By Ruma Paul KURIGRAM, Bangladesh (Reuters) -On an overcast morning, Nurun Nabi loads bamboo poles and tin sheets onto a ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A speedboat carrying about 30 passengers overturned after hitting a sand-laden cargo boat in a Bangladeshi river Monday, leaving at least 26 people dead, an official said. The ...

STORY: The ‘Old Ganges’ in Bangladesh is a ‘dead river’. Fish have been replaced by human and industrial waste. But for many, this is home and they still depend on the toxic water to live, bathe and ...

On Bangladesh's coast, where mighty Himalayan rivers meet the sea, water defines every rhythm of life, and every struggle.

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DHAKA, BangladeshDHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s High Court has asked authorities to shut down 231 factories surrounding the highly polluted main river in the nation’s capital, lawyers and activists ...

Bangladesh’s high court has granted the country’s rivers the rights and status of “living entities” in a bid to save them from encroachment, a lawyer said on Tuesday. The court on Monday published a ...

Vendors sell rice off their boats at the floating market next to Indarhat fish market in Bangladesh. Photo Credit: Sanjeev Hirudayaraj With a population of 165 million, Bangladesh is often ...

DHAKA – A speedboat carrying about 30 passengers overturned after hitting a sand-laden cargo boat in a Bangladeshi river on Monday, leaving at least 26 people dead, an official said. The speedboat was ...