Bangladesh

Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam are among the Asian locations that tightened airport screening checks this week to guard against such a spread after India confirmed infections.

Bangladesh said its national security adviser, Khalilur Rahman, met US diplomats Allison Hooker and Paul Kapur in Washington.

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are in talks to convert about 2 billion dollars in loans into a JF-17 fighter jet deal, sources said. Pakistan and Bangladesh are also discussing a deal.

At least 30 senior leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) have openly opposed its alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami, announced on Sunday, and several have resigned in protest.

Ex-PM Hasina's jail sentence (5 years) is the latest in a string of verdicts. She faces a combined 21 years in other corruption cases and a separate death sentence over a crackdown.

Bangladesh’s former PM Khaleda Zia remains in critical condition with a severe chest infection, while her exiled son Tarique Rahman signals uncertainty over returning amid political tensions.

"I have never felt such a tremor in my life. We were at the office when the furniture started shaking. We rushed down the stairs on the street and saw other people on the road already," said Sakib.

Bangladesh's court sentences ex-PM Sheikh Hasina to death for ordering a deadly crackdown during 2024 protests, as the country braces for elections and reform challenges.

The ruling is the most dramatic legal action against a former Bangladeshi leader in decades and comes months ahead of parliamentary elections expected to be held in early February.

The boats were carrying migrants from Bangladesh, Egypt, and Sudan. Libya has become a transit route for migrants to flee to Europe across the Mediterranean.