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Bangladesh arrests ‘mastermind’ of last year café massacre
Jan 14, 2017 15:25Police in Bangladesh say they have detained another suspect in a terrorist attack on a Dhaka café last year, which claimed the lives of over 20 people.
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Bangladesh urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya Muslims
Jan 12, 2017 17:06Bangladesh has urged Myanmar to end months of persecution and violence that have forced thousands of Rohingya Muslims in the northwestern Rakhine State to flee across the border.
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Bangladesh bans sloppy doctors' prescriptions
Jan 11, 2017 11:59Doctors’ handwriting is notoriously difficult to read globally but a court in Bangladesh has come up with a cure for blunderbuss doctors.
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At least 65,000 Rohingya Muslims flee from Myanmar to Bangladesh: UN
Jan 09, 2017 11:22At least 65,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled persecution and violence in Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh since the army launched a crackdown in the northwestern Rakhine State early October, the United Nations says.
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UN says Bangladeshi peacekeeper killed in CAR
Jan 06, 2017 11:36A Bangladeshi peacekeeper has been killed in the Central African Republic (CAR), raising the number of United Nations soldiers killed in separate attacks to three.
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Gunmen shoot Bangladeshi lawmaker
Jan 01, 2017 05:29A Bangladeshi ruling party lawmaker has been fatally shot by gunmen at his home in the northern district of Gaibandha.
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Bangladesh police stop pro-Rohingya march to border
Dec 19, 2016 02:04Bangladeshi police have stopped thousands of Muslim activists from marching on the border with Myanmar in protest against a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
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IOM says 21,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar crackdown to Bangladesh
Dec 06, 2016 09:34The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says nearly 21,000 Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have fled persecution and violence to Bangladesh in the past two months.
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Asia revolts in protest at 'genocide' against Rohingya
Nov 25, 2016 11:52Angry protesters have taken to the streets from Jakarta to Dhaka to denounce Myanmar's indiscriminate killing and rape in a military crackdown on the country's Muslim minority.
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Bangladesh to send back Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence
Nov 23, 2016 11:10Bangladeshi police have detained dozens of Rohingya refugees, including women and children, who have fled Myanmar's violence-ravaged Rakhine state.