COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Sixteen fishermen remained missing Tuesday off Bangladesh’s southern coast after pirates attacked their vessel last week, survivors and the boat’s owner said.

GAUHATI, India — The commander of a powerful rebel movement in India’s remote northeast was arrested along with a top deputy, officials said Friday, in a major blow to a separatist army already crippled by a string of arrests.

Passenger boat capsizes after being hit by ferry in Bangladesh, at least 38 dead

Passenger boat capsizes after being hit by ferry in Bangladesh, at least 36 dead

Officials say of powerful Indian rebel movement, ULFA, has surrendered with top deputy

Bangladesh ferry death toll rises to 77 after 19 additional bodies found

DHAKA, Bangladesh — The death toll from the capsizing of a ferry over the weekend in southern Bangladesh rose Monday to 77 after rescuers recovered an additional 19 bodies.

Bangladesh ferry death toll rises to 75 after 17 additional bodies found

DHAKA, Bangladesh — The death toll from the capsizing of a ferry over the weekend in southern Bangladesh rose Monday to 75 after rescuers recovered an additional 17 bodies.

Bangladesh ferry death toll rises to 72 after 14 additional bodies found

DHAKA, Bangladesh — The death toll from the capsizing of a ferry over the weekend in southern Bangladesh rose Monday to 72 after rescuers recovered an additional 14 bodies.

Bangladesh ferry death toll rises to 62 after four additional bodies found

DHAKA, Bangladesh — The death toll from the capsizing of a ferry over the weekend in southern Bangladesh rose to 62 Monday after rescuers recovered an additional four bodies, police said.

Capsized ferry righted in Bangladesh to help rescuers search for bodies; toll rises to 58

Capsized ferry righted in Bangladesh to help rescuers search for bodies; toll rises to 51

Capsized ferry righted in Bangladesh to help rescuers search for bodies; toll rises to 45

Rescuers find 3 more bodies, bringing toll in Bangladesh ferry capsize to 40; scores missing

Crowded ferry capsizes as passengers disembark in Bangladesh; 15 dead, scores missing

Bangladeshi mother says formerly conjoined twins should grow up in Australia

Bangladeshi mother tells newspaper formerly conjoined twins should grow up in Australia

Coup plotters lose appeal against death sentences in 1975 killing of Bangladeshi leader

Uighurs welcomed in Palau, but face challenges as tiny Muslim community set to shrink

Muslim ex-Gitmo detainees face challenges in Palau

Bangladesh police say man confesses to killing 11 women while questioned about another crime

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A man in eastern Bangladesh, who was being questioned about a theft, surprised a court by confessing to killing 11 women in the past three years after a woman refused to marry him, police said Monday.

Do away with visas, Dhaka tells New Delhi

MUHURIGHAT - Bangladesh has urged India to do away with visas for travel between the two neighbours to boost trade and business besides improving people-to-people relations.

New custom station in Tripura to boost trade with Bangladesh

Belonia (Tripura)/FENI - Indian and Bangladeshi officials attended the inauguration of the new land custom station at India-Bangladesh border to give fillip to bilateral trade.

Bangladesh awards farmer who killed 83,000 rats, launches culling campaign to save crops

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh on Wednesday awarded a farmer who killed more than 83,000 rats and launched a monthlong campaign nationwide to kill millions more, to protect crops and reduce the need for food imports. Mokhairul Islam, 40, won a first prize of a color television for killing some 83,450 rats in the past nine months in Gazipur district near the South Asian country’s capital, Dhaka. He collected their tails for proof.

Unscathed by financial crisis, Grameen shows that ‘poorest of the poor’ can be creditworthy

BANGKOK — The global financial crisis has highlighted a curious success story: A bank that doles out loans to some of the world’s poorest, least-creditworthy people continues to have a payback rate of nearly 100 percent.

Official: Bangladesh awards rights to US, Irish companies to explore for gas in Bay of Bengal

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh has awarded three offshore blocks to two global energy companies to explore for gas in the Bay of Bengal, a senior energy official said Tuesday.

Videos, mysterious trip and convicted terrorist at heart of trial for 2nd Ga. terror suspect

ATLANTA — Choppy homemade videos, a mysterious trek to Bangladesh and ties to a convicted Balkan terrorist are at the center of a federal case against a 23-year-old accused of supporting terrorism.

Police: Landslides kill 10 people in Bangladesh’s southeast

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains killed 10 people in southeastern Bangladesh on Friday, authorities said.

16 fishermen missing after pirates attack and throw them into the sea off Bangladesh’s coast

Report: 21 killed, 50 injured after 2 buses collide head-on in southwestern Bangladesh

15 killed, 30 injured after 2 buses collide head-on in southwestern Bangladesh

Passenger boat capsizes after being hit by ferry in Bangladesh, at least 46 dead

Passenger boat capsizes after being hit by ferry in Bangladesh, at least 47 dead

Officials say top Indian rebel arrested, reportedly in Bangladesh