The Latest Breaking News from Bangladesh

Australia's cotton farmers can help prevent exploitation in the global garment industry

Ten years ago, the garment industry’s worst industrial accident – the Rana Plaza collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh – killed more than 1,100 workers and highlighted the travesty of conditions for millions of garment workers globally.

The Conversation · Jan 31, 2023

UN expert: Deaths of Bangladeshi migrants should be probed

A U.N. expert says the countries where Bangladeshi migrant workers are employed, including former World Cup host Qatar, should thoroughly investigate all cases of deaths and human rights violations

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

Trying to crack the Nipah code: How does this deadly virus spill from bats to humans?

Nipah virus, which can rapidly infect and kill members of a community, is carried by bats. Exactly how does it cross over into humans? Researchers in Bangladesh are trying to find out.

WEKU · Jan 31, 2023

Younger players hampered by ‘impossible’ cricket schedule, says England captain Jos Buttler

As Harry Brook and Ben Duckett continue to impress across other formats, the England skipper sympathises with the talented youngsters

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2023

Born with kidney disease in a Bangladeshi refugee camp, it's been a long journey to the Transplant Games for Rezwan Mohammed

After coming to Australia from a Bangladeshi refugee camp, Rezwan Mohammed suffered from kidney disease throughout his childhood. Not allowed to play contact sports, he turned to badminton to get his sporting fix.

ABC News · Jan 24, 2023

Surging crime, bleak future push Rohingya in Bangladesh to risk lives at sea

Mohammed Ismail says four of his relatives were killed by gunmen at the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh between April and October last year. He recalls the September night when, he says, he almost met the same fate: masked men kidnapped him, cut off parts of his left arm and…

Reuters · Jan 24, 2023

‘They beat me with sticks’: Bangladesh opposition reels under crackdown as thousands arrested

Police accused of shooting at activists and leaders of growing street protests against Sheikh Hasina’s draconian government

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023

Sea ‘a graveyard’ as number of Rohingya fleeing Bangladesh by boat soars

UN figures show number of those attempting to escape horrendous conditions in refugee camps increased from 700 in 2021 to over 3,500 in 2022

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

Shubman Gill cements his position as an opener with a blistering double century

HYDERABAD: Opener Shubman Gill, who has been under-pressure since the scintillating double century by Ishan Kishan against Bangladesh in December, came up with a brilliant double century – his second century on the trot – to repay the faith reposed in him by the team management.

The Times of India · Jan 18, 2023

UN reports ‘alarming’ rise in Rohingya deaths at sea in 2022

More than 3,500 Rohingya refugees risked the dangerous sea crossing to escape Myanmar or Bangladesh last year.

Al Jazeera · Jan 17, 2023