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Bangladesh's Hasina celebrates 'absolute victory' after polls without opposition
Jan 08, 2024 15:38Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina secured a fifth term in power on Monday with her party taking three-quarters of seats in parliament after polls boycotted by the opposition, who described it as "illegitimate".
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Bangladesh counts votes after election without opposition
Jan 08, 2024 09:35Bangladesh election officials began counting votes Sunday after polls guaranteed to give a fifth term in office to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina closed, following a boycott led by an opposition party she branded a "terrorist organization."
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Bangladeshi police clash with thousands of garment workers
Nov 09, 2023 16:28Police in Bangladesh have clashed with thousands of garment factory workers who have rejected a government-offered of about a 50 percent pay rise.
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Bangladeshi garment worker shot dead by police during wage protests
Nov 08, 2023 12:56A Bangladeshi garment worker has been shot dead by police as laborers take part in fresh protests over minimum wages in the impoverished country.
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Rohingya Muslims demand safe return to home after 6 years of exodus
Aug 25, 2023 14:59Rohingya Muslim refugees demand their safe return to their homeland, Myanmar, on the sixth anniversary of the violence that forced them to flee to Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh: Thousands of anti-govt. protesters rally in Dhaka
Aug 19, 2023 07:35Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Dhaka on Friday, demanding the resignation of Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and his ruling party, the Awami League.
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Demise of dollar: India, Bangladesh join hands to ditch US currency in cross-border trade
Apr 24, 2023 11:18India has finally joined hands with Bangladesh to do cross-border trade in their own currencies, the Indian rupee (INR) and the Bangladeshi taka (BDT), making Bangladesh the nineteenth country to ditch the US dollar.
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Pres. Raeisi: Convergence among Muslim countries necessary to support Palestine, counter Israel crimes
Apr 18, 2023 05:45Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi has called for convergence and consensus among Muslim countries to support Palestine and condemn the Zionist regime’s acts of aggression against Palestinians.
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Explosion kills 17, injures 100 in crowded market in Bangladesh capital
Mar 08, 2023 08:58At least 17 people were killed and more than 100 injured after an explosion struck an office building in the Bangladeshi capital's commercial district on Tuesday, police and medics said.
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Iran's energy minister hopes D-8 could return to its core missions
Mar 02, 2023 06:42Iranian Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian says politics has overshadowed the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation as he expresses hope that the organization could return to its core mission which is to foster economic growth in member states.