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The Ministry of Education asks schools, universities to track and report on absenteeism.

Cancellation comes after Beijing protests New Delhi’s move to grant Dolkun Isa permission to attend democracy conference.

Taslima Nasrin was turned away from Aurangabad airport in Maharashtra state.

Health minister says the nation of 165 million people has only about 1,475 ventilators.

A conviction could disqualify former PM Khaleda Zia from the next general election.

NGO, government officials discuss aid efforts following video release.

Police are investigating killings of three men named in sexual assault complaints.

Small numbers have migrated because of dire poverty in the southeastern region of Bangladesh.

Groups allege ruling Awami League cast fake ballots and attacked journalists.

Matiur Rahman and nine others are wanted for alleged negligence in connection with a teen’s death.

Officials made a similar discovery nearly a year ago in Dhaka.

U.S. State Department official: Two defense-related agreements would “reaffirm” common interests between Dhaka and Washington.

Hindu refugees describe being held at gunpoint in September by Muslims.

Journalism groups call for the return of portiboron.com, 53 other sites shuttered by the government.

Sites, including mainstream media outlets, blocked for making “objectionable comments.”

Bezwada Wilson’s effort to end manual emptying of human excreta has earned him Asia’s Ramon Magsaysay Award.

Suspect Ayesha Jannat Mohona also helped raise fund for the pro-Islamic State faction, officials say.

The attack bears a gruesome similarity to a notorious rape-murder four years ago.

Jamida Beevi delivered a sermon before a congregation of men and women in Kerala.

Members of militant group radicalized their spouses, officials say.

Meanwhile, authorities have increased security around Bengali new year amid criticism from Islamic groups.

A quarter of women who gave birth as children suffer from the post-natal condition, doctors say.

“Boys used to go to girls with flowers; now they go with pistols and machetes”: activist

Rights groups hail ruling as a shot in the arm in fight against gender inequality.

Image of veiled militant appears with photos of Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi.

Nine envoys – all women – issue collective statement against gender-based violence.

Spate of killings bring calls for stronger law enforcement efforts.

Dhaka’s anti-drug campaign forced smugglers to shift their route north, official told BenarNews.

Lawyers desperately sought reprieve in unprecedented 2 a.m. hearing.

For security reasons, the family of a man convicted of taking part in the 1993 Mumbai bombings is barred from showing pictures or videos of his funeral.