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Bangladesh in tight security following opposition leader’s hanging
May 12, 2016 09:41Bangladeshi authorities deploy thousands of police officers across the capital, Dhaka, to stave off potential violence in the aftermath of the execution of an opposition leader.
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Bangladesh executes opposition leader over war crime charges
May 11, 2016 04:14Bangladesh has executed the leader of the South Asian country’s Jamaat-e-Islami Party for crimes committed during the country's war of independence with Pakistan in 1971.
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About 20 million drink arsenic-laced water in Bangladesh
Apr 06, 2016 10:47Nearly 20 million people in Bangladesh still consume water poisoned with high levels of arsenic, about 20 years after the potentially deadly toxin was discovered in the supply, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
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Bangladesh opposition leader granted bail in arson case
Apr 06, 2016 04:26Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has surrendered to a court in connection with an arrest warrant over a deadly fire bombing attack on a bus but she was granted bail.
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Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-premier
Mar 31, 2016 04:26A Bangladeshi court has issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister and current opposition Leader, Khaleda Zia, over a deadly fire-bomb attack on a bus in the capital, Dhaka, last year.
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Bangladesh rules out petition to drop Islam as state religion
Mar 28, 2016 09:53Bangladesh high court has ruled against scrapping Islam as the state religion in the country with a 90-percent Muslim population.
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Bangladeshi protesters slam bid to remove Islam as state religion
Mar 26, 2016 02:02Thousands of people have staged a protest rally in the capital of Bangladesh to condemn a court petition that seeks to challenge Islam as the country’s official religion.
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Election-related violence kills 10 in Bangladesh
Mar 23, 2016 09:34At least 10 people have been killed in Bangladesh after clashes erupted between supporters of rival candidates of local elections.