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June 22, 2022 at 2:21 am

Climate change a factor in ‘unprecedented’ South Asia floods VIEW

Scientists say climate change is a factor behind the devastating floods in Bangladesh and northeastern India.

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Flood-affected people move towards safer grounds from marooned Tarabari village, west of Gauhati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20, 2022. Nearly a quarter-million people are now living in emergency relief camps in Assam, and many others have constructed their own temporary shelters and cobbled together basic rafts to escape areas cut off by the floods. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) SAF112 SAF112

June 21, 2022 at 3:14 am

Dozens dead, thousands homeless in Bangladesh, India floods VIEW

Villagers in Bangladesh are crowding refugee centers as massive floods, which have killed dozens and displaced hundreds of thousands in Bangladesh and India, wreak havoc.

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June 5, 2022 at 9:45 pm

Container depot fire spotlights Bangladesh industrial safety VIEW

Authorities in Bangladesh are struggling to determine the cause of a devastating fire that killed at least 41 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more...

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February 25, 2020 at 3:39 am

Melania Trump meditates, relaxes in Indian ‘happiness’ class VIEW

NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. first lady Melania Trump relaxed Tuesday by meditating with students participating in a “happiness class” during a tour of a...

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, center, meets with Rohingya Muslims at Kutupalong refugee camp, near the border town of Ukhia, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Hasina visited the struggling refugee camp that has absorbed some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled recent violence in Myanmar, a crisis she said left her speechless. (AP Photo/Saiful Kallol) DHA101 DHA101

September 11, 2017 at 11:28 pm

Bangladesh leader visits Rohingya refugees, assures help VIEW

UKHIYA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's leader demanded that Myanmar allow the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled recent violence in the...

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September 10, 2017 at 11:22 pm

Bangladesh slams Myanmar for ‘atrocities’ against Rohingya

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — The Bangladeshi prime minister was traveling Tuesday to struggling refugee camps that have absorbed hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fleeing...

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August 5, 2014 at 3:30 am

Strong currents hamper rescue effort in Bangladesh

High waves and strong currents prevented rescuers from launching a search operation Tuesday for a ferry that capsized a day earlier in central Bangladesh, leaving...

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