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Low-pressure area over Bay could intensify further: Met office
The low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has now turned into a well-marked low pressure, and could intensify further, the Met office said today
India's Odisha alerts of possible cyclone over Bay of Bengal
The government of the eastern Indian state of Odisha today sounded an alert of a possible cyclone over the Bay of Bengal as a cyclonic circulation over South Andaman Sea and neighbourhood persisted and could result in a depression with a wind speed of up to 75km per hour by May 8.
Bangladeshi imprisoned 10yrs for trafficking in Malaysia
A Malaysian court sentences a Bangladeshi national to 10 years, finding him guilty of trafficking three fellows through Andaman Sea of Songkhla province of Thailand between 2014 and 2015.
The ‘sea-nomad’ children who see like dolphins
“When the tide came in, these kids started swimming. But not like I had seen before. They were more underwater than above water, they had their eyes wide open – they were like little dolphins.”
114 more trafficking victims return from Malaysia
A number of 114 Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who were rescued by the Malaysian authorities from the Andaman Sea last May, return home.
9 more Bangladeshis return from Malaysia
Nine more Bangladeshis, rescued by the Malaysian authorities during the Southeast Asian migrant crisis in May this year, return home
Europe’s dilemma is a stark closer to Asia
Persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar and thousands of Bangladeshi nationals have undertaken perilous journeys across the Andaman Sea to reach countries in Southeast Asia.
12 more trafficking victims return from KL
Twelve more Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who were rescued from the Andaman Sea last May, have returned home from Kuala Lumpur.
95 more trafficking victims back home from Malaysia
Ninety five more Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who were rescued by the Malaysian authorities from the Andaman Sea last May, return home from Kuala Lumpur.
18 trafficking victims return from Indonesia
Eighteen Bangladeshi fortune seekers rescued by Indonesia authorities from the Andaman Sea around three months back, returns to Dhaka from Jakarta.
After days in sea, 727 boatpeople brought to Myanmar's Maungdaw
Myanmar brought ashore more than 700 "boat people" as the United States on Wednesday called on the country to help solve a migrant crisis by recognizing the rights of its Muslim Rohingya minority.
No army link found yet: Thai deputy PM
Thailand Deputy Prime Minister General Tanasak Patimapragorn denies having knowledge of any army personnel's link with human trafficking.
UN chief stresses need to protect migrants stranded at sea
The UN chief and his deputy speak separately to leaders in Southeast Asia reiterating the need to protect lives and uphold the obligation of rescue of the stranded migrants at sea.
'10 deaths' on stranded Myanmar migrant boat
Myanmar migrants on a boat stranded for a week in the Andaman Sea with no food or water say 10 people have died, while some are resorting to drinking urine.