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Bangladeshi interim health minister Nurjahan Begum says that more than 1,000 people were killed during last month's anti-government protests, making it the bloodiest period in the country's history since the 1971 independence movement.
2024-08-29

Bangladesh announces that it will request a $4.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund for balance of payment and budgetary requirements, as well as climate change management activities.
2022-07-26

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is charged with abuse of power and three counts of criminal breach of trust. He pleads not guilty to all charges and accuses the government of seeking "political vengeance."
2018-07-4

Malaysian authorities announce sixteen arrests connected to an international human trafficking ring. The arrests follow the seizure of modified tanker ship MV "Etra" in Malaysian waters on Tuesday with 127 Sri Lankan migrants on board being smuggled to New Zealand and Australia. The arrests include seven people captured aboard a fishing vessel used to transfer migrants onto MV "Etra".
2018-05-6

More than 123,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh due to escalating violence by the Myanmar Army.
2017-09-5

Malaysia turns away two boats with more than 800 Rohingya and Bangladesh migrants abandoned at sea by human traffickers.
2015-05-14

Malaysia detains over a thousand Bangladeshi and Rohingya people asylum seekers who arrived by boat on Monday. The Indonesian Navy confirms that it had turned the boats away.
2015-05-11

An eight-story commercial building collapses in Savar Upazila near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, resulting in at least 256 people dead, one thousand injured and scores more trapped.
2013-04-24

The High Court of Malaysia sets dates for the trial of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim on sodomy charges from August 8 to 26.
2011-07-13

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