Bangladesh

Bangladesh registered 1,701 dengue deaths in 2023, a grim record since the South Asian nation started keeping dengue records in 2000. Of the total, 168 were children between 0 – 15 years of age, according to official figures. Health authorities…

Bangladesh’s railway minister accused the country’s main opposition party of “arson” and “sabotage” after a fire broke out early Tuesday on a passenger train in the capital, killing four people including a mother and child. Zia’s party — which is…