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At least 81 killed and many injured in Bangladesh fire
- Asia-Pacific
- February 21, 2019
A devastating fire that raced through densely packed buildings in a centuries-old shopping district in Bangladesh’s capital has killed at least 81 peo(...)

Bangladesh prime minister wins election amid vote rigging claims
- Asia-Pacific
- December 31, 2018
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s alliance won Bangladesh’s election with a thumping majority, the country’s Election Commission said on Monday, giving h(...)

Bangladesh elections ‘farcical’ says leader of opposition alliance
- Asia-Pacific
- December 30, 2018, 17:13
The leader of Bangladesh’s opposition alliance has described Sunday’s general election as “farcical”, saying any outcome would be rejected and demandi(...)

Vienna tops list of most liveable cities in new survey
- Europe
- August 14, 2018, 09:03
Vienna has dislodged Melbourne for the first time at the top of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index, strengthening the Austrian(...)

Ding considers plan to raise €40m in growth equity
- Innovation
- July 19, 2018, 03:15
Irish mobile top-up provider Ding is considering a plan to raise €40 million in growth equity within the next two years to fund expansion beyond its c(...)

Myanmar says it has repatriated first Rohingya family since exodus
- Asia-Pacific
- April 14, 2018, 21:43
Myanmar on Saturday repatriated what it said was the first Rohingya family from nearly 700,000 refugees who had fled to Bangladesh, after months of f(...)

Airline claims pilots in Nepal crash had sufficient training
- Asia-Pacific
- March 13, 2018, 16:43
A Bangladeshi airline said on Tuesday its two pilots aboard the plane that crashed in Nepal killing 49 people had both received special training to la(...)

A passenger aircraft coming from Bangladesh slammed into an empty field and erupted in flames just beyond the runway at the airport in Nepal’s capital(...)

New York bombing suspect charged with terrorism offences
- US
- December 12, 2017, 18:20
US prosecutors on Tuesday brought federal charges against the man suspected of Monday’s bombing of a New York commuter hub. Akayed Ullah (27), from B(...)

Pope Francis avoids mentioning Rohingya on Myanmar visit
- Asia-Pacific
- November 28, 2017, 19:04
Pope Francis on Tuesday urged the leaders of majority-Buddhist Myanmar, mired in a crisis over the fate of Muslim Rohingya people, to commit themselv(...)