[Updated 4 p.m. Monday, January 30] The photo above was taken in Chittagong, Bangladesh, which is a "graveyard" of sorts for old ships.
Authorities confirmed four deaths Sunday following violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters.
At least 44 schoolboys were killed and many more injured Monday when the truck they were traveling in skidded off a highway and plunged into a canal in southeast Chittagong district, 250 kilometers (155 miles) from Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka, police said.
The bodies of at least 15 people, including women and children, were recovered Friday after hours of steady downpours triggered a mudslide at Batali Hill in Chittagong, in southeastern Bangladesh, the state-run news agency said.
Dozens of people were injured in Bangladesh as riot police clashed with thousands of Islamists protesting women's rights, authorities and witnesses said.
Rizwana Hasan is a divisive figure in Bangladesh. Heralded by some as an eco-pioneer, a labor rights campaigner and a "take no prisoners" lawyer, she also is characterized as being on a mission to destroy an industry that employs thousands.
CNN's Dan Rivers meets Rizwana Hasan, a lawyer fighting to clean up Bangladesh's ship-breaking industry.
If you had asked me at the beginning of last year to pinpoint Bangladesh on a map, I would have struggled.
The United Nation's International Maritime Organization (IMO) has gathered this week in the shipping hub of Hong Kong to draw up new rules on ship recycling.
Disposing of huge ships is no small task. CNN's Pauline Chiou reports on intense debates on industry regulation efforts.
Police arrested former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and one of her sons Monday on charges of corruption and misuse of power, a police official said.
Police arrested former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and one of her sons Monday on charges of corruption and misuse of power during her last term in office, news reports said.
Violent protest claims life
Traffic returned to the streets, and residents crowded markets in Bangladesh's six largest cities Friday after the military-backed government temporarily lifted a curfew imposed to quell violent student protests.
Fire engulfed a crowded slum in the southeastern port city of Chittagong early Tuesday, killing at least 21 people, mostly women and children, a police official said.
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Activists and police clashed in Bangladesh on Sunday, injuring at least 50 people at the start of a three-day transport blockade aimed at derailing upcoming elections.
It all started with $50. In 1988, that's what it took Noni Bala Ghosh to revive her family's business of making sweets to sell in Kholshi, her tiny village in Bangladesh.
A suicide bomber has killed eight people and wounded 50 others in the central Bangladeshi town of Netrokona, officials said.
Police have detained a total of 97 people over two days in connection with three bombings earlier this week in Bangladesh, which killed 14 people.
Bangladesh police have arrested a person believed to be responsible for an explosion -- the third this week in the country -- that killed at least one person and injured 10 others, authorities say.
A series of bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in dozens of cities across Bangladesh Wednesday, striking regional capitals as well as the national capital, Dhaka, authorities said.
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