Bangladesh

A field researcher holds a male bat that was trapped in an overhead net as part of an effort to find out how the animals pass Nipah virus to humans. The animal will be tested for the virus, examined and ultimately released.

Health & Safety

Another Nipah outbreak in India: What do we know about this virus and how to stop it?

4:50pm September 15, 2023

Nipah virus, known to spread from bats to human, has broken out in the state of Kerala. Here's what we know about the current cases and the ongoing efforts to quash this potentially fatal disease.

Rescue workers remove the fallen tress after a storm in Teknaf, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Bangladesh and Myanmar braced Sunday as a severe cyclone started to hit coastal areas and authorities urged thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter.

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A powerful cyclone has made landfall in Myanmar, killing at least three

7:26am May 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing the roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.

Kelna Begum, 30, stands with her child in front of a building that's been raised to survive seasonal floods in her village of Golabari in the Sunamganj region of northern Bangladesh.

Facing floods: What the world can learn from Bangladesh's climate solutions

9:48am March 26, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

The world's worst cyclones hit Bangladesh. Floods are devastating. Yet death tolls are falling. The country's climate disaster strategies offer lessons for all coastal communities.

Fire officials rescue an injured person from the debris of a commercial building after an explosion, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday.

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An explosion in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka kills 17 and injures more than 100

8:09pm March 07, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

Firefighters are carrying victims out of the wreckage on stretchers. Officials are investigating the cause of the blast. Two other recent explosions were blamed on gas leaks.

Rohingya refugees look on after a major fire in their Balukhali camp at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 5, 2023.

Massive fire tears through a crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

4:09pm March 06, 2023

by Destinee Adams

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to UNICEF's Ezatullah Majeed about a fire in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh that displaced thousands of people who had fled a military crackdown in Myanmar.

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Dr. Firdausi Qadri has been engaged in a decades-long battle against a microbial foe — the bacterium that causes cholera.

Where this doctor finds hope amid her country's record cholera outbreak

5:00am March 02, 2023

by Ari Daniel

Treating cholera has been a passion for Bangladeshi scientist Firdausi Qadri. She reflects on her career and inspirations, cholera's scourge, as well as successes in combating the disease.

A man boils raw date palm sap into molasses, a traditional delicacy in Bangladesh.

Trying to crack the Nipah code: How does this deadly virus spill from bats to humans?

12:05pm January 31, 2023

by Ari Daniel

Nipah virus, which can rapidly infect and kill members of a community, is carried by bats. Exactly how does it cross over into humans? Researchers in Bangladesh are trying to find out.

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Women manufacture clothes in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Aug. 29. The ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh is now a mainstay of the country's economy. Today, Bangladesh is one of the world's largest garment exporters, with the sector accounting for more than 80% percent of Bangladesh's exports.

How Bangladesh went from an economic miracle to needing IMF help

9:43am November 09, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

Millions emerged from poverty in recent decades. But now, rising fuel prices, weak exports and scant remittances are sabotaging growth, and Bangladesh asked the IMF for $4.5 billion in loans.

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People wade through flooded waters in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Saturday, June 18, 2022. At least 18 people have died as floods cut a swatch across northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater.

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18 dead in India, Bangladesh floods; millions without homes

6:11am June 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

At least 18 people have died as massive floods ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links.

A firefighter works to contain a fire that broke out at the BM Inland Container Depot, a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, early Sunday.

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A fire at a depot in Bangladesh has killed at least 49 and injured more than 100

8:48am June 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

The blaze in the city of Chittagong broke out around midnight Saturday following explosions in a container full of chemicals. The cause could not immediately be determined.