/taxonomy/term/240426 en /node/2578895/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2024-11-11 16:05</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Dhaka: Bangladesh will focus its negotiations at the COP29 climate conference on boosting crucial funding for a plan that will benefit over 50 million people living in areas most at-risk to climate hazards, authorities said, as the summit began on Monday.</p> <p> Bangladesh is one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, ranking seventh globally in the 2021 World Climate Risk Index.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/11/4543844-320423174.jpg" width="1805" height="1204" alt="" title="People carrying relief materials wade through flood waters in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on Aug. 24, 2024. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/COP29">COP29</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:08:27 +0000 sara.alshurafa 2578895 at /node/2578668/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2024-11-09 17:25</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: Bangladesh’s dengue fever outbreak this year is its second deadliest on record, raising concerns over widespread transmission as infection rates show no signs of slowing.<br /> Each year, dengue fever becomes a major health concern in Bangladesh during the monsoon season between July and October, with thousands of people contracting the potentially deadly virus transmitted by the Aedes mosquito.<br /> The incidence of the disease has increased dramatically since the early 2000s, with the worst outbreak claiming 1,705 lives last year.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/09/4543227-477879616.jpg" width="1648" height="1099" alt="" title="A general view of a dengue ward inside the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka on Nov. 4, 2024. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/monsoon">monsoon</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/outbreak">outbreak</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 09 Nov 2024 14:36:33 +0000 bassam.zaazaa 2578668 at /node/2578258/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-11-06 16:16</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: The migration of skilled Bangladeshi workers abroad has been on the rise since the beginning of the year, with most seeking employment in ��������Ƶ’s giga-projects.</p> <p> Out of almost 700,000 who sought employment abroad this year, more than 374,000 went to ��������Ƶ, which since 2017 has been the preferred destination among Bangladeshi expats.</p> <p> The Kingdom was followed by Malaysia and Qatar, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/06/4542148-920004036.jpg" width="1000" height="605" alt="" title="Laborers work on the exterior of the King Abdullah Financial District station of the Riyadh Metro on April 1, 2021. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">��������Ƶ</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-vision-2030">Saudi Vision 2030</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:23:23 +0000 seamus.obuachalla 2578258 at /node/2577907/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2024-11-03 19:33</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: The family of a Bangladeshi worker who died in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon said on Sunday that Tel Aviv was the only one responsible for his death and called for an immediate stop to the war raging in the Middle East.</p> <p> There are between 70,000 and 100,000 Bangladeshi nationals in Lebanon, many working as laborers or domestic workers, according to estimates from the Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/03/4541251-1772957463.jpg" width="1280" height="720" alt="" title="The undated photo shows Muhammad Nasim, 31, a Bangladeshi citizen killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on November 2, 2024. (Arab News photo/Supplied by family)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 03 Nov 2024 16:38:37 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2577907 at /node/2577860/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1730616713615908300</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2024-11-03 18:48</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: The family of a Bangladeshi worker who died in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon said on Sunday that Tel Aviv was the only one responsible for his death and called for an immediate stop to the war raging in the Middle East.</p> <p> There are between 70,000 and 100,000 Bangladeshi nationals in Lebanon, many working as laborers or domestic workers, according to estimates from the Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/03/4541117-256252371.jpg" width="1132" height="753" alt="" title="A lightning flash gleams over Beirut&#039;s southern suburbs, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, November 2, 2024. (Reuters)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/03/4541226-1929244326.jpg" width="449" height="271" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/BattlefieldLebanon">Battlefield Lebanon</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 03 Nov 2024 14:04:55 +0000 rbksa 2577860 at /node/2577788/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2024-11-02 15:48</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: Bangladesh is introducing a 10-year tax exemption package for renewable energy production — a move expected to help boost clean electricity generation, which is still hampered by high production costs.</p> <p> The National Board of Revenue issued a notification earlier this week for projects that will begin commercial operations by mid-2030.</p> <p> The policy grants 100 percent tax exemption for renewable energy plants in the first five years, 50 percent in the next three years, and 25 percent in the following two years.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/02/4540929-1951581635.jpg" width="1000" height="665" alt="" title="Workers from the Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited repair an electrical transformer in Dhaka on June 13, 2021. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/renewable-energy">Renewable Energy</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 02 Nov 2024 12:51:24 +0000 Arbee 2577788 at /node/2577414/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-10-30 16:14</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: The Bangladeshi government cut the cost of Hajj packages on Wednesday to make the spiritual journey more accessible in next year’s pilgrimage season.</p> <p> Last year, ��������Ƶ granted Bangladesh a quota of 127,000 pilgrims, but high inflation and the cost of flights to the Middle East meant only 85,000 were able to embark on the spiritual journey.</p> <p> In 2024, the minimum government rate for Hajj was nearly $5,000; for 2025, it will be about 20 percent lower.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/10/30/4539941-1016788392.jpg" width="1000" height="616" alt="" title="Bangladeshi pilgrims arrive at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah on May 9, 2024. (SPA file photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/hajj">hajj</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:17:25 +0000 Arbee 2577414 at /node/2577266/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2024-10-29 15:49</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: The chief adviser of Bangladesh’s caretaker government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, has requested Saudi support in training Bangladeshi talent and helping develop their skills.</p> <p> Yunus, economics professor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, took charge of Bangladesh in August, when ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina quit and fled the country amid violent protests.</p> <p> His interim administration has since been implementing a series of reforms, after which it is expected to announce new general elections.