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About 100,000 Rohyngyas refugees to move to flood-prone island in Bangladesh
Jan 17, 2020 12:32Bangladesh has controversial plans to forcefully accommodate 100,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees on a flood-prone island, while more than 750,000 people are currently living in irregular, unsanitary, and crowded camps.
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Bangladeshis denounce US for assassinating Iran’s Soleimani
Jan 10, 2020 16:28People in Bangladesh have protested the United States’ assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
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Bangladesh orders arrest of ‘fugitive’ ex-chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha
Jan 06, 2020 11:26A Bangladesh court ordered the arrest Sunday of former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others on charges alleging they embezzled nearly half a million dollars, a prosecutor said.
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Bangladesh assisting Rohingya refugees: Diplomat
Jan 02, 2020 13:38Bangladesh’s ambassador to Iran says his country is providing the Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar with basic needs and other types of assistance.
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At least 50 dead as cold wave sweeps through Bangladesh
Dec 29, 2019 14:42At least 50 people have died in Bangladesh as cold weather continues to sweep across the country, officials said.
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World Court launches genocide hearings against Myanmar
Dec 10, 2019 15:02The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has launched genocide hearings against Myanmar, as the first major legal attempt to bring the country to justice over horrific atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims.
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HRW: Bangladesh denying education to 400,000 Rohingya children
Dec 03, 2019 20:19Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Bangladeshi government has been depriving nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslim refugee children in the South Asian country of the right to education.
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Rohingya refugees need rights, not restrictions
Nov 28, 2019 20:02Some high-level officials of the Bangladeshi government have recently expressed concern that the Rohingya refugees residing in their country represent a security threat to Bangladesh and the wider region. Under this premise, they have implemented a series of restrictions on the Rohingya communities in the refugee camps. But there no facts to back up their claim.
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Seven killed, 8 injured in gas explosion in Bangladesh
Nov 17, 2019 13:49At least seven people were killed and eight injured on Sunday after a gas pipeline exploded in the Bangladeshi port city of Chittagong, a police official said.
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About 16 dead, 60 injured as trains collide in Bangladesh
Nov 12, 2019 12:35Two packed trains rammed into each other in Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people and injuring nearly 60 others, police said.