Sources: AP via ABC
At least 16 people are killed and several injured in a fire at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2025-10-14
Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh and India kill at least 15 people, injure several others, and displace millions of people. 2024-06-19
Bangladesh reports a record 11,874 new cases and 230 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.02 million and the nationwide death toll to 16,419. 2021-07-11
The government of Myanmar agrees to repatriate 374 Rohingya refugees from a list of 8,000 submitted by the government of Bangladesh. Myanmar's authorities blamed their Bangladeshi counterparts for the slow process, citing "incomplete" information for many of the refugees on the list. 2018-03-15
At least 134 people are dead and dozens are missing in landslides caused by days of heavy monsoonal rain in Bangladesh. 2017-06-13
At least 21 are killed and more than 500,000 are displaced by cyclone Roanu in Bangladesh. 2016-05-21
A strong 7.9 earthquake strikes between the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and the regional headquarter city of Pokhara. The Government of Nepal declares a state of emergency with 1500 dead. A number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites are destroyed, including the historic Dharahara tower. Deaths are also recorded in India, Bangladesh and the Chinese province of Tibet. 2015-04-25
At least 35 people are killed across Bangladesh in violent demonstrations sparked when Islamic political leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi was sentenced to death for war crimes. 2013-02-28
Trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in Bangladesh is halted after it fell by 9.25% in an hour; investors stage protests and clash with riot police. 2011-01-10
At least 20 people are killed in a garment factory fire near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. 2010-12-14