Some 150,000 workers at over 200 Bangladeshi tea plantations hold a strike against dollar-a-day wages.

The Iranian Navy chief says the naval forces seek to establish and boost interaction with the oppressed independent countries.

This episode looks at the toxic wave of Islamophobia that continues to haunt Indian Muslims, and the expansion of bilateral ties between Iran and Bangladesh.

In this edition of the subcontinent we will discuss how, with rising communal tensions in India, the use of bulldozers by government has caused wide-spread fear amongst the Muslim population of the country.

Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh on Tuesday.

Police said thousands of refugees joined the marches, standing on roads and alleys.

Monsoon rains caused widespread flooding in northeastern India and Bangladesh, stranding nearly 6 million people, with officials warning the situation could worsen. 

Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 59 people.

Thousands of people march in Bangladesh’s capital to protest offensive comments by two Indian figures against Prophet Muhammad.

At least 34 people have been killed and 300 others injured after a huge fire tore through a container depot in southern Bangladesh, officials said on Sunday.