Rescuers in Bangladesh have recovered at least 11 bodies after an apparently overcrowded trawler caught fire and sank.

A boat packed with passengers has capsized on a river in north-eastern Bangladesh, and rescuers said at least 37 people died and 18 more were reported missing.

A bomb blast at an opposition rally in north-eastern Bangladesh today killed one person and wounding at least 60 others, doctors and police said.

A bomb exploded at an opposition rally in north-eastern Bangladesh today, wounding nearly 40 people.

Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains have trapped nearly 50,000 people in their villages and damaged hundreds of houses in northern Bangladesh.