https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy has banned travel from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka amid the coronavirus emergency in neighbouring India, as well as tightening quarantine rules for residents who have recently returned from one of those countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20210429/italy-extends-covid-19-travel-ban-to-bangladesh-as-well-as-india Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:24:00 +0200 italy-extends-covid-19-travel-ban-to-bangladesh-as-well-as-india Italy's health minister ordered the suspension of flights from Bangladesh on Tuesday, after a spate of coronavirus cases among people arriving in Rome from Dhaka. https://www.thelocal.it/20200707/italy-suspends-flights-from-bangladesh-coronavirus Tue, 07 Jul 2020 15:49:13 +0200 italy-suspends-flights-from-bangladesh-coronavirus Pope Francis will meet Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar in Dhaka when he visits the Bangladeshi capital next week, a Vatican spokesman said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171122/pope-francis-rohingya-myanmar Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:39:19 +0100 pope-francis-rohingya-myanmar A Bangladesh court on Tuesday charged an opposition party leader with the murder of an Italian aid worker, drawing an angry reaction from the party which accused the government of trying to discredit it. https://www.thelocal.it/20161025/bangladesh-charges-politician-with-italians-murder Tue, 25 Oct 2016 16:53:42 +0200 bangladesh-charges-politician-with-italians-murder Italy will later this week repatriate the bodies of nine people killed in a terrorist attack at a cafe in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160704/dhaka-attack-bodies-of-nine-italian-victims-to-be-flown-home-this-week Mon, 04 Jul 2016 10:53:10 +0200 dhaka-attack-bodies-of-nine-italian-victims-to-be-flown-home-this-week Nine Italians were killed and a 10th was listed as missing after militants attacked a restaurant in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka and took hostages, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160702/nine-italians-killed-one-missing-in-bangladesh-attack Sat, 02 Jul 2016 19:01:45 +0200 nine-italians-killed-one-missing-in-bangladesh-attack Seven Italian nationals may be among the 20 hostages killed by gunmen who stormed a restaurant popular with foreigners in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, Italian state television has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160702/italians-may-be-among-those-killed-in-bangladesh-cafe-attack Sat, 02 Jul 2016 13:30:44 +0200 italians-may-be-among-those-killed-in-bangladesh-cafe-attack Bangladesh police have charged seven people including a senior opposition official over the murder of an Italian aid worker last September, an officer said on Tuesday https://www.thelocal.it/20160628/bangladesh-charges-opposition-official-over-italians-murder Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:46:01 +0200 bangladesh-charges-opposition-official-over-italians-murder The Isis group on Thursday claimed responsibility for shooting and wounding an Italian priest in Bangladesh this week, the latest in a spate of recent attacks on foreigners claimed by the jihadist network. https://www.thelocal.it/20151119/isis-claims-attack-on-italian-priest-in-bangladesh Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:01:53 +0100 isis-claims-attack-on-italian-priest-in-bangladesh Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded an Italian priest on Wednesday in northern Bangladesh, just weeks after two foreigners were killed in similar attacks blamed on hardline Islamists, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20151118/italian-priest-shot-in-bangladesh Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:33:44 +0100 italian-priest-shot-in-bangladesh A senior Bangladeshi minister accused a main opposition party official Wednesday of ordering an Italian aid worker's murder as part of a plot to destabilize the government. https://www.thelocal.it/20151028/bangladesh-accuses-opposition-official-of-italians-murder Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:17:55 +0100 bangladesh-accuses-opposition-official-of-italians-murder Bangladesh announced the first arrests on Monday over the murder of an Italian aid worker as the government insisted its political rivals rather than the Islamic State group were behind a spate of deadly attacks. https://www.thelocal.it/20151026/four-held-in-bangladesh-over-italian-aid-worker-murder Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:08:57 +0100 four-held-in-bangladesh-over-italian-aid-worker-murder Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rejected claims by the Isis terror group that it was behind the murder of an Italian aid worker and a Japanese citizen. https://www.thelocal.it/20151005/bangladesh-denies-isis-killed-italian-man Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:03:20 +0200 bangladesh-denies-isis-killed-italian-man International schools closed down in Bangladesh on Tuesday and Western embassies restricted their diplomats' movements after an Italian aid worker was shot dead in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. https://www.thelocal.it/20150929/international-schools-shut-after-is-claim-bangladesh-attack Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:23:07 +0200 international-schools-shut-after-is-claim-bangladesh-attack UPDATED: An Italian charity worker died after being shot by attackers in Dhaka on Monday, police said, amid heightened fears over security in Bangladesh. https://www.thelocal.it/20150928/italian-shot-dead-in-bangladesh-police Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:37:55 +0200 italian-shot-dead-in-bangladesh-police Italian fashion retailer Benetton announced Friday it would pay $1.1 million into an international fund to compensate victims of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh two years ago in which 1,138 people died. https://www.thelocal.it/20150417/benetton-pays-11-mn-into-fund-for-rana-plaza-disaster-victims Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:02:21 +0200 benetton-pays-11-mn-into-fund-for-rana-plaza-disaster-victims Italian fashion retailer Benetton has agreed to pay into an international compensation fund for victims of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh in which 1,138 people died. https://www.thelocal.it/20150220/benetton-pays-up-over-bangladesh-factory-tragedy Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:50:00 +0100 benetton-pays-up-over-bangladesh-factory-tragedy Italian fashion house Benetton said on Tuesday it would sign an agreement to improve working conditions in Bangladeshi factories after a plant there collapsed killing more than 1,100 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20130514/italys-benetton-to-sign-bangladesh-safety-deal Tue, 14 May 2013 21:03:00 +0200 italys-benetton-to-sign-bangladesh-safety-deal