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Relocate Rohingya refugees to safer grounds: HRW to Bangladesh
Aug 06, 2018 07:39Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned against the threat of natural disasters facing the Rohingya Muslim refugees living in an overcrowded mega camp in Bangladesh’s border region near Myanmar, calling on Dhaka to relocate the hapless refugees to safer places.
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Over 110 student protesters wounded in clashes with police in Bangladesh
Aug 05, 2018 02:25More than 100 people, mainly students, have been wounded in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka after police fired rubber bullets at thousands of student demonstrators protesting against the death of two fellow students mowed down by a speeding bus in the city.
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Myanmar’s army planned out Rohingya genocide: Rights group
Jul 19, 2018 07:39A human rights group says Myanmar’s army had made “systematic preparations” for “genocide” against Rohingya Muslims in the country’s western state of Rakhine, before Myanmar’s security posts came under alleged militant attacks in August 2017.
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Landslide kills Rohingya child as monsoon hits refugee camps in Bangladesh
Jun 11, 2018 12:29A landslide triggered by heavy rain has claimed the life of a three-year-old Rohingya boy in an overcrowded and squalid refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh defends drug war as family contests suspect's death
Jun 07, 2018 13:23Bangladesh says Akramul Haque was a meth kingpin who died after opening fire at police, one of 130 accused dealers killed in murky late-night shootouts in an increasingly bloody war on drugs.
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Bangladesh kills 86, arrests 7,000 in anti-drug crackdown
May 28, 2018 11:34Bangladesh police have killed at least 86 people and arrested about 7,000 since launching a crackdown on drug trafficking this month, officials say, raising fears from rights activists of a Philippines-style war on drugs.
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Myanmar detains Rohingya refugees ‘voluntarily’ returning
May 28, 2018 07:52Myanmar has detained dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees it claims voluntarily crossed the border back into their home country from Bangladesh over the last four months, pending a decision to “pardon” them before resettlement.
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Rohingyas in Bangladesh face death in upcoming monsoons
May 27, 2018 08:02With the monsoon season approaching in Bangladesh, the lives of close to one million Rohingya Muslim refugees there are at stake as they are living in ill-equipped camps and dire humanitarian conditions.
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Bangladesh signs deal with China to set up coal-based power plant
May 08, 2018 01:01The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and China Huadian Hongkong Company Limited (CHDHK) have signed an agreement to form a joint venture company to set up a coal-based power plant with a capacity of 1,320 megawatts, a senior BPDB official said on Monday.
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OIC foreign ministers discuss plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims
May 05, 2018 12:27Foreign ministers of Muslim countries have gathered in Bangladesh to discuss the plight of Myanmar's Rohingya refugees as a main theme of the 45th session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers.