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Bangladesh journalist denied bail after arrest for publishing ‘false’ news about high food prices
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoA journalist at a major Bangladesh newspaper has been denied bail a day after his arrest over...
Bangladesh PM calls newspaper ‘enemy of the people’ after journalists arrested
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoBangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the nation's highest circulating daily...
Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina re-elected PM for fifth term amid opposition boycott
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 months agoSheikh Hasina was re-elected as Bangladesh’s prime minister for a fifth time on Sunday amid an...
Powerful cyclone floods homes, cuts communications in western Myanmar; at least 6 dead, 700 injured
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoRescuers on Monday evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 meters (12 feet) deep along...
Death toll from boat capsize in Bangladesh rises to 41
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoRescuers recovered 17 more bodies on Monday from a boat that capsized while carrying about 100 Hindu...
Bangladeshi journalist arrested under disputed digital law
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoPolice in Bangladesh arrested a journalist for an influential newspaper on Wednesday on charges of spreading false news under the contentious Digital Security Act, authorities said. Home Minister ...