Portal:Bangladesh/Bangladesh news

3 July 2024 – 2024 India-Bangladesh floods
At least sixteen people are killed and more than 300,000 others are displaced by floods and landslides in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India. (The Independent)
19 June 2024 –
Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh and India kill at least 15 people, injure several others, and displace millions of people. (Al Jazeera)
13 March 2024 – Piracy off the coast of Somalia
The European Union's counter-piracy mission says that one of its warships is currently shadowing the hijacked Bangladeshi bulk carrier Abdullah as it sails toward the coast of Somalia. At least 23 crew members are being held hostage by pirates on the ship. (AP)
12 March 2024 – Piracy off the coast of Somalia
About 20 armed pirates hijack a Bangladeshi bulk carrier in the Indian Ocean that was en route to the United Arab Emirates. The vessel is under the control of the pirates and is heading towards the coast of Somalia. (The National News)
29 February 2024 – 2024 Dhaka Bailey Road fire
Forty-six people are killed and 75 more injured during a fire at a seven-storey shopping mall in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (BBC News)