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Rights group urges revision of UN-Bangladesh deal on Rohingya refugees
Oct 15, 2021 16:23A human rights group has urged the United Nations (UN) and Bangladesh to revise a recent deal over the relocation of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote, inhospitable island.
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Prominent Rohingya Muslim leader shot dead in Bangladesh refugee camp
Sep 30, 2021 12:33A prominent Rohingya Muslim leader has been fatally shot in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh following months of deteriorating violence in the world’s largest refugee settlement.
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Fire at Bangladesh juice factory kills at least 50, many feared trapped
Jul 09, 2021 07:31At least fifty people have been killed, many others injured and many are feared trapped after a massive fire raged through a factory in Bangladesh, officials said on Friday (July 9).
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Seven killed, many injured in blast in Bangladesh
Jun 28, 2021 10:18At least seven people were killed and more than 50 people were injured in an explosion in the Bangladeshi capital late on Sunday, police said.
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26 killed in boat accident in Bangladesh
May 03, 2021 07:59At least 26 people died and several were missing after an overcrowded speedboat collided with a sand-laden bulk carrier and sank on Bangladesh's giant Padma River on Monday, police said.
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D-8 hails Iran’s efforts to launch international university
Apr 09, 2021 04:47The D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8, has reiterated its support for Iran’s efforts to set up a prestigious international university under the organization’s auspices, as members of the bloc seek closer scientific and academic exchanges to bolster their economic ties.
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Protesters, police clash in Bangladesh during Indian PM visit
Mar 26, 2021 16:49Clashes erupted between hundreds of supporters of a Bangladesh Islamic group, who were protesting the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and police on Friday (March 26) in the country's capital, Dhaka.
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Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh kills several: Witnesses
Mar 23, 2021 09:29A huge fire has swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, destroying thousands of homes and killing several people, officials and witnesses said, in the worst blaze to hit the settlement in recent years.
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Bangladesh sends another group of Rohingya Muslims to a remote island
Jan 29, 2021 12:58Bangladesh has sent a third group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a controversial facility at a remote island that was surfaced only 20 years ago, in the Bay of Bengal.
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Huge fire guts Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, destroys belongings
Jan 15, 2021 06:05Thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been left without shelter after a huge fire swept through an overcrowded camp in southeast Bangladesh.