Myanmar’s Mandalay international airport suspended all international flights after a drone attack by anti-military rebels, while domestic services were shifted to a nearby airport, Myanmar Airways International said.
Building-rule violations are widespread in Chattogram, Bangladesh, with about half of buildings deviating from approved plans, according to Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) officials.
Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned Wednesday as World Health Organization Southeast Asia regional director following fraud investigations by the agency and Bangladeshi authorities.
Two Bangladesh Army soldiers were killed and an officer was seriously injured Wednesday in an accident during a tank firing exercise in Chattogram, the Army said.
A Bangladesh lawmaker on Tuesday demanded government action after actress Azmeri Haque Badhon alleged she was physically and verbally assaulted in Italy by pro-Awami League activists.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Mia Golam Porwar accused prime minister Tarique Rahman’s government of failing farmers through what he called shortsighted agricultural policies and mismanagement as a nationwide fertilizer shortage threatens aman rice and other crops.
United Nations (UN) high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk called Monday for a strong, independent national body to oversee Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies, renewing a recommendation tied to accountability and institutional reform.
Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has refused to accept personal responsibility or apologize to the families of people killed during the violent suppression of the July-August 2024 uprising, arguing that police acted independently under established procedures.
Police arrested a madrasa teacher accused of sexually abusing six children at an institution in Narail Municipality.
Protesters formed a human chain in Jashore demanding arrests and prosecutions over the death of legendary movie star Salman Shah, rejecting claims that the actor died by suicide and alleging that he was murdered.
