/taxonomy/term/240426 en /node/2619680/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-10-21 16:18</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: Bangladesh will ask for Saudi expertise and partnership in water and forestation projects addressing the impacts of climate change, the environment minister said on Tuesday.</p> <p> The South Asian country is highly vulnerable to climate change, especially in its coastal regions, which face severe drinking water shortages due to rapidly rising sea levels. Saltwater intrusion has salinized both surface water and groundwater, leaving many coastal districts without access to safe drinking water for several months each year.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/10/21/4650590-195817912.jpg" width="1000" height="660" alt="" title="Bangladesh鈥檚 Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan meets Dr. Abdullah Zafer bin Abiyah, Saudi ambassador to Bangladesh, at her office in Dhaka, Oct. 19, 2025. (BSS)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">海角直播</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:25:44 +0000 seamus.obuachalla 2619680 at /node/2618057/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-10-07 16:34</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA:聽Bangladesh is preparing to send more skilled workers to 海角直播, authorities said on Tuesday, following the signing of a new recruitment agreement in Riyadh.</p> <p> Around 3 million Bangladeshi nationals live and work in 海角直播. They are the largest expat group in the Kingdom and the biggest community outside their country.</p> <p> Bangladeshi citizens have been working in 海角直播 since the 1970s but until now their employment was regulated by memoranda on specific labor deployment.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/10/07/4646444-1177668975.jpg" width="1200" height="801" alt="Saudi Human Resources and Social Development Minister Ahmad bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi and Bangladesh鈥檚 Expatriates鈥� Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Asif Nazrul sign a labor recruitment agreement in Riyadh, Oct. 6, 2025. (Ministry of Expatriates鈥� Welfare and Overseas Employment)" title="Saudi Human Resources and Social Development Minister Ahmad bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi and Bangladesh鈥檚 Expatriates鈥� Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Asif Nazrul sign a labor recruitment agreement in Riyadh, Oct. 6, 2025. (Ministry of Expatriates鈥� Welfare and Overseas Employment)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">海角直播</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/skilled-workers">skilled workers</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:40:53 +0000 zaynab.khojji 2618057 at /node/2617165/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2025-09-29 15:33</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA:聽The Bangladeshi government will reduce the cost of Hajj packages in 2026, authorities said on Monday, following three consecutive years of failing to fill its allocated pilgrimage quota.</p> <p> Bangladesh, one of the most populous Muslim-majority countries, has been granted by 海角直播 a quota of over 127,000 pilgrims, but since 2023 has been struggling to meet it.</p> <p> In 2024, only 85,000 Bangladeshi pilgrims were able to embark on the spiritual journey that is one of the five pillars of Islam, because of high inflation and flight fares to the Middle East.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/29/4644193-1906399222.jpg" width="1339" height="753" alt="Bangladeshi pilgrims arrive in Jeddah, 海角直播 for Hajj 2025. (File/SPA)" title="Bangladeshi pilgrims arrive in Jeddah, 海角直播 for Hajj 2025. (File/SPA)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/hajj-2026">Hajj 2026</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:38:11 +0000 zaynab.khojji 2617165 at /node/2617069/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2025-09-28 16:18</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA:聽Renowned photographer Shahidul Alam joined the Freedom Flotilla Coalition鈥檚 latest mission on Sunday, becoming the first Bangladeshi to take part in the international effort to break Israel鈥檚 siege of Gaza.</p> <p> An educator, media institution builder, and activist, Alam, 70, has received numerous accolades for his work documenting human rights abuses and political upheaval across Bangladesh for over four decades.</p> <p> A Time magazine Person of the Year in 2018, he was also the first person of color to chair the World Press Photo jury.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/28/4643947-1309370077.jpg" width="1300" height="772" alt="Shahidul Alam, center, speaks to the media during a press conference at Drik gallery in Dhaka, Sept. 27, 2025. (Drik)" title="Shahidul Alam, center, speaks to the media during a press conference at Drik gallery in Dhaka, Sept. 27, 2025. (Drik)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/SecondNakba">War on Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:44:13 +0000 zaynab.khojji 2617069 at /node/2616845/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2025-09-26 16:00</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: Bangladesh and Oman have signed an agreement to increase diplomatic cooperation following a meeting between their foreign ministers on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York this week, the Bangladeshi foreign ministry said on Friday.</p> <p> Bangladesh鈥檚 Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain and Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi signed a memorandum of understanding on diplomatic studies and training, which is expected to boost collaboration in capacity-building, training and exchange of expertise.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/26/4643392-823098865.