Authorities have launched an investigation into what caused all power plants to trip, plunging the capital, Dhaka, and other big cities into darkness.
Actors linked to military and radical Buddhist nationalist groups flooded Facebook with anti-Muslim content prior to large-scale massacres, Amnesty International says, demanding Facebook meet Rohingya's demands for remediation.
More than 70 Hindu devotees travelling to a centuries-old temple were on the vessel which suddenly tipped over and sank in the middle of the Karotoa river in northern Bangladesh.
Some of the world's most climate change affected countries are pushing to create a funding facility for "loss and damage" to be established at UN climate negotiations in November.
The event is the latest in a series of incidents where shells have exploded in Bangladesh, but the first to cause a fatality.
Pakistan teenager Naseem Shah smashes back-to-back sixes in the last over against Afghanistan for a one-wicket victory that sets up the Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka.
Skyrocketing gas prices in Europe have had a ripple effect particularly on the Asian market, causing severe shortages in developing nations strapped for foreign currency.
As Rohingya mark 5th anniversary of exodus to Bangladesh, UN chief notes "the unflagging aspirations for an inclusive future" for the minority, who face widespread discrimination in Myanmar.
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet has met with Rohingya community members during a tour of their camps in Bangladesh and said they had expressed hope that they would be able to go back to their homes.
UN rights chief meets senior officials in capital Dhaka to assess human rights and conditions of Rohingya refugees.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during an official visit to Bangladesh, pledged to work continuously to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
"Hero" Alom said that he was "mentally tortured" last week by police who told him to stop performing classical songs and asked to sign an "apology" bond.
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