Malaysia lead FIFA Asean Cup opener as Indonesia face Singapore
JAKARTA: Hosts Indonesia will take on Singapore after Malaysia play guest side Bangladesh when the inaugural FIFA Asean Cup's Premier Division kicks off in Jakarta on September 25, the global soccer body said on Thursday.
Bangladesh launches nationwide drive to recover looted firearms
BANGLADESH: With the country heading towards local government elections, the government has launched a special nationwide drive to recover looted and illegal firearms.
Bangladesh measles crisis kills more than 1,000 children
DHAKA: The death toll from measles in Bangladesh has topped 1,000 children since March, health officials said Wednesday (Sept 9), admitting that failures in a vaccination drive may have fuelled the outbreak
Bangladesh PM orders stricter action against polythene, plastic use
DHAKA: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed law enforcement agencies to take stricter action to curb the excessive use of polythene and plastic.
Hospitals under strain as dengue cases rise
The country's dengue outbreak is accelerating, with 42,590 people hospitalised and 117 deaths recorded this year, as a sharp September surge strains hospitals and raises fears the mosquito-borne disease could intensify further in the coming weeks.
Family’s dream of sailing the world ends in tragic shipwreck
COX'S BAZAR: To say that the Pudneys were adventurous would be an understatement. This family of four from New Zealand travelled back and forth between Bangladesh and New Zealand for two and a half years as they set about building their dream. They had found a dockyard in Cox's Bazar with the kind of craftsmen they needed and access to the timber required to build their 58-foot catamaran, the Island Girl. This would be their home, and they planned to sail the seas aboard it
Bangladesh measles toll nears grim 1,000-child mark
DHAKA: Bangladesh's deadliest measles outbreak in decades is nearing the grim milestone of 1,000 child deaths, as a devastating epidemic sweeps through the country and crowded hospital wards fill with struggling babies.
Rain likely across much of Bangladesh in next 24 hours
DHAKA:The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today forecast rain in different parts of the country over the next 24 hours from 9:00am.
Bangladesh’s hilsa are disappearing from shallow waters
KALAPARA: For Siddiq Majhi, a hilsa fisherman from Nilganj in Kalapara, Patuakhali, the decline is not a statistic. It is something he has watched unfold from the deck of a fishing boat.
Rohingya refugees protest dire conditions in camps
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh's sprawling camps protested against their dire conditions, as they marked nine years since a military crackdown drove them out of neighbouring Myanmar.