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" title="Bangladesh鈥檚 Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain and Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi held a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 22, 2025. (Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs) " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/oman">Oman</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:02:52 +0000 Arbee 2616845 at /node/2615374/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2025-09-15 14:19</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: When Shikha Akter was abandoned by both parents, her grandparents brought her to Dhaka, about 90 km from their native Shariatpur district, and placed her in a new care facility for children.</p> <p> Now 16, she has spent most of her life at Happy Home, a shelter run by ActionAid Bangladesh.</p> <p> 鈥淚 landed here at Happy Home at the age of 6. Since then, it has become my only address on this earth. It really is a home,鈥� she told Arab News.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/09/15/4639738-1683256739.jpeg" width="1000" height="666" alt="" title="Bangladeshi girls take part in vocational training at their shelter, Happy Home, in Dhaka, July 2025. (ActionAid Bangladesh)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:21:21 +0000 Arbee 2615374 at /node/2613631/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2025-08-31 14:34</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA:聽Air pollution shortens the average Bangladeshi鈥檚 life by 5.5 years, making it the world鈥檚 most affected country, latest data shows, as the government vows to act by the year鈥檚 end.</p> <p> According to last week鈥檚 Air Quality Life Index report by the University of Chicago鈥檚 Energy Policy Institute, 鈥渁ir pollution is the greatest external threat to life expectancy鈥� in Bangladesh, which is currently 鈥渢he world鈥檚 most polluted country.鈥�</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/08/31/4635245-460259692.jpeg" width="1300" height="867" alt="People move through a dusty road, as air quality reduces ahead of the winter in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 4, 2024. (File/Reuters) " title="People move through a dusty road, as air quality reduces ahead of the winter in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 4, 2024. (File/Reuters) " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pollution">Pollution</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 31 Aug 2025 11:43:34 +0000 zaynab.khojji 2613631 at /node/2612930/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Reuters</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1756101651590885900</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2025-08-25 16:00</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: Bangladesh is unable to allocate additional resources for the growing number of Rohingya refugees, the country鈥檚 leader said on Monday, as he called on the international community to deliver on UN commitments to address the crisis.</p> <p> The chief of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, was addressing a two-day conference in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, held by the Bangladeshi government ahead of a high-level meeting at the UN General Assembly in September.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/08/25/4633536-440002199.jpg" width="1000" height="668" alt="" title="Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh&#039;s interim government, addresses an international conference on the Rohingya crisis in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, Bangladesh on Aug. 25, 2025. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/08/25/4633439-449388718.jpg" width="1200" height="710" alt="" title="Rohingya Muslim refugees who were stranded after leaving Myanmar walk toward the Balukhali refugee camp after crossing the border in Bangladesh鈥檚 Ukhia district on November 2, 2017. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/myanmar">Myanmar</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/rohingya">Rohingya</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 rbksa 2612930 at /node/2612857/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1756035322344961000</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2025-08-24 11:33</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA:聽Bangladesh and Pakistan on Sunday signed a series of agreements during Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar鈥檚 visit to Dhaka 鈥� the first such high-level engagement in more than a decade.</p> <p> Dar arrived in Dhaka on Saturday, two days after the visit of Pakistani Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/08/24/4633256-792358623.jpeg" width="1600" height="1066" alt="Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar meets the head of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government and its Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus, in Dhaka, Aug. 24, 2025. (Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office)" title="Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar meets the head of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government and its Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus, in Dhaka, Aug. 24, 2025. (Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:37:27 +0000 rbksa 2612857 at /node/2612769/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2025-08-23 18:14</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: Bangladesh seeks to increase trade and economic cooperation with Pakistan, the office of Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus said on Saturday as Dhaka began hosting Pakistan鈥檚 Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar in the highest-level trip from Islamabad in years.