At least 26 people were killed when a speedboat packed with passengers collided with a vessel transporting sand on Monday in the latest maritime disaster to hit Bangladesh. Police said the speedboat ...

Among the stretching plains of Bangladesh’s river deltas, the Khudi Bari looks small. The two-story structure resembles a free-standing treehouse, with a pitched roof covering a platform that balances ...

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The country has a history of fires and industrial disasters, which have been blamed on corruption and lax enforcement of rules. An explosion in a seven-story commercial building in Bangladesh’s ...

An overloaded ferry sank in rough conditions in central Bangladesh on Monday with up to 200 passengers on board, in the latest disaster to hit the country's rivers. Emergency workers said around 100 ...

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Six days into Mohammad Hossain’s boat journey to a new life, the engine broke down. Hossain, 17, a Rohingya refugee living at a camp in Bangladesh, had paid brokers $1,000 to ...

GENEVA – At least four Rohingya refugees from Myanmar were killed when their boat capsized in rough seas early on Tuesday (Oct 31) in the Bay of Bengal near the coast of Bangladesh, UNHCR, the UN ...