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Myanmar asks Bangladesh to stop aid to stranded Rohingya
AFP, Published on 12/08/2018
» Myanmar has asked Bangladesh to stop providing aid to 6,000 Rohingya stranded on the border between the two countries since a military crackdown prompted a mass exodus of the Muslim minority last year, the foreign ministry in Dhaka said.
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Bangladesh widens tax probe against Yunus
AFP, Published on 12/09/2013
» DHAKA - Bangladesh authorities Thursday widened a tax probe against 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, accusing seven enterprises he founded and now chairs of evading taxes and under-reporting profits.
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Fear and isolation for Myanmar's remaining Rohingya
AFP, Published on 05/04/2018
» MRAUK U, Myanmar: By the twisted standards of Myanmar's Rakhine state, Abdullah is one of its more fortunate Rohingya residents.
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Rohingya missing after boat sinks
AFP, Published on 03/11/2013
» YANGON - A boat carrying almost 70 Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing sectarian tensions capsized Sunday off Myanmar's coast, police said, leaving dozens missing in treacherous seas.
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Nobel winner Yunus convicted in Bangladesh labour law case
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» DHAKA: Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus was convicted on Monday of violating Bangladesh's labour laws in a case decried by his supporters as politically motivated.
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South Africa files court case accusing Israel of ‘genocidal acts’
AFP, Published on 30/12/2023
» THE HAGUE - South Africa filed a case on Friday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for what it said were "genocidal" acts in Gaza, with Israel rejecting the case "with disgust".
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‘Tiny houses’ tackle giant flood challenge
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» CHAR SHILDAHA, Bangladesh - An award-winning architect in Bangladesh, one of the nations most at risk from flooding driven by climate change, has developed an ingenious two-floor housing solution to help people survive what scientists warn is a growing threat.
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Fading colours: Bangladesh's threatened rickshaw art
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» DHAKA - Vibrant greens and swirling yellows, film stars, birds and architecture: Bangladesh's bicycle rickshaw drivers have for decades used their transport as a unique moving canvas of urban folk art.
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Henry Kissinger, singular US diplomat, dead at 100
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100.
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Kissinger, giant of statecraft, molded post-war US history
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - Brilliant, abrasive and ruthlessly ambitious, Henry Kissinger towered over post-World War II US foreign policy like no one else and shaped a fateful new course for the world's relationship with China.
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