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Bangladesh court upholds govt. ban on Rohingya Muslim refugees marrying citizens
Jan 08, 2018 16:42A Bangladesh court has upheld a government ruling banning marriage between its citizens and refugees from Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
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About 48,000 expected births to complicate situation in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh: Aid group
Jan 05, 2018 12:24An aid agency has warned that thousands of expected new childbirths at refugee camps set up for Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh could seriously complicate the situation at the already-resource-strapped sites.
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Prosecutors seek death for Bangladesh opposition leader's son in grenade attack case
Jan 01, 2018 16:18Bangladesh prosecutors have demanded the death sentence for the son of opposition leader Khaleda Zia for his alleged role in a deadly grenade attack on a political rally in 2004.
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Bangladesh to repatriate 1st group of Rohingya Muslim refugees
Dec 29, 2017 14:33Bangladesh has prepared for the repatriation of 100,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar under an agreement between the two countries.
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10 killed in stampede at Bangladeshi politician’s funeral
Dec 18, 2017 11:25Ten people were killed and dozens injured in a stampede Monday after tens of thousands of people gathered for a funeral ceremony in Bangladesh’s southern city of Chittagong, police said.
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Bangladeshis protest Trump's recognition of al-Quds as Zionist entity's capital
Dec 11, 2017 14:10About 2,000 protesters from an Islamic group in Bangladesh have protested against the US President Donald Trump's recognition of al-Quds as the capital of the illegal Zionist entity known as Israel.
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Rohingya refugees still fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh, says UN refugee agency
Dec 07, 2017 16:10The UN refugee agency says persecuted Rohingya Muslims continue to flee Myanmar for neighboring Bangladesh even though both countries set up a timetable last month to allow them to start to return home.
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In Bangladesh, Pope Francis calls Myanmarese Rohingya Muslims by ethnic name
Dec 02, 2017 10:57In an encounter with Myanmarese Muslim refugees in Bangladesh, Pope Francis breaks his silence and addresses them by their historical name Rohingya for the first time during his trip, begging forgiveness for all the sufferings the persecuted minority group has gone through.
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Pope, in Bangladesh, avoids to utter Rohingya
Nov 30, 2017 16:06Pope Francis has arrived in Bangladesh from Myanmar, urging the international community to address the plight of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims in the country.
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Myanmar, Bangladesh sign deal to repatriate Rohingya Muslim refugees
Nov 25, 2017 11:13Bangladesh says it has agreed with Myanmar on repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees back to Myanmar amid widespread expressions of distrust of the process among the displaced.