Myanmar has agreed to repatriate 300,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and 5,000 from Malaysia, according to an announcement attributed to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Bangladesh has 189 tigers in the Sundarbans and zoos, a population that is too small to secure the species’ future, state minister for fisheries and livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku said Wednesday.
The death toll from a boundary wall collapse at Mirpur University College rose to three after an injured woman died Tuesday night, police said.
Aromatic rice prices have climbed sharply in Naogaon, thinning customer traffic and prompting allegations that millers are creating an artificial shortage.
Human Rights Watch said Bangladesh authorities are failing to ensure international fair trial standards at the International Crimes Tribunal, raising concerns about arbitrary arrests, limited defense rights and potentially unreliable evidence.
Bangladesh government borrowing from banks rose to a record 1,30,875 crore taka (approximately $10.59 billion) during the July-to-May reporting period, according to a Bangladesh Bank report.
Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina said she plans to return to the country by December despite the possibility that she could be killed, arrested or imprisoned.
Authorities in Bangladesh imposed Section 144 across Habiganj municipality after rival political groups announced programs at the same place and time, raising fears of clashes.
Russia has proposed conducting trade with Bangladesh in Indian rupees and establishing a dedicated payment system to bypass transaction barriers caused by United States sanctions on Russian banks, officials said.
Two people were killed and six injured when a wall collapsed on a crowd seeking subsidized products at Mirpur College in Dhaka, according to local media reports.
