Bangladesh

India is under mounting pressure to extradite ex-PM Sheikh Hasina after Bangladesh sentenced her to death over a deadly crackdown that left 1,400 people dead.

Andrea Trinidad Nov 17, 2025

A thief stealing from a Bangladeshi gym faced a brutal, recorded workout punishment instead of arrest. Forced into exercises, he tearfully pleaded before dramatically jumping from the third floor to escape.

Vinay Patel Jul 23, 2025

A 19-year-old British woman has bravely spoken out about being sexually assaulted by 30 men during a chaotic New Year's Eve celebrations in Milan.

Sarah Tan Jan 19, 2025

The high concentration of arsenic levels has been attributed to seasonal flooding and rising sea levels.

Sadhna Yadav Jan 18, 2024

A new study has made some frightening revelations about the harmful impact of air pollution on people living in South Asian countries.

Sadhna Yadav Aug 29, 2023

The UN request urgent funding for their life-saving assistance to the victims of Cyclone Mocha, which killed over 450 people, in Myanmar and Bangladesh. The appeal will also help support thousands of Rohingya people, after the storm destroyed refugee camps.

Danielle Summer May 25, 2023

A new report released by UNICEF, the children's agency of the UN, says that South Asian countries have the highest number of child brides in the world.,

Sadhna Yadav Apr 21, 2023

A 15-year-old boy from Bangladesh was playing hide and seek when he fell asleep in a shipping container and found himself in a new country six days later.

Sadhna Yadav Jan 31, 2023

Two Islamist militants managed to escape from the premises of a crowded court in Dhaka on Sunday.

Sadhna Yadav Nov 22, 2022

At least 25 people lost their lives after the boat they were travelling in overturned in a river near the town of Boda in Bangladesh on Sunday.

Sadhna Yadav Sep 26, 2022

In a tragic incident reported from Bangladesh, a British family of five lost three members within the span of just one week.

Sadhna Yadav Aug 08, 2022

At least 49 people were killed and more than 450 were injured after a fire broke out at a container depot in Sitakunda, Bangladesh.

Sadhna Yadav Jun 06, 2022

At least six people lost their lives after a cargo vessel collided with a ferry carrying dozens of people on the Shitalakhsya River in central Bangladesh on Sunday.

Sadhna Yadav Mar 21, 2022

The nation's president will issue the ordinance to address the country's high level of sexual violence and abuse against women.

Nina Siena Oct 13, 2020

A visiting Myanmar minister said his country is "ready" to accept the ethnic Rohingya Muslims who had fled Rakhine state.

Vasudevan Sridharan Feb 16, 2018

Myanmar finally allowed the world's media in to Rakhine state to show they are ready to welcome back some of the Rohingya Muslims who fled the country.

David Sim Jan 24, 2018

Myanmar pledged that Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh by the hundreds of thousands would start their journey home later this month. However, few believe that will happen.

David Sim Jan 02, 2018

The government has promised to find all the missing people amid concerns that the victims could be subjected to enforced detentions.

Vasudevan Sridharan Dec 26, 2017

Award-winning photojournalist Allison Joyce met Rohingya rape survivors at refugee camps in Bangladesh. IBTimes UK shares their harrowing stories.

David Sim Dec 06, 2017

Child marriage is common at Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, where marrying off a young daughter means one less mouth to feed.

David Sim Dec 04, 2017

Pope Francis met a group of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and pronounced the word he had so assiduously avoided only days earlier in Myanmar.

David Sim Dec 01, 2017

UN Migration Agency IOM estimates nearly one million Rohingya Muslims have so far taken refuge in makeshift settlements in different parts of Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar area.

Ananya Roy Nov 24, 2017

The 100 most powerful images of the Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis

David Sim Nov 23, 2017

Award-winning photojournalist Kevin Frayer has returned to Bangladesh to document the hardships faced by the refugees, 60% of whom are children.

David Sim Nov 21, 2017

Rohingya Muslims who were injured while fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state showed their wounds to Reuters photographer Jorge Silva at refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.

David Sim Nov 17, 2017

Zana Yusif has been jailed for 15 years after he killed vulnerable Bangladeshi grandfather Tarek Chowdhury, 64, in a cell at the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre in London.

William Watkinson Nov 13, 2017

Rohingya Muslims are so desperate to leave Myanmar they are willing to risk their lives by crossing a four-kilometre (2.5-mile) stretch of water on flimsy makeshift rafts or even swimming to Bangladesh.

David Sim Nov 13, 2017

A young Hindu man reportedly wrote a "blasphemous" post on Facebook, infuriating the Muslims in the area.

Vasudevan Sridharan Nov 13, 2017

Shakib Khan had erroneously used Ijajul Mia's number in a film that led to him being flooded with calls from the actor's admiring female fans.

Divya Kishore Nov 02, 2017

The week's best news and sports photos, from autumn and Halloween to the King of Thailand's funeral and the end of the sieges of Raqqa and Marawi.

David Sim Oct 27, 2017