TEHRAN, May 10 - Dozens of Bangladeshis were killed in lightning strikes as pre-monsoon thunderstorms wreaked havoc across the South Asian country, an official said Thursday.
TEHRAN, March 12 - Forty-nine people were killed when a Bangladeshi plane crashed and burst into flames near Kathmandu airport on Monday, in the worst aviation disaster to hit Nepal in nearly three decades.
TEHRAN, March 8 - Several hundred opposition supporters staged a protest in Bangladesh's capital on Thursday demanding the release of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who is serving a five-year prison sentence in a corruption case.
TEHRAN, March 1 - Bangladesh will send a protest note to Myanmar over an increased security presence near a portion of their border where thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been sheltering just inside Myanmar, a Bangladesh border guard official said on Thursday.
TEHRAN, January 22 -Bangladesh has postponed the gradual repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, which was slated to being Tuesday, amid concerns that the refugees could be coerced into leaving.
TEHRAN, January 16 -Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to repatriate the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled a recent army crackdown in Myanmar within a period of two years.
TEHRAN, January 2 - A court in eastern Bangladesh issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia involving an arson attack during an anti-government protest two years ago.
TEHRAN, December 18 - Hundreds of people rushed to a Bangladeshi community center prayer meeting to get free food packets on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 50 in the crush, police said.
TEHRAN, December 18 - Ten people were killed and dozens injured in a stampede Monday after tens of thousands of people gathered for a funeral feast in Bangladesh’s southern city of Chittagong, police said.
TEHRAN, December 7 - Rohingya refugees continue to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh even though both countries set up a timetable last month to allow them to start to return home, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
TEHRAN, November 30 - The Bangladesh Navy praised the Iranian Navy’s efforts to provide security for merchant ships and oil tankers sailing in international waters.
TEHRAN, November 23 - Myanmar and Bangladesh signed a deal on Thursday paving the way for the possible repatriation of Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Rakhine state, officials said, as global pressure mounts over the refugee crisis.
TEHRAN, October 25-Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to immediately halt the “outflow” of Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh and take steps to return them to Myanmar.
TEHRAN, October 16 - At least 12 Rohignya Muslims, including six children, have been killed in yet another boat tragedy in waters off Bangladesh, which is reportedly dealing with a fresh influx of refugees fleeing Myanmar’s violence-torn Rakhine State.
TEHRAN, October 10 - Head of Iran’s Red Crescent Society Ali-Asghar Peivandi is going to visit Bangladesh to visit Myanmar’s refugees camps and hold talks with the International Committee of the Red Cross officials.
TEHRAN, October 10 - Amnesty International says the new Rohingya deaths in waters off Bangladesh show there is no let-up in the “desperate situation” in Myanmar’s Muslim-majority Rakhine State, which has been the subject of brutal military crackdowns since late August.