Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus is in New Zealand to talk business.

The second test against Bangladesh in Christchurch gives Trent Boult the chance to underline his status as New Zealand's preeminent left-arm pace bowler.

Bangladesh prospered and will start day two today at 154 for three.

A Bangladeshi man with bark-like warts on his body has undergone treatment that may have cured him of his condition.

Played 17, lost 17; Bangladesh's record against New Zealand in all formats in New Zealand doesn't require a forensic examination.

PHOTO: ANDREW WARNER CricketBy Peter White Trent Boult just loves to run in and bowl fast for the Black Caps. It has been the ultimate

The father of a toddler who was found dead lying face down in the mud after trying to flee Myanmar has pleaded with the world to take notice. WARNING: GRAPHIC

A massive earthquake called an "active megathrust fault" is posing a genuine threat to southern Asia.

A senior editor for Bangladesh's only LGBT magazine was hacked to death in the latest in a series of attacks on minorities in the Muslim-majority nation.

Najneen Akter Nazma was three months pregnant and working as a sewing operator on the seventh floor of the Rana Plaza factory complex when it collapsed last year.

So few tourists go to colourful Bangladesh that you'll be spoiled, says J.J. Somerset - but you'll also be amazed and enchanted.

Bangladesh has executed an opposition leader convicted of war crimes hours after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute appeal, officials said.

Some of NZ's largest discount retailers are not signing up to a legally binding initiative offering financial aid for building and fire safety after the Bangladesh disaster.

The 19-year-old seamstress who was rescued unhurt after 17 days trapped in the rubble of the collapsed Dhaka garment factory claims she survived on only four biscuits.

Two weeks on, the Rana Plaza catastrophe in Bangladesh is now the deadliest catastrophe in the history of the garment industry, with the death toll toping 1000.

The death toll in the factory-building collapse in Bangladesh has risen to more than 530, as the country's finance minister downplayed the impact of the disaster on the garment industry.

Some of humanity's daily tragedies stand out because they inflict wantonly futile suffering; others awake the persistent tug of collective conscience.

Hundreds of rescue workers in Bangladesh have spent a second day crawling through the rubble of a building which collapsed, killing at least 238 people.

New Zealand Cricket has postponed the Black Caps test tour of Bangladesh.

The 10th Cricket World Cup has been launched following a $40 million opening ceremony in Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi authorities have launched a campaign against mosquitoes at World Cup venues to ensure a bite-free experience for spectators.

Heavy monsoon rains have forced the International Cricket Council to move World Cup warm-up matches from Sri Lanka's Pallekele stadium, tournament organisers said Thursday.

The ICC learned nothing from the last World Cup if the format for this one is any guide, writes Andrew Alderson.