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Bangladesh police arrest 8,200 in security crackdown
Jun 13, 2016 09:49Police in Bangladesh have arrested some 8,200 suspects in a major crackdown on militants and other suspects following a spate of killings of intellectuals and members of religious minorities.
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Bangladesh police arrest 2,000 more in crackdown on militants
Jun 12, 2016 12:42Police in Bangladesh have arrested more than 2,000 more people, including militants, as part of a crackdown on suspects in a series of deadly attacks in the country.
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Bangladesh begins crackdown to nab hate attackers
Jun 11, 2016 12:21Officials in Bangladesh have launched a major crackdown on suspects believed to be behind a surging number of attacks on minorities and foreigners in the country.
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Zionist regime behind murders of Bangladesh bloggers, minister suggests
Jun 07, 2016 04:46The Bangladeshi home minister suggests the Israeli regime is spearheading an “international conspiracy” behind the serial killings of secular intellectuals and religious minorities in the Asian country.
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75-year-old Bangladesh monk hacked to death
May 14, 2016 04:24At least four assailants have hacked a 75-year-old monk to death in southeastern Bangladesh amid a harrowing trend of such fatal attacks throughout the country.
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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.