Bangladesh

Lightning strikes kill at least 14 people in Bangladesh during seasonal storms

The deaths were reported from several districts after sudden storms brought heavy rain and intense lightning.

Bolts of lightning strike over Yangon on May 16, 2013. A cyclone slammed into the Bangladeshi coast on May 16 as a million people hunkered down in evacuation shelters, including in a region of Myanmar torn by communal unrest.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi in first diplomatic visit to Somaliland on January 6, 2026.

Israel's Somaliland envoy sparks regional backlash from 15 Arab, Muslim states

AIRPORT HEALTH authorities in protective masks prepare a thermal imager at Soekarno Hatta International Airport, following the implementation of health screening for arriving passengers, after India confirmed two cases of the Nipah virus, in Tangerang near Jakarta, Indonesia, January 30, 2026.

Low risk of deadly Nipah virus spreading from India, World Health Organization reassures

Soldiers sit atop an APC after armed forces were deployed, following a clash during a National Citizen Party rally, in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, July 16, 2025

Bangladesh expresses interest in joining Gaza stabilization force


Bangladeshi, exiled for visiting Israel, returns to Jewish State

"I’m a stateless Zionist," says Sahdman Zaman, who was banned from his home country after visiting Israel.

Dr. Shadman Zaman

Why Israelis should care about human rights abuses in Bangladesh

''As Israelis, we have a moral duty to care about and to stand in solidarity with political dissidents who face persecution in tyrannical dictatorships.''

ROHINGYA REFUGEES walk through a camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, yesterday

Israel called 'child murderers' at Inter-Parliamentary Union, may quit

Arab and Muslim delegates verbally harassed Israeli representatives and made noise to drown out their speeches, without intervention from the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s president.

Zionist Union MK Nachman Shai and Likud MK Sharren Haskel at 137th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Aid group warns of death among Rohingya in Bangladesh

"Many people are arriving hungry, exhausted and with no food or water."

Rohingya refugees walk on the muddy path after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 3, 2017.

Bangladesh warns Myanmar over border amid refugee crisis

"These provocative acts may lead to unwarranted consequences."

Rohingya refugees walk on the muddy path after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 3, 2017.

Now is the time for Israel to help Bangladeshi Hindus

Israel has nothing to lose and everything to gain by taking a stance in favor of the Bangladeshi Hindus.

A MAN sells photo frames with pictures of Hindu religious figures near a temple ahead of observance of Rakher Upabash in Dhaka, Bangladesh