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Floods kill at least 39, affect half a million in Bangladesh
Aug 16, 2017 07:56Floods in north Bangladesh have killed at least 39 people over the past few days and affected more than 500,000, many of them fleeing their homes to shelter in camps, officials said on Tuesday.
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About 27 killed in floods in Bangladesh; hundreds of thousands affected
Aug 14, 2017 09:58Flash floods triggered by incessant rains have left at least 27 people dead and nearly six hundred thousand others marooned in nearly two dozen districts in Bangladesh, officials said on Monday.
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UN concerned about situation of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Jul 11, 2017 04:37UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has expressed concerns about the poor living conditions of Rohingya Muslim refugees, who have fled a “very dire state” in their homeland Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh.
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HRW accuses Bangladesh of holding hundreds in secret jails
Jul 06, 2017 15:55A prominent rights group has accused Bangladesh of secretly detaining hundreds of people, including scores of opposition activists, many of whom were later killed.
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Landslides kill 147 in Bangladesh, northeast India
Jun 14, 2017 09:16At least 147 people have been killed in Bangladesh and neighboring regions of northeast India after heavy rains triggered a series of landslides and flooded swaths of land over the past two days, officials say.
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About 10 suspected militants arrested in Bangladesh amid crackdown
Jun 12, 2017 15:47Police in Bangladesh have made 10 fresh arrests as a crackdown on members of an outlawed militant group widens across the country.
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Cyclone Mora hits Bangladesh, 300,000 evacuated from coastal areas
May 30, 2017 03:31Cyclone Mora hit Bangladesh Tuesday packing winds of up to 117 kilometers per hour (73mph) after authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from low-lying coastal villages.
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Bangladesh police raid office of opposition leader Khaleda Zia
May 20, 2017 17:55The office of Khaleda Zia, the main opposition leader in Bangladesh, has come under a raid by police forces as authorities claim they were searching for anti-state documents.
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Police raid kills two militants in western Bangladesh
May 07, 2017 12:45At least two militants have been killed when anti-terrorism officers raided their hideout in western Bangladesh.
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Qatar blocks migrant workers from returning home
Mar 29, 2017 09:59Qatar has refused to allow scores of migrants from countries including India, Nepal and Bangladesh to return home, violating new labor reforms to improve workers' rights, activists and trade unions said on Wednesday.