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Remembrances will be muted because of a coronavirus lockdown.

Scores of suspected militants have been killed and nearly 2,500 arrested in post-attack crackdown.

South Asian nation scrapped 10 delayed projects, but at least 5 large ones are going ahead.

Slain pair are the forgotten victims of the Holey Artisan Bakery attack.

Diplomats paid homage to 24 victims a day earlier at Holey Artisan café site that militants had stormed.

Because Dhaka is overcrowded, BRAC and others have started program to improve conditions in other towns’ slums.

Dhaka hosted the first summit of finance ministers from Vulnerable 20 group to discuss “planetary emergency.”

Six-story building had only two exits, one of which was locked, fire service officials say.

Many of them working at the juice manufacturing plant were underage, police and the missing children’s families said.

In Southeast Asia, Thai official defends vaccine-mixing, while in Malaysia, inoculation center shuts after 200 staff test positive.

Tokyo-bound competitors from South, Southeast Asia mix coronavirus tests and quarantine with training.

Joblessness in Bangladesh amid the pandemic has spurred an increase in irregular migration to Europe.

Rickety shelters for displaced refugees prove dangerous because they are built on hills, experts say.

Lack of land, wind hamper efforts to move away from coal, traditional power sources, officials say.

Refugee says he needs to find work as humanitarian food aid is not enough.

As Bangladesh resumes mass inoculations, some patrons report chaos at jammed vaccination venues.

Ninety-five organizations ask Secretary of State Blinken to take action.

The alleged militants sought to attach explosives to drones and target government installations, officials say. Kamran Reza

The nation cut eyesight loss by 35 percent over two decades among people aged 30 and above, health officials say.

A survivor told BenarNews that his wife and four children were missing at sea.

Indonesia, Bangladesh monitoring Afghanistan security situation; Philippines mandates repatriation of about 130 citizens.

Report claims more than 600 people have gone missing since Prime Minister took office in 2009.

Video tells story of volunteers burying COVID-19 dead in Bangladesh.

At least 11 drowned; search is going on for 15 others still missing from boat.

Chinese defense minister hits back at U.S. comments that Beijing aims to ‘undermine security and stability.’

Questions remain on where smaller Southeast Asian nations feature in America’s grand strategy.

Palm oil plantation owners in Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer of the commodity, face a prolonged labor shortage.

Some call the Khilafatul Muslimin group dangerous and anti-Pancasila, while others say it’s harmless.

The outgoing president spoke out during the commissioning of a Coast Guard “multi-role response vessel.”