in Dhaka, Bangladesh, between supporters of the ruling Awami League party and opposition demonstrators protesting government job quotas which benefit pro-government families. 2024-07-15
The IMF approves a $681 million disbursement for Bangladesh, the second portion of a $4.7 billion loan package. 2023-12-12
Two people are killed and dozens are injured in anti-government protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2023-10-31
The International Monetary Fund agrees to a preliminary deal with Bangladesh for a US$4.5 billion loan to support the struggling Bangladeshi economy amid rising energy and food prices. 2022-11-9
Bangladesh has reported a total of 10,981 dengue fever cases and 48 related deaths since the beginning of the year. 2021-09-3
Bangladesh reports a record 212 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 16,004. The country also surpasses one million cases of the virus. 2021-07-9
At least 21 are killed and more than 500,000 are displaced by cyclone Roanu in Bangladesh. 2016-05-21
The death toll in Bangladesh rises to 44 as protests continue following the sentencing of Delwar Hossain Sayeedi. 2013-03-1
A court in Bangladesh clears Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of misappropriating Norwegian aid money at a micro-finance bank he founded. 2011-04-25
Humanitarian group Médecins Sans Frontières accuses Bangladesh of a "crackdown" on Muslim Rohingya refugees from Burma. 2010-02-18