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Eight people died and 25 were injured when two passenger buses collided head-on in Sylhet, northeastern Bangladesh, on Friday morning, as the country grapples with persistent road safety challenges.
Bangladesh has appealed to Malaysia for help supplying liquefied natural gas to address acute energy shortages, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim revealed following telephone discussions with his Bangladeshi counterpart Tarique Rahman.
Bangladesh has asked the Philippines, current ASEAN chair, to support its application for Sectoral Dialogue Partner status within the regional bloc, while expanding cooperation on nursing, medical tourism, and the Rohingya refugee situation.
Bangladesh has recovered 760 billion taka (approximately $6.2 billion) in assets belonging to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her family members, and ten connected business conglomerates, marking a significant move by interim authorities.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is actively searching for two Bangladeshi nationals to serve as prosecution witnesses in a high-profile corruption trial currently underway at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.
Authorities in Kuantan have detained a Bangladeshi national suspected of possessing a fraudulent Malaysian passport. The NRD confirms he carried no legitimate identification documents and is believed to work in Malaysia's construction sector.