The United Arab Emirates will bar entry to non-UAE resident travellers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka starting on Wednesday to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus, it said on Monday.

At least 26 people were killed when a speedboat packed with passengers collided with a vessel transporting sand on Monday in the latest maritime disaster to hit Bangladesh.

India on Monday overtook Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections and Bangladesh halted international flights and shut offices as a new wave battered South Asia.

Four supporters of a hardline group were shot dead in Bangladesh on Friday in violent demonstrations over Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tour to Dhaka, officials said.

Al Sadd secured an astonishing 3-2 comeback win over Al Arabi in an electrifying Qatar Derby to maintain their unbeaten status in the QNB Stars League at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium on Monday.

Qatar Petroleum has entered into a long term sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Vitol for the supply of 1.25mn tonnes per year (mtpy) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Vitol’s final customers in Bangladesh.

The Bangladesh embassy in Qatar organised a programme on the occasion of Shaheed Dibash (Martyr’s Day) and International Mother Language Day.

Dr Hanadi al-Hamad, Qatar’s National Health Strategy lead for Healthy Ageing and medical director of Rumailah Hospital and Qatar Rehabilitation Institute, has recognised representatives of the embassies of Bangladesh and Nepal and the Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF) ...

His Excellency Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, held bilateral cooperation talks with Mr. Nasrul Hamid, the State Minister ...

Bangladesh called for peace and stability in Myanmar after a military coup on Monday, and said it hoped its neighbour make genuine efforts to move forward the stalled process of voluntary repatriation of Rohingya refugees.

Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal this month, officials said on Sunday, despite calls by rights groups not to carry out further relocations.

To mark Global Handwashing Day 2020, the representative mission of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) in Bangladesh took part in hygiene awareness campaigns at refugee camps.