Attacks by the group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, were used as a pretext by the Myanmar military to launch a campaign ...

When Kajol contracted tuberculosis in January, USAID kept her alive. Now she and her family are in danger again after the Trump administration ordered most US aid spending to end.

Northeast India, if one looks at the map ... Asia as it is the only Asean nation that shares a land border with our country. The question now is with the ad hoc government in Dhaka led by ...

That's especially so in neighbourhoods such as Mohammadpur, a slum in the capital Dhaka where Kajol,17 ... "Bangladesh was USAID's largest programme in Asia," says Asif Saleh, executive director of ...

A strong earthquake with its epicentre in Myanmar shook several countries in south-east Asia on Friday. The United States ...

At least 144 people have been killed and more than 700 are injured in Myanmar after powerful earthquakes struck South-East ...

Bangladesh’s interim government’s outreach to Pakistan is of concern to India. But Dhaka’s ties with the two countries are ...

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Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has become a city of protest. Rarely a day goes by without demonstrations breaking out in the teeming megalopolis of nearly 24 million, triggering traffic snarls and ...

Dhaka, a city of nearly 20 million people, is struggling under the weight of an escalating waste crisis. Every day the two city corporations generate approximately 6,500 metric tonnes of solid ...

Dhaka. The streets in this city of more than 10 million people, known for its hectic bustle and choking traffic, turn quiet and empty. But for political parties, which know well the persuasive ...