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The Latest Breaking News from Bangladesh

Climate change a factor in 'unprecedented' South Asia floods

Scientists say climate change is a factor behind the devastating floods in Bangladesh and northeastern India

The Independent UK

Rain-triggered floods in Bangladesh conjure climate warnings

Scientists say that climate change was likely to have made the rains that unleashed catastrophic flooding across Bangladesh worse.

Reuters

Bangladesh, India floods kill over 100; millions in need of aid

The worst floods in decades in northeastern parts of two nations kill nearly 110 and leave millions scrambling for aid.

Al Jazeera

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AP PHOTOS: India, Bangladesh floods destroy homes, lives

Early and strong monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to northeastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes and cutting millions off from crucial supplies.

The Independent UK

Floods Swamp More of Bangladesh and India, Millions Marooned

Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5 million people stranded with little food and drinking water after days of intense rain. Particularly heavy monsoon rain has brought the worst floods in more than a century in some…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dozens dead, thousands homeless in Bangladesh, India floods

Villagers in northeastern Bangladesh are crowding makeshift refugee centers and scrambling to meet boats arriving with food and fresh water as massive floods, which have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands there and in neighboring India, continue to wreak havoc

The Independent UK

Floods swamp more of Bangladesh and India, millions marooned

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Dead rivers: The cost of Bangladesh's garment-driven economic boom

Dhaka (AFP) - Bangladeshi ferryman Kalu Molla began working on the Buriganga river before the patchwork of slums on its banks gave way to garment factories -- and before its waters turned pitch black.

AFP

‘Through our own eyes’: Rohingya refugees stage photography show

Refugees in Bangladesh’s sprawling camps hope online exhibition and book will help world better understand their lives.

Al Jazeera

Floods in Bangladesh force military to help millions marooned in towns and villages as Indian flood crisis eases

Soldiers on small boats deliver relief material across flooded towns and villages after more than nine million people are marooned in Bangladesh and India following heavy rains, officials say.

ABC News

Millions in Bangladesh and India await relief after deadly flooding

DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India: Authorities in flood-hit Bangladesh and northeastern India scrambled on Monday to provide aid to more than nine million people marooned after the heaviest rains in years killed at least 54 people across both South Asian nations, officials said.

Bangkok Post

How we met: ‘My family wanted an arranged marriage, but I couldn’t bear the idea’

Namerah, 25, and Farhan, 30, met in 2014 while they were both studying in Malaysia. They now live in Bangladesh with their two cats

The Guardian - UK

Bangladesh military scrambles to reach millions marooned after deadly flooding

Soldiers on small boats delivered relief material on Monday across flooded towns and villages in Bangladesh, after more than nine million people were marooned in the low-lying country and neighbouring India following heavy rains, officials said.

Reuters

26 more dead in India monsoon fury, waters recede in Bangladesh

Guwahati (India) (AFP) - At least 26 more people have died in monsoon flooding and lightning strikes in India, as millions remained marooned in the country and neighbouring Bangladesh, authorities said Monday.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

South Asia Floods Hampering Access to Food, Clean Water

Floods in South Asia wreaking havoc Monday hindered authorities' efforts to deliver food and drinking water to shelters across Assam in northeastern India and north and northeastern regions of Bangladesh. More than a dozen people died across Bangladesh since the monsoon began last week, authorities said.

Evening Standard

At least 59 people killed and millions stranded in India and Bangladesh storms

At least 59 people are known to have died in lightning strikes and landslides caused by severe monsoon storms in India and Bangladesh.

The Independent UK

Food, water concerns as floods continue to batter Bangladesh

Floods in Bangladesh have left millions struggling to access safe drinking water and food across the country’s vast northeastern and northern regions

The Hindu

India, Bangladesh should work on river management: Jaishankar

Ready to extend assistance in management of annual flood in neighbouring nation, says External Affairs Minister

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AFP

West Indies wrap up victory as Shakib admits 'first session killed us'

North Sound (Antigua and Barbuda) (AFP) - Opening batsman John Campbell completed his first Test half-century in the Caribbean as the West Indies completed a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh on the fourth morning of the first Test in Antigua on Sunday.

Al Jazeera

‘It’s hell’: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh rally to ‘go home’

Rohingya refugees living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh are demanding to go home to Myanmar.

Reuters

Monsoon floods kill 42 people, millions stranded in Bangladesh, India

At least 25 people were killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh while millions were left marooned or homeless in low-lying northeastern parts hit by the worst monsoon floods in the country's recent history, officials said.

AFP

Roach puts West Indies on verge of victory against battling Bangladesh

North Sound (Antigua and Barbuda) (AFP) - Veteran pacer Kemar Roach's enduring quality and consistency put the West Indies within 35 runs of victory over Bangladesh going into the fourth day of the first Test.

AFP

Shakib, Nurul lead Bangladesh fightback against West Indies

North Sound (Antigua and Barbuda) (AFP) - Captain Shakib Al Hasan and wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan combined for the first century stand for either side as Bangladesh reached 210 for six in their second innings at tea on the third day of the first Test against the West Indies on Saturday.

AFP

Mayer, Roach strike as West Indies close in on victory

North Sound (Antigua and Barbuda) (AFP) - Kyle Mayers and Kemar Roach claimed two wickets each in the morning session as the West Indies closed in on an emphatic victory with Bangladesh limping to 115 for six in their second innings innings at lunch on the third day of the…

Reuters

Millions stranded as floods ravage parts of Bangladesh, India, more rain forecast

Monsoon rains caused widespread flooding in northeastern Bangladesh and India, stranding nearly 6 million people and killing at least 19 people in Bangladesh, authorities said on Saturday, warning the situation could worsen.

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