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The Australian town where water insecurity is felt more than some communities in Bangladesh

Welcome to Walgett, where bottled water can be more expensive than Coca-Cola, and Indigenous residents go to bed thirsty.

ABC News

Plant pandemics threatening global food supplies, scientists warn

‘We have to assume that plant diseases are going to spread all over the world,’ scientist says

The Independent UK

Bangladesh arrests four for caning, stoning woman over affair

Police say the woman was ‘caned 82 strokes’ and ‘stoned 80 times’ with small brick pieces after an imam issued ‘fatwa’.

Al Jazeera

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'I went on holiday with my family - and was the only one to come back alive'

Sadiqul Islam, 25, was in Bangladesh on holiday in July 2022 with his parents and two siblings when a freak gas leak killed his entire family - he may have been saved by a simple fan

Daily Mirror

'I went away with my family - I was the only one to return alive'

Sadiqul has told his heartbreaking story

Manchester Evening News

'I survived a freak gas leak that killed my mum, dad, brother and sister'

He survived because of a fan next to his bed

Wales Online

The melting point mile of restaurants that became Wales' curry capital

There's nowhere better in Wales if you fancy a curry

Wales Online

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Amanda Little: Ukraine has given the world a blueprint to fight hunger

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year triggered tumult across global grain markets. As the cost of corn and wheat surged, panic spread about instability in countries from Yemen to Bangladesh that depend on the warring region for low-cost grains. Would famine worsen? Would civil unrest ensue?

Tribune News Service

Ireland comfortably beaten by Bangladesh in one-off Test

Mushfiqur Rahim hit a half-century to guide the hosts to victory.

The Independent UK

‘Spreading faster than ever’: Bangladesh’s tea pickers have world’s highest rate of leprosy

Despite the WHO declaring it eliminated in 1998, thousands of tea pickers have caught the disease

The Guardian - UK

Lorcan Tucker hits Ireland’s second Test century to lead fight in Bangladesh

The Dubliner made 108 from number seven as the tourists fought to 286 for eight to lead by 131 at stumps.

The Independent UK

Tucker's debut hundred leads Ireland fightback in Dhaka

Dhaka (AFP) - Debutant Lorcan Tucker became only the second Irishman to hit a Test century, ably assisted by Andy McBrine's unbeaten 71, to lead a tenacious fightback against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Thursday.

AFP

Jet-setting Will Jacks learning to rest up after injury leaves him grounded

Even by the standards of this winter, one in which cricket truly never slept, Will Jacks was a busy man.

Evening Standard

Debutant Tucker becomes only second Irish Test centurion

Dhaka (AFP) - Debutant Lorcan Tucker on Thursday became only the second Irishman to hit a Test century, leading a tenacious fightback against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

AFP

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Birmingham Post

Cardiff fintech Agam launches first digital microfinance product into Bangladesh

The microcredit gives unbanked entrepreneurs and gig economy workers who may not have a credit history access to loans

AFP

Mushfiqur ton, bowling attack gives Bangladesh edge in Ireland Test

Dhaka (AFP) - Bangladeshi left-arm spin duo Shakib Al Hasan and Taijul Islam made quick work of Ireland's top order on Wednesday to leave the tourists flailing at 27-4 on day two of their one-off Test in Dhaka.

AFP

Mushfiqur ton puts Bangladesh in control of Ireland Test

Dhaka (AFP) - Mushfiqur Rahim's 126 runs salvaged early wobbles from Bangladesh to put them in control of their one-off Test against Ireland on Wednesday, the hosts reaching 369 all out in the final session of day two.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Huge Fire Destroys Popular Clothes Market in Dhaka

Hundreds of Bangladeshi firefighters battled an inferno that raged through a popular clothing market in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday and blanketed the city's oldest neighbourhoods in black smoke. No fatalities have been reported so far, but shop owners and fire officials told reporters that the famous Bongo Bazar and…

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The Independent UK

Harry Tector hits 50 on Test debut as Ireland post 214 against Bangladesh

The tourists reduced the hosts to 34 for two in response.

The Independent UK

Fire races through clothing market in Bangladesh capital

A massive fire was burning through a popular market for cheaper clothes in Bangladesh’s capital

Reuters

Massive fire rages through Bangladesh cloth markets

A massive fire raged through at least six cloth markets in Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka on Tuesday, local media reported citing witnesses and fire officials.

Al Jazeera

Massive fire guts popular clothing market in Bangladesh capital

Thousands of garment shops burn down in the fire, dealing a major blow to businesses weeks before the Eid festival.

AFP

Bangladeshi journalist gets bail in digital law case

Dhaka (AFP) - A court in Bangladesh granted bail to a journalist on Monday after his detention under a controversial digital law prompted outcry.

AFP

Ireland eye maiden Test victory in Bangladesh

Dhaka (AFP) - Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie said on Monday the team were excited but aware of the challenges ahead of their fourth-ever Test match beginning in Bangladesh this week.

The Guardian - UK

‘We lay like corpses. Then the raping began’: 52 years on, Bangladesh’s rape camp survivors speak out

In 1971, the Pakistan army began a brutal crackdown against Bengalis in which hundreds of thousands of women were detained and repeatedly brutalised. Only now are their stories beginning to be told

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