Portal:Bangladesh/News archive/2020

14 December 2020 – Capital punishment in Singapore

The judicial commissioner of Singapore sentences a Bangladeshi national to death after he was found guilty of murdering his Indonesian girlfriend two years ago. In Singapore, a charge of murder carries the mandatory death penalty. (The Straits Times)

12 December 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

Bangladesh surpasses 7,000 total deaths from COVID-19. (Dhaka Tribune)

4 December 2020 – Rohingya refugee crisis, Ashrayan Project

Despite international pressure to back down, Bangladesh begins transferring thousands of Rohingya refugees to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh says all the refugees being moved have given consent and that the relocation was voluntary. (BBC)

15 November 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, who tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, tests negative within a day. Despite this, he and senior secretary Mostafa Kamal Uddin remain in isolation. (Anadolu Agency)

27 October 2020 – Aftermath of the murder of Samuel Paty

Thousands rally in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka calling for a boycott of French goods over French President Emmanuel Macron's defense of cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad, which Muslims consider to be highly blasphemous. Police prevented the protesters from reaching the French Embassy. (Al Jazeera)

17 October 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud is hospitalized at Square Hospital in Dhaka after testing positive for COVID-19. (Bdnews24.com)

15 October 2020 – Capital punishment in Bangladesh

A court in Bangladesh sentences five men to death for the gang rape of a girl in 2012. The verdict comes amidst public outcry regarding growing sexual violence. It was the first conviction since the government this week introduced the death penalty for rape. (Al Jazeera)

19 September 2020 – Bangladesh–India relations, Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border

The border guards of Bangladesh and India agree to launch joint patrols along the two countries' border following a spate of deaths linked to illegal entries. (Anadolu)

15 August 2020 –

Two lighter vessels capsize in the Bay of Bengal, near the island of Bhasan Char in Bangladesh. The country's Inland Water Transport Authority report that 13 crew members from one vessel en route to the Narayanganj District from Chittagong are missing, while all 12 crew members from the other vessel were rescued. (Anadolu Agency)

29 June 2020 –

At least 32 people die when their ferry collides with another vessel and sinks in the Buriganga River, near Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. There are still about 20 passengers missing. (BBC)

27 May 2020 –

A fire at a hospital kills five patients being treated for COVID-19 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. No cause for the fire has been determined. (Reuters)

25 April 2020 – Bangladesh–Myanmar relations

Foreign Minister of Bangladesh AK Abdul Momen says that it is not the responsibility of his country to rescue more than 500 Rohingya refugees who have been at sea for weeks. Momen tells Al Jazeera they "should ask the Myanmar government first because they are their citizens". (Al Jazeera)

18 April 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Hundreds of garment workers march in Chittagong, Bangladesh, demanding factory owners pay them last month's wages following delays. (Reuters)

11 February 2020 –

A boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes in the Bay of Bengal while trying to reach Malaysia. Fifteen are confirmed dead and dozens are missing, a Bangladesh Coast Guard official says. (Reuters)

29 January 2020 – Algeria–Bangladesh relations

Algeria reopens its embassy in Dhaka, after closing it in 1990. (New Age)