The Latest Breaking News from Bangladesh

Alex Hales has reportedly committed to play the entire Pakistan Super League with Islamambad United, meaning the 34-year-old will miss England's tour of Bangladesh in March

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved loans of $4.7 billion to Bangladesh for disbursal starting immediately, making it the first to secure such funds out of three South Asian countries that applied last year amid economic trouble.

The funding comes under a new programme which aims to help vulnerable middle-income countries and island states.

In early December, a video showing Rohingyas on an overcrowded makeshift boat made the rounds on social networks. It was drifting in the Andaman Sea, between Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and Thailand, but no country came to its rescue – despite appeals from NGOs and the UN. Many boats meet the…

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

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.

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…

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

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

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

Rights group says the Armed Police Battalion is engaged in extortion, harassment and wrongful arrests of the refugees.