DHAKA—A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, destroying houses, uprooting trees, and disrupting road, power, and communication links, officials said. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Sitrang made landfall on the west coast helped save lives but the full extent of the casualties and damage would only be known after […]
DHAKA—The death toll from the sinking of an overcrowded ferry carrying Hindu devotees in northern Bangladesh climbed to 61 on Tuesday, with many passengers still missing two days after the disaster. Onlookers and relatives of the missing gathered along the riverbank as rescuers searched for bodies, witnesses said. “I just want to see the face […]
Police in Bangladesh are investigating a case of suspected poisoning after a British man and his son were found dead while three others family members are hospitalized. Police said that they found five family members unconscious after their relatives raised an alarm when the family did not answer their calls in Sylhet on Tuesday. Rafiqul […]
DHAKA/ASSAM, India—At least 25 people were killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh while millions were left marooned or homeless in low-lying northeastern parts hit by the worst monsoon floods in the country’s recent history, officials said. In the neighboring Indian state of Assam, at least 17 people were killed during the […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh—At least 18 people have died as massive floods ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links, authorities said Saturday. In India’s Assam state, at least nine people were killed in the floods and 2 million saw their homes submerged, according to the state disaster management agency. Lightning […]
DHAKA—Firefighters battled for a third day on Monday to control a huge fire that killed dozens when it triggered explosions at a Bangladesh container depot, as officials warned of the risk of further blasts if the flames spread to chemicals stored nearby. Drone footage from the BM Container Depot at Sitakunda, 40 km (25 miles) […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh—A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported Sunday, as efforts to extinguish the blaze continued into a second night. The inferno at the BM Inland Container Depot, a […]
DHAKA—A missile or bomb hit a Bangladeshi-owned cargo ship in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Olvia, killing one of its crew members, and efforts were underway to rescue the others from the vessel, its owner said on Thursday. “The ship came under attack and one engineer was killed,” Pijush Dutta, executive director of Bangladesh […]
A fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, destroying hundreds of homes, according to officials and witnesses, though there were no immediate reports of casualties. The blaze hit Camp 16 in Cox’s Bazar, a border district where than a million Rohingya refugees live, with most having fled a military-led crackdown […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh—A massive fire swept through a crowded river ferry in Bangladesh early Friday, leaving at least 39 people dead and 70 injured, officials said. Many passengers leapt from the vessel into cold waters to escape the blaze. It took 15 fire engines two hours to control the fire and another eight to cool down […]
