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In Bangladesh, public outrage over Hadi’s killing has led to protests targeting Indian diplomatic missions and major newspapers.
Bangladesh needs a vibrant, livable and economically diverse Dhaka City to reach middle-income status. Peri-urban areas of Dhaka require better infrastructure and services to transform into globally competitive manufacturing centers. Improving the ...
In disaster-prone Bangladesh, all the country's 329 municipalities have agreed to join the U.N.'s Making Cities Resilient Campaign KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Bangladeshi cities have signed up en masse to a U.N. campaign to develop ...
NEW DELHI — Wide swathes of the coasts of India and Bangladesh were flooded and millions of people remained without power Thursday, after the most powerful cyclone to hit the region in more than decade left dozens dead and a trail of destruction.
Nestled in Bangladesh’s Bay of Bengal, the industrial port city Mongla is steadily preparing itself for climate change. The mayor has built flood defences against rising tides, planted several thousand shade trees and installed a city-wide loudspeaker ...
Bombs exploded in two Bangladesh cities on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and injuring 66 in what appeared to be the latest attack by militant Muslims intent on imposing harsh Islamic law, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility ...
NARAYANGANJ, Bangladesh, June 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As pale fumes billowed from a factory in the Bandar neighbourhood of Narayanganj, clouding the afternoon sky, tea-stall owner Riad, 21, explained how dust and other pollution from local ...
Bombs exploded in two Bangladesh cities on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and injuring 66 in what appeared to be the latest attack by militant Muslims intent on imposing harsh Islamic law, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility ...