As student protests swept Bangladesh earlier this year, Shahnaz Sharmeen, a veteran TV journalist, realized her daugher Ahona ...

Experts at a roundtable today (17 October) highlighted that women in Bangladesh bear a disproportionate burden during disasters as they often prioritise family needs over their own.  This puts them at ...

A centuries-old technique for growing floating beds of vegetables — adapted to put the invasive water hyacinth to use — is ...

Quota reform may have been the spark, but at the heart of the unrest was widespread public discontent with the government, ...

Harvard students gathered at the Signet Society to celebrate South Asian melodies and traditional dances to raise funds for ...

The rubbish and debris is clogging the river Neretva in Bosnia after flash floods and landslides hit parts of the Balkan country last week, killing at least 18 people and injuring scores more.

Despite pledges to keep Bangladesh's largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja safe, this year's version was subdued following the ...

Weather officials said unprecedented heavy rainfall and an onrush of water from hills in neighboring India caused the ...

In this short time, Yunus has faced immense pressure to stabilise a nation that had been engulfed in political unrest and economic turbulence ...

India on Monday handed over a consignment of emergency relief materials for families affected by the recent floods and ...

DHAKA: The United Nations and partners have launched a humanitarian appeal for 134 million U.S. dollars to provide urgent relief and support to communities affected by the escalating floods in ...

The worst floods that Bangladesh has seen in decades occurred in August, displacing millions. Many people are still struggling to rebuild their... Severe floods causing health problems in south ...