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Bangladesh Building China-Backed Exhibit Center in Defiance of Court Rulings 2020-01-15

Structure is going up in the middle of a future sprawling planned township outside Dhaka.

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‘Slain Al-Qaeda Operative Is My Brother,’ Kashmiri Man Tells Police 2015-11-30

Police in Kashmir are still trying to confirm the death of Mohammad Ashraf Dar.

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Bangladeshi Opposition Leader Loses Death-Sentence Appeal 2016-08-30

Mir Quasem Ali is a tycoon and chief financier of Jamaat-e-Islami.

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Bangladesh: Another Opposition Figure Executed for War Crimes 2016-09-03

Mir Quasem Ali is the sixth man put to death for war crimes since 2013.

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Protests Rage in Bangladesh as PM Appears to Backtrack on Job-Quota Policy 2018-07-13

University students are protesting for a fair shot at employment in the civil service.

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Bangladesh: RAB Intel Chief Dies from Injuries in Bomb Blast 2017-03-31

Meanwhile, police conduct raids at suspected militant dens in Moulvibazar, Comilla districts.

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Africans Allege Racism in India 2016-02-09

Expatriates protest after alleged assault of Tanzanian student in Karnataka.

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Bangladesh Court Sentences Top Opposition Figure for Money Laundering 2016-07-21

Tarique Rahman was considered the political heir to his mother, BNP leader Khaleda Zia.

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Bangladesh Police: Neo-JMB Leader ‘Musa’ Among 4 Militants Killed in Raid 2017-03-28

Army finishes raid on apartment in Sylhet, turns building over to police for investigation.

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Bangladesh: Army Commandos Kill 2 Suspected Militants 2017-03-26

Officials said more time is needed to gain control of Sylhet district apartment building.

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Bangladesh Raid Ends With 4 Suspected Militants Killing Selves, Officials Say 2017-04-27

A woman and a child who were in the house fled to safety.

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Scores Killed in Series of Attacks on Myanmar's Rakhine State Police Outposts 2017-08-25

Fighting followed the release of a report calling for an end to violence in the region.

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UN Security Council Delegates Visit Myanmar's Rakhine State 2018-05-01

Special delegates who spent two days in Myanmar called for a proper investigation.

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Bangladesh: 18 Face Building-Code Charges in Rana Plaza Collapse 2016-06-14

Court expects to consider homicide, corruption charges over disaster that killed 1,135.

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Bangladesh: 38 Charged with Murder for Rana Plaza Disaster 2016-07-18

Three others charged with aiding Rana Plaza owner’s attempted escape following April 2013 tragedy.

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Bangladeshis Commemorate Rana Plaza Disaster 2015-04-24

Two years after the worst industrial accident in Bangladesh’s history, factories remain unsafe and many victims are waiting for compensation, activists say.

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Bangladesh: Rana Plaza Owner, 40 Others Charged With Murder 2015-06-01

Sohel Rana and his co-defendants could face the death penalty in Bangladesh’s worst industrial accident.

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India: Police Make First Arrest in Rape, Killing of Dalit Woman 2016-06-17

Court sends suspect, a migrant laborer, to 14 days’ judicial custody.

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India: Activists Demand Change in Abortion Law 2017-07-21

Outrage follows court’s refusal to grant a 10-year-old rape victim permission to abort pregnancy.

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India: Media Fined for Disclosing Child Rape Victim’s Identity 2018-04-18

Attack was aimed at driving Muslims from a Hindu-dominated region in Indian Kashmir, police said.

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Bangladesh Official Voices Regret Over Report on Rapes of Rohingya Women 2017-01-24

The country’s minister of disaster management reacts to allegations made by 17 Rohingya women in a BenarNews report.

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UN Rapporteur: ‘Myanmar Going Down a Dark Path Now’ 2019-06-28

Yanghee Lee, the special rapporteur on human rights, talks about the Myanmar military and Rohingya refugees.

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India: Hardline Hindu Group May Be Linked to Murders, Police Say 2015-09-17

Police are investigating whether Sanatan Sanstha had a role in the deaths of three critics of Hindu fundamentalism.

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2 Indian Soldiers Killed in Suspected Maoist Attack 2018-04-09

Leftwing guerrillas targeted bus ferrying 30 paramilitary personnel in the eastern Chhattisgarh state, police say.

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Reports: Chief of Indian IS Cell Killed in Syria Airstrike 2016-04-25

Mohammad Shafi Armar is believed to have recruited at least 25 Indians for Islamic State.

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Kashmir: After A Pause, Youths Return to Militancy 2015-07-20

Highly educated young men are among those joining insurgents in the disputed region.

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Indian Police Nab Man Wanted for 2000 Terror Attack 2018-01-11

Bilal Ahmed Kawa was sought in connection with an assault on a Delhi monument.

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India Excludes 1.9 Million Assam Residents from Citizens’ List 2019-09-03

People left off the list will be safe until all appeals are exhausted, government officials say.

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Bangladesh: Officials Face Daunting Task in Counting Rohingya Refugees 2017-11-08

The number of refugees sheltering in the country could be higher than reflected in U.N. estimates, officials say.

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In Phone Call, Bangladesh Party Makes Direct Appeal for Leader’s Release 2020-02-14

Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party is trying a new approach to free Khaleda Zia.

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