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Cyclone kills 12 in east India before lashing Bangladesh
May 04, 2019 10:45The strongest cyclone to hit India in five years killed at least 12 people in eastern Odisha state, before swinging north-eastwards into Bangladesh on Saturday where more than a million people have been moved to safety.
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Blaze at high-rise kills 19 in Bangladesh; death toll could rise sharply
Mar 28, 2019 13:16A fire has broken out in a 22-story commercial building in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, killing at least 19 people and trapping many, officials say.
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Seven killed in election-related attack in Bangladesh
Mar 19, 2019 09:59Police say at least seven people have been killed and 15 others wounded by gunmen who opened fire on two cars returning from a polling station with ballot boxes in southeastern Bangladesh.
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7 killed in election-related attack in Bangladesh
Mar 19, 2019 04:45Police say at least seven people have been killed and 15 others wounded by gunmen who opened fire on two cars returning from a polling station with ballot boxes in southeastern Bangladesh.
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Devastating fire in Bangladeshi capital kills scores of people
Feb 21, 2019 03:25At least 69 people have died in a huge fire that tore through apartment buildings also used as chemical warehouses in an old part of the Bangladeshi capital, a fire official said Thursday.
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Bangladesh slum fire kills at least eight people
Feb 17, 2019 05:38A fire gutted more than 200 slum houses in the Bangladeshi Port of Chittagong on Sunday, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 50, police and firefighters said.
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Bangladesh stops 30 Rohingya Muslims from leaving
Feb 08, 2019 16:13Bangladeshi security forces have stopped 30 Rohingya refugees from heading to the more prosperous and Muslim-majority Malaysia, officials say.
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Myanmar villagers flee fresh fighting in Rakhine state
Feb 08, 2019 02:21Scores of tribal villagers in western Myanmar have crossed into Bangladesh in recent days amid fierce fighting between the army and ethnic rebels in the restive Rakhine state.
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Bangladesh summons Myanmar envoy over new influx of refugees
Feb 06, 2019 11:32Bangladesh has summoned Myanmar’s ambassador to protest against a new influx of refugees fleeing clashes in the restive Rakhine state.
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Bangladesh denies entry to 31 Rohingya Muslims fleeing India
Jan 21, 2019 11:52Bangladesh has denied entry to dozens of Rohingya Muslims seeking to enter the country from neighboring India, leaving them stranded in the no man’s land on the border.