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Bangladesh, Myanmar and Honduras were the countries most severely affected by extreme weather events from 1990 to 2008, according to a climate change risk study published on Tuesday.
Rescuers have retrieved nine more bodies after a ferry capsized in southern Bangladesh, taking the death toll to 63 with dozens more people still missing, police said Monday.
Guwahati/New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) Mystery shrouded the whereabouts of ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa who is reportedly detained in Bangladesh capital Dhaka but there was no official word today on the issue.
Malaysia has turned down a request from Bangladesh to lift an eight-month-old freeze on taking in new Bangladeshi workers, reports said Monday.
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Brummer & Partners, the largest Scandinavian hedge-fund manager, plans to set up a fund to buy Bangladeshi stocks, betting the south Asian nation will attract investors seeking the world’s next low-cost labor hub.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Authorities said Monday the death toll from a capsized Bangladesh ferry boat has risen to 63 and will likely go higher.
DHAKA, Bangladesh - The death toll from the capsizing of a ferry over the weekend in southern Bangladesh rose Monday to 77 after rescuers recovered an additional 19 bodies. Rescuers...
(RTTNews) - The death toll in a ferry accident that happened in southern Bangladesh last Friday has risen to 72 after rescuers retrieved twenty more bodies on Monday, said officials and local news reports.
New Delhi - One of the leaders of a separatist group operating in India's north-eastern state of Assam has been arrested in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, Indian media reported Wednesday. Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman of the banned United Liberation...
A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry on Sunday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the boat sank in southern Bangladesh. So far, 58 people have been confirmed dead, authorities said.
The death toll from an overcrowded ferry that sank in Bangladesh two days ago rose to 49, officials said Sunday, with rescuers saying many more victims were still trapped inside the vessel.
A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry on Sunday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the boat sank in southern Bangladesh. So far, 45 people have been confirmed dead, authorities said.
Rescue workers struggled to find survivors Saturday after at least 33 people died when a Bangladesh ferry overloaded with people returning home to celebrate a Muslim holiday capsized.
Dhaka - The death toll from a ferry accident in Bangladesh's southern Bhola district rose to 71 on Monday, after rescuers retrieved more bodies trapped in the sunken vessel, officials said. The rescuers so far retrieved 71 bodies trapped inside the ...
Rescuers searched inside the submerged cabins of a triple-deck ferry Sunday for scores of people believed to be missing after it capsized near a dock in southern Bangladesh, killing at least 40, authorities said.
The death toll rose up to 62 in the Bangladesh ferry accident.
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