Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 16, toll may rise
World 15:26 15/10/2025A fire on Tuesday at a garment factory in Bangladesh and an adjacent chemical warehouse killed at least 16 people and injured others, and the death toll could rise, an official said.
Dengue cases surge across Bangladesh as experts call for urgent action
World 16:49 07/10/2025Bangladesh’s dengue outbreak is worsening rapidly with infections and deaths climbing sharply across the country, health experts have said, warning the disease could spiral if urgent and coordinated mosquito control efforts are not launched.
Bangladesh battles rising tide of dengue and chikungunya
World 18:25 07/09/2025Bangladesh faces a fast-worsening public health crisis as the mosquito-borne diseases dengue and chikungunya spread side by side, overwhelming hospitals and heightening fears of an even bigger outbreak in the weeks ahead.
At least 27 dead, mostly children, in Bangladesh air force jet crash
World 08:45 23/07/2025DHAKA - At least 25 children were among the 27 dead pulled from scorched buildings after a Bangladesh Air Force jet on a training mission crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka, officials said on Tuesday, with 88 people being treated in hospital.
Bangladesh ferry sinks, five dead, many missing
World 13:58 05/04/2021A Bangladesh ferry carrying around 50 passengers collided with a cargo vessel and sank on Sunday in the Shitalakhsyaa River south of the capital Dhaka, leaving at least five people dead and many more missing, officials said
Exhibition brings life in Bangladesh's capital closer to Vietnamese
Travel 14:02 31/08/2019Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, remains quite unknown to Vietnamese people
Indian, Thai rice markets quiet; Bangladesh clamps down on hoarders
Economy 10:13 01/02/2019Vietnam’s rice exports in January likely fell 18.5 percent from a year earlier
Vietnamese president encourages investment into Bangladesh
Vietnam News 16:01 07/03/2018President Tran Dai Quang believes bilateral trade will surpass US$1 billion this year and top $2 billion in 2020
Vietnam, Bangladesh target double bilateral trade by 2020
Vietnam News 14:48 06/03/2018Vietnamese State President Tran Dai Quang is in Bangladesh for a three-day state visit
Bangladesh to seek Chinese help to build deep sea port
World 22:30 04/06/2014The proposed port on Sonadia Island off Bangladesh's southeast coast would cost billions of dollars
Retailers launch Bangladesh factory inspection
Economy 15:30 18/02/2014Bangladesh is the world's second biggest clothing manufacturer and the sector is the mainstay of the impoverished South Asian nation's economy.