</p> <p> Dar鈥檚 two-day visit to Bangladesh will include meetings with Yunus and Touhid Hossain, the country鈥檚 adviser for foreign affairs, with discussions expected to cover bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/08/23/4633000-1046389512.jpeg" width="1200" height="800" alt="This handout photograph taken and released by Bangladesh&#039;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Aug. 23, 2025 shows Bangladesh&#039;s Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam receiving Ishaq Dar, Pakistan&#039;s Deputy PM and Foreign Minister, at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. (AFP)" title="This handout photograph taken and released by Bangladesh&#039;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Aug. 23, 2025 shows Bangladesh&#039;s Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam receiving Ishaq Dar, Pakistan&#039;s Deputy PM and Foreign Minister, at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 23 Aug 2025 15:23:38 +0000 daniel.fountain 2612769 at /node/2611539/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Reuters</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1754979458965983600</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-08-12 14:00</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: Malaysia and other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will send a peace mission to Myanmar to help address the Rohingya crisis, officials said Tuesday, as Bangladesh鈥檚 interim leader Muhammad Yunus, whose country hosts most refugees, met with Malaysian leaders.</p> <p> The Rohingya, a mostly Muslim ethnic minority, lived for centuries in Myanmar鈥檚 western Rakhine state but were stripped of their citizenship in the 1980s.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/08/12/4629958-2073509173.jpg" width="1200" height="782" alt="" title="Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government, left, and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim attend a bilateral meeting with their delegations in Putrajaya on Aug. 12, 2025. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/malaysia">Malaysia</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/myanmar">Myanmar</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/asean">ASEAN</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:00:16 +0000 rbksa 2611539 at /node/2610769/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-08-05 20:17</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: Thousands of Bangladeshis gathered in the capital of Dhaka on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the student-led uprising that ousted long-serving former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.聽</p> <p> Hasina was removed from power on Aug. 5, 2024, when demonstrators defied a nationwide curfew and stormed her official residence, forcing her to flee to neighboring India, where she remained in exile.聽</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/08/05/4627919-963852764.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="People hold Bangladesh&#039;s national flag as they celebrate during a government-organised event in Dhaka on August 5, 2025. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasina">Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina</a></div></div></div> Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:31:07 +0000 kashaf.rehman 2610769 at /node/2610732/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-08-05 15:34</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: Thousands of Bangladeshis gathered in the capital on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the student-led uprising that ousted long-serving former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</p> <p> Hasina was removed from power on Aug. 5, 2024, when demonstrators defied a nationwide curfew and stormed her official residence, forcing her to flee to neighboring India, where she remained in exile.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/08/05/4627834-349315143.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" title="People use colored smoke and wave flags as they celebrate the one year anniversary since student-led protests ousted Bangladesh鈥檚 former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Aug. 5, 2025. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sheikh-hasina">Sheikh Hasina</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:37:10 +0000 Arbee 2610732 at /node/2610003/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-07-30 14:48</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: When Dihider Zakir Hossain first planted Saudi date palm offshoots in southern Bangladesh, he was not sure they could survive in its poor, saline soil. But six years later, the trees are bearing fruit 鈥� offering new hope for farming in a region increasingly affected by climate change.</p> <p> Since the 2000s, the coastal regions of Bangladesh have been heavily affected by soil salinity. One of the main reasons is the changing climate that makes sea levels rise and push seawater into the land, contaminating it with salt.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/07/30/4625986-260787992.jpg" width="1440" height="1080" alt="" title="Dihider Zakir Hossain at his date plantation in Bagerhat, southern Bangladesh. (Dihider Zakir Hossain)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">海角直播</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:52:45 +0000 dalal.awienat 2610003 at /node/2609741/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2025-07-28 13:26</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: Bangladesh鈥檚 Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus has proposed establishing 海角直播鈥檚 production sector in Bangladesh, his office said, following a meeting with the Kingdom鈥檚 newly appointed envoy to Dhaka.</p> <p> Dr. Abdullah bin Abiyah presented his credentials as Saudi ambassador to Bangladesh earlier this month. He paid a visit to Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Sunday.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/07/28/4625364-1359265584.jpeg" width="1000" height="666" alt="" title="Saudi Ambassador Abdullah bin Abiyah meets Bangladesh鈥檚 Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on July 27, 2025. (Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">海角直播</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:29:01 +0000 Arbee 2609741 at