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/10/29/4539555-1265991730.jpeg" width="1000" height="666" alt="" title="The chief adviser of Bangladesh’s caretaker government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, meets Saudi Ambassador Essa Al-Duhailan in Dhaka on Oct. 28, 2024. (Chief Adviser’s Office)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">��������Ƶ</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:53:06 +0000 Arbee 2577266 at /node/2576880/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2024-10-26 16:04</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: As she fled Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon, Morium Begum was not sure she would ever see her family again.</p> <p> The Bangladeshi mother of two was working as a housekeeper in the southern city of Nabatieh, which came under Israeli fire in late September.</p> <p> “There were huge explosions everywhere and continuous bombing around me,” Begum told Arab News. “The situation had become so bad that it was no longer possible to stay there.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/10/26/4538614-294972337.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" title="A Bangladeshi national carries luggage upon her arrival from Lebanon at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Oct. 21, 2024. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/BattlefieldLebanon">Battlefield Lebanon</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/lebanon">Lebanon</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 26 Oct 2024 13:06:40 +0000 Arbee 2576880 at /node/2576641/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-10-24 16:14</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government has banned the student wing of the Awami League party of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s, citing the group’s role in the deadly violence during the recent popular uprising.</p> <p> A gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday night said the Bangladesh Chhatra League was banned under the Anti-Terrorism Act with immediate effect.</p> <p> The ministry accused the BCL of misconduct over the past 15 years, including violence, harassment and exploitation of public resources.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/10/24/4537981-505194523.png" width="569" height="379" alt="" title="Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard in front of the residence and workplace of President Mohammed Shahabuddin after protesters demanded his resignation, in Dhaka, Oct. 23, 2024. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sheikh-hasina">Sheikh Hasina</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:25:02 +0000 daniel.fountain 2576641 at /node/2575628/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1729155920351869800</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-10-17 15:41</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: A special tribunal in Dhaka issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and began trial procedures in cases related to the killings of hundreds of people during recent student protests that forced her to step down and flee.</p> <p> Initially peaceful student demonstrations started in Bangladesh in early July, triggered by the reinstatement of a quota system for the allocation of civil service positions.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/10/17/4535423-22811316.jpg" width="1133" height="753" alt="" title="Exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina has not been seen in public since fleeing Bangladesh by helicopter. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sheikh-hasina">Sheikh Hasina</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:41:19 +0000 rbksa 2575628 at /node/2573942/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2024-10-04 18:10</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: Bangladeshi doctors are on alert as this year’s mortality rate from dengue fever is the highest in over two decades.</p> <p> Each year, dengue fever becomes a major health concern during the monsoon season between July and October, with thousands of Bangladeshis contracting the viral and potentially deadly disease transmitted by the Aedes mosquitoes breeding in freshwater pools.</p> <p> The disease used to be rare in the 1960s, but since the early 2000s, its incidence has increased dramatically.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/10/04/4531120-1357400409.jpg" width="1764" height="1176" alt="A dengue patient receives treatment at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sept. 28, 2024. (AFP)" title="A dengue patient receives treatment at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sept. 28, 2024. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/dengue-fever">dengue fever</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/dengue-outbreak">Dengue Outbreak</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:12:42 +0000 daniel.fountain 2573942 at /node/2572851/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-09-26 15:57</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Dhaka: Bangladesh will enforce a ban on thin plastic grocery bags starting next week — over 20 years after it passed legislation prohibiting their use.</p> <p> The country became the first in the world to ban plastic bags after they were found to have choked its drainage systems during devastating floods in 2002.</p> <p> It introduced heavy fines and prison sentences for producing, using and marketing polythene — the plastic from which most single-use bags are made — but the initially successful initiative eventually failed to sustain, mainly due to weak enforcement.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/09/26/4528292-626678812.jpg" width="1584" height="1056" alt="" title="Rickshaw pullers shelter from the rain with a plastic sheet along a street in Dhaka on June 9, 2023. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:00:29 +0000 sara.alshurafa 2572851 at /node/2572027/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-09-19 15:41</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> COX’S BAZAR: Mohammad Jamal heard about Dr. Muhammad Yunus long before the economist became the head of Bangladesh’s new government last month. Like many other Rohingya refugees, he is now pinning his hopes on the Nobel prizewinner changing his life.</p> <p> An internationally renowned microfinance pioneer who in 2006 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work, Yunus was appointed to lead Bangladesh’s interim administration following the ousting of veteran prime minister Sheikh Hasina.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/09/19/4525986-227936698.jpg" width="1469" height="980" alt="" title="Rohingya refugees walk in a market, at a refugee camp in Ukhia on Sept. 12, 2024. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/rohingya">Rohingya</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:42:42 +0000 dalal.awienat 2572027 at /node/2571248/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/240426">SHEHAB SUMON</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2024-09-13 15:26</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DHAKA: For the sake of bilateral relations, India should influence Bangladesh’s ex-PM Sheikh Hasina to “keep quiet,” Dhaka’s top diplomat said, as the ousted prime minister continued to give instructions from her exile in New Delhi.</p> <p> After 15 straight years in power, Hasina resigned and fled to neighboring India on Aug. 5, forced out by weeks of student-led rallies and a nationwide uprising in the wake of a police crackdown on demonstrators that left hundreds of people dead.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/09/13/4523840-932345976.jpg" width="1000" height="563" alt="" title="Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain speaks to Arab News at his office in Dhaka on Sept. 10, 2024. (AN Photo) " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bangladesh-0">Bangladesh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/india">India</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sheikh-hasina">Sheikh Hasina</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:31:43 +0000 Arbee 2571248 at