Rappler's latest stories on Bangladesh
Bangladeshi coronavirus sufferers shun hospitals
Bangladesh health experts and virus sufferers say people are worried about the level of care they would receive in a public hospital, leaving beds empty
Coronavirus outbreak in Rohingya camps 'contained' – Bangladesh
It is not clear, however, if some Rohingya avoided testing because of fears they would be moved to an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal, where other refugees were taken after being found at sea
Bangladesh shuts jute mills, lays off 25,000 workers
Bangladeshi officials say the shutdowns were not caused by the coronavirus, but due to huge losses incurred over the years
23 die in Bangladesh ferry accident – emergency services
'We have so far recovered 23 bodies from the sunken ferry,' fire brigade official Enayet Hossain says
High street to PPE: Bangladesh garment makers turn virus gloom into boom
Some Bangladeshi garment factories switch from making clothing to personal protective equipment, reviving jobs and filling demand
Virus fears fuel bicycle sales in congested Bangladesh cities
Bicycle manufacturers in Bangladesh expect sales to double in 2020
First Rohingya refugee dies from coronavirus in Bangladesh – official
The 71-year-old man is among at least 29 Rohingya to have tested positive for the virus in the Bangladeshi camps
Bangladesh becomes 60th nation to receive IMF pandemic aid
The coronavirus outbreak is severely affecting Bangladesh's exports of ready-made garments and remittances, notes the International Monetary Fund
'Super cyclone' Amphan batters Bangladesh, India
'The situation is more worrying than the coronavirus pandemic. We don't know how to handle it,' India's West Bengal state leader Mamata Banerjee says
Millions batten down as 'super cyclone' Amphan hits Bangladesh, India
Authorities scramble to evacuate more than 3 million people from low-lying areas, but the task is complicated by the need to prevent the spread of coronavirus
'Super cyclone' to slam India, Bangladesh
Along with 'very heavy rainfall,' the system is expected to result in a storm surge pushing the sea level several meters higher
Virus fears as India, Bangladesh evacuate millions to shelters ahead of cyclone
(UPDATED) Cyclone Amphan is expected to weaken before it hits India's eastern states and the south and southwestern coasts of Bangladesh
Race to prevent coronavirus 'nightmare' in Rohingya camps
Emergency teams race to prevent a coronavirus 'nightmare' in the world's largest refugee settlement after the first confirmed cases are found in a sprawling city of shacks housing nearly a million Rohingya
1st coronavirus case found in Bangladesh refugee camps
(UPDATED) The World Health Organization clarifies one case is of a Rohingya man and the other is of a local man who lives near the camp and is being treated at a clinic inside the area
Bangladesh garment factories reopen, defying virus lockdown
Garment factories in Bangladesh are reportedly 'under pressure' from brands to meet export deadlines
Bangladesh Bank to appeal U.S. court's junking of case vs RCBC
RCBC says the case filed against it by Bangladesh Bank 'was dismissed for failure to state a federal racketeering claim'
Bangladesh rescues nearly 400 Rohingya after weeks at sea
At least 382 'starving' Rohingya refugees are found floating in a large boat
Massive Bangladesh coronavirus prayer gathering sparks outcry
Organizers claim the number of worshippers reached 25,000
Virus slows China's major projects in Asia
Many Chinese workers who left for the Lunar New Year holidays have not returned. Deliveries of supplies and equipment are also disrupted.
Bangladesh crab farmers feel pinch as coronavirus halts exports
The Bangladesh crab industry faces its worst crisis as almost all of its crabs are flown to China, but exports have been halted
Bangladesh aircrew refuse to work on Wuhan evacuation flight
The refusal of airline crews to work forces the government to scrap the evacuation plan
Bangladesh allows education for Rohingya refugee children
Local media report that a pilot program involving more than 10,000 students will be launched soon, with UNICEF and Dhaka jointly designing the curriculum
Bangladesh court orders government to ban single-use plastics
Pollution from single-use plastics is a major problem in Bangladesh, where nearly 170 million people live in a tiny sliver of low-lying land crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers and tributaries
Bangladesh shuts mobile network along India border
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission orders the mobile shutdown late on December 30 along a one-kilometer band along the Indian frontier, the watchdog's spokesman Sohel Rana says
No skimpy bikinis: Bangladesh holds first bodybuilding contest for women
The women bodybuilders keep their brawn under wraps to prevent controversy in the Muslim-majority nation
Bangladesh halts breast milk scheme after Islamist backlash
Religious leaders say that the plan to feed up to 500 orphans and infants of working mothers could lead to breaches of Sharia law
Bangladesh plastics factory blaze kills 13
Police say some 150 people were working in the tin-shed ground floor factory when a fire broke out with a loud bang in one of the rooms
Bangladesh court sentences Islamist extremists to death for 2016 cafe attack
Judge Mojibur Rahman says the extremists wanted to 'draw the attention of Islamic State' group
Cyclone death toll rises to 24 in Bangladesh, India
Cyclone Bulbul, packing winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour when it hit late Saturday, killes 12 people in Bangladesh – 11 from falling trees – and 12 in India's West Bengal and Odisha states
14 dead as Cyclone Bulbul smashes into India, Bangladesh coasts
(3rd UPDATE) Some 2.1 million people across Bangladesh are relocated to cyclone shelters. In India, nearly 120,000 evacuees start to return home as the cyclone weakened.
