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Bangladesh, UN blast Myanmar 'propaganda' on Rohingya
Reuters, Published on 16/04/2018
» DHAKA/YANGON: Bangladesh and the United Nations refugee agency on Sunday disputed Myanmar's claim it had repatriated five members of a Rohingya family, saying neither the government of Bangladesh nor the aid agency had any involvement in any such repatriation.
Bangladesh weighs capital punishment for driving deaths
Reuters, Published on 06/08/2018
» DHAKA: Bangladesh's cabinet on Monday will consider capital punishment for traffic accident deaths, a law ministry official said, as thousands of students held protests for a ninth day over the deaths of two teenagers by a speeding bus in Dhaka.
Bangladesh to hold elections in April 2026
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» DHAKA - Bangladesh will hold elections in early April 2026 for the first time since a mass uprising overthrew the government last year, interim leader Muhammad Yunus said on Friday.
Bangladesh charts a cleaner, fairer way forward
Asia focus, Published on 28/10/2019
» Bangladesh is a promising country in terms of the economic progress seen in the past 11 years under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. However, combatting corruption has become a burning issue in every sector.
Cabinet lines up FTAs with Bangladesh, Turkey
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 03/01/2020
» Thailand and Bangladesh will kick off talks to establish a free trade agreement (FTA) during their 5th Joint Trade Committee (JTC) meeting next week.
Bangladesh faces refugee anger over term 'Rohingya'
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2018
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in camps in Bangladesh began a protest on Monday, demanding that Bangladesh recognise their ethnicity as Rohingya and that officials and aid agencies stop sharing their family information with Myanmar.
Bangladesh opposition rejects Sunday vote as 'farcical'
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2018
» DHAKA: More than a dozen people were killed in election-related violence in Bangladesh on Sunday, as voters went to the polls to decide whether to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a third consecutive term amid opposition claims that her leadership has become increasingly authoritarian.
Bangladesh to push back Rohingya to Myanmar
AFP, Published on 14/11/2018
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Bangladesh on Wednesday stuck by plans to begin repatriating some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya minority who fled Myanmar last year, despite UN warnings and trepidation among the refugees themselves.
Fire kills 56 in Bangladesh capital: official
AFP, Published on 21/02/2019
» DHAKA - At least 56 people have died in a huge fire that tore through apartment buildings also used as chemical warehouses in an old part of the Bangladeshi capital, a fire official said Thursday.
ICC team probes Rohingya atrocities in Bangladesh
Published on 06/03/2019
» DHAKA: A team from the office of the International Criminal Court prosecutor was in Bangladesh on Wednesday for a preliminary probe into alleged atrocities committed against the Rohingya by the Myanmar military in 2017.