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Saudi factory fire kills 16 Bangladeshis, Dhaka announces

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Bangladesh

Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees dead and missing in shipwrecks in 2025

The Rohingya mainly leave from huge camps in Bangladesh, where more than 1 million refugees forced to flee across the border from Myanmar's Rakhine state live in squalid conditions.

Bangladesh

Former PM Sheikh Hasina and UK lawmaker niece sentenced in graft case

A special court in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in prison, and her UK lawmaker niece, Tulip Siddiq to four, over corruption charges. Hasina is accused of misusing power to illegally secure plots of land in a government project to distribute to her family.

3 February 2026

Netherlands

Case on whether Myanmar is guilty of Rohingya genocide opens at ICJ

The Gambia filed the case at the International Court of Justice in 2019, arguing a so-called "clearance operation" by Myanmar's military in 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention.

12 January 2026

Myanmar

Trafficked, exploited: Rohingya children's lives crushed by aid cuts

Though the US spent just 1% of its budget on foreign aid, Trump dubbed USAID wasteful and shut it down, a move that has proven catastrophic for the world's most vulnerable.

18 December 2025

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Bangladesh

Former UK MP sentenced to prison in Bangladesh corruption trial

In January, Siddiq resigned as a government minister following pressure because of her ties to her aunt.

1 December 2025

Bangladesh

Bangladesh's interim PM says elections will take place next February

In a televised address, Muhammad Yunus said he would request the Election Commission to organise the vote before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into school in Dhaka, killing 31

The jet crashed onto the campus of Milestone School and College in Dhaka's Uttara neighbourhood, where students were taking tests and attending regular classes.

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Bangladesh’s tech sector is growing up fast — and Europe should take note

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At VivaTech 2025, Bangladesh arrived with quiet confidence. Its national booth, emblazoned with the words: ‘Bangladesh 2.0: Innovating Locally, Scaling Globally’, was also the place where tech leaders and government representatives discussed the country’s strikingly ambitious digital vision.

Myanmar

Myanmar on path to destruction if violence doesn’t end, UN envoy says

A widespread armed struggle against military rule in Myanmar began in February 2021 after generals seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

United Kingdom

Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for former UK minister Siddiq

Lawyers for Siddiq said the charges against Tulip Siddiq were “politically motivated” and “completely false,” and that Dhaka has provided no evidence to support its claims.

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Bangladesh celebrates Eid with grand processions and prayers

Eid al-Fitr was celebrated in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with large gatherings in open grounds and mosques, along with the revival of a traditional procession.

Bangladesh

Euroviews. If Europe could sanction Putin, it can do the same for Bangladesh

It is easy to call for human rights from EU offices in Brussels and Luxembourg, our old, established democracies. In Bangladesh, Yunus is trying to build a new one. We must help him, Muddassar Ahmed writes.

13 February 2025

Bangladesh

Bangladesh's protest crackdown may be crime against humanity, says UN

As many as 1,400 people were killed, mostly by the country's security services, in demonstrations last summer against the now ousted leader Sheikh Hasina.

12 February 2025

Bangladesh

Protesters destroy home of Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina

The building in the capital of Dhaka was gutted while the country's recently-deposed prime minister gave a fiery social media speech from exile in India.

6 February 2025

Economy

How the 'banker to the poor' revolutionised financial inclusion

Integrating the 1.4 billion people around the world with no access to a bank account into the financial system is a top priority for governments around the world. Euronews Business looks at the role microlending can play and the legacy of Muhammad Yunus.

10 October 2024

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Severe floods in Bangladesh cause multiple fatalities

Floodwaters in eastern Bangladesh have left people stranded and caused several deaths, including a pregnant woman.