Bangladesh Rohingya island relocation 'uncertain' after U.N. doubts
Aid agencies says the island was 'isolated' and 'flood-prone'
Climate-fueled flooding to imperil 300 million by 2050
Destructive storm surges fueled by increasingly powerful cyclones and rising seas will hit Asia hardest, according to scientists
PH has most number of unsolved journalist killings – report
The 2019 Global Impunity Index lists 41 unsolved media killings in the Philippines over the last 10 years
16 sentenced to death after Bangladesh teen burnt alive
'The verdict proves that nobody will get away with murder in Bangladesh. We have the rule of law,' prosecutor Hafez Ahmed tells reporters after the verdict
Bangladesh MP 'hired look-alikes' for university exams
Tamanna Nusrat, from the ruling Awami League party, is accused of paying as many as 8 look-alikes to pretend to be her in at least 13 tests
Rohingya refugees agree move to Bangladesh island
Rights groups warn the island, which emerged from the sea only about 2 decades ago, might not be able to withstand violent storms during the annual monsoon season
Bangladesh issues arrest warrant for Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus
A judge at a court in Dhaka issues the order as sacked workers from Grameen Communications lodge a complaint saying they were fired because they set up a trade union
Bangladesh troops accused of raping Rohingya girl
The inquiry comes as around a million Rohingya in vast camps in Bangladesh face increasing hostility two years after fleeing a military offensive in Myanmar
600,000 Rohingya still in Myanmar at 'serious risk of genocide' – U.N.
'Myanmar continues to harbor genocidal intent and the Rohingya remain under serious risk of genocide,' UN investigators say in their final report on Myanmar
Bangladesh PM blames Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation failure
'We've seen Myanmar could not win Rohingya's trust in creating a conducive situation (in Rakhine) for their dignified return,' says Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
4th Rohingya refugee shot dead over Bangladesh murder
Rohingya leader Mohammad Noor says there is now 'tense' atmosphere in the camps and refugees are 'living in panic'
200,000 Rohingya rally to mark 'Genocide Day' in Bangladesh camps
The rally marks two years since the Rohingya fled a violent crackdown by Myanmar forces
Bangladesh police shoot dead 2 Rohingya in refugee camp
The incident comes 2 days after a second failed attempt to repatriate the refugees, who say they won't return unless they are promised security and citizenship in their homeland
No Rohingya turn up for repatriation to Myanmar
This latest repatriation attempt follows a visit last month to the camps by high-ranking officials from Myanmar led by Permanent Foreign Secretary Myint Thu
Welcome wears thin for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Resentment, anger, and fear creep in as Rohingya refugee numbers swell in Bangladesh
Bangladesh ready to repatriate 3,500 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar
Bangladesh refugee commissioner Mohammad Abul Kalam says he is 'optimistic' about a new repatriation process scheduled to start on Thursday, August 22
10,000 left homeless after fire razes Bangladesh slum
The fire breaks out in Dhaka's Mirpur neighbourhood late on Friday, razing around 2,000 mostly tin shacks, fire services official Ershad Hossain says
'We are scared': Deadly dengue outbreak overwhelms Bangladesh
Almost 30,000 people are hospitalized with the disease in Bangladesh since January. In the past week some 2,000 patients a day have been admitted to hospitals.
Security tightened as Myanmar delegation visits Rohingya camps
Some 740,000 Rohingya who fled a crackdown by Myanmar's military in 2017 in Rakhine state still fear for their safety if they return to Myanmar
Monsoon rains wreak flood havoc across South Asia
The downpours – which stretch from June to September – can turn deadly, and wreak havoc again this year across India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan-administered Kashmir
