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Yemen: Seven Indians Missing After Saudi-Led Airstrike 2015-09-09

Authorities dismissed earlier reports about 20 Indians being killed in the attack.

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Asian Governments Confront Youth Radicalization 2016-08-12

Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia and India are tackling the threat in different ways.

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Writer Stabbed in Bangladesh is a Pioneering Author, Beloved Teacher 2018-03-05

Zafar Iqbal, a leader in Bengali science fiction writing, comes from a literary family.

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Bangladesh High Court Grants 4-Month Bail to Khaleda Zia 2018-03-12

Government takes steps to challenge ruling for former prime minister who leads opposition BNP.

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Bangladesh: Former PM Zia Appears In Court, Gets Bail 2016-04-05

An arson charge against her has no merit, her lawyer says.

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Bangladesh Opposition Leader Zia Suffered Stroke in Prison: BNP 2018-06-11

Government plans to send her to a public hospital, against wishes of her supporters.

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Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia’s British Lawyer Refused Entry to India 2018-07-12

Lord Alexander Carlile said he planned to hold press conference about opposition leader’s conviction.

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Bangladesh Opposition Party Names Zia’s Son as Acting Chief 2018-02-09

Appointment reflects possible split within party ranks, political analysts say.

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Bangladesh Opposition Leader Zia Gets 7 Years on New Graft Conviction 2018-10-29

Judge ordered the maximum sentence to deter others from committing similar crimes.

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Bangladesh: Zia's Condition has Worsened, BNP Leaders Say 2018-06-18

Government denies jailed opposition chief’s request to be treated at a private hospital.

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Southeast Asia, Bangladesh Now Screening Travelers for Zika 2016-09-01

Thailand has “only 13” cases; Singapore infections soar.

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Bangladesh Officials Blame Myanmar Minister for ‘Disinformation Campaign’ 2020-09-30

Kyaw Tint Swe told UN that militants from Myanmar are taking sanctuary in southeastern Bangladesh.

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Bangladesh: Rights Group Claims Rohingya Beaten on Bhashan Char 2020-10-01

Government officials deny report by Human Rights Watch that navy personnel beat refugees.

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Viral Video Sparks Protests in Bangladesh Against Rape, Sexual Violence 2020-10-06

Footage posted online showed a group of men stripping a women naked and attacking her.

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Covid Surge May Be Linked to ‘Returnees’ from Bangladesh, Myanmar Says 2020-10-07

In early days of the pandemic, some Rohingya who snuck into Myanmar tested positive for Covid-19.

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Bangladesh Moves to Control Outbreak of Gang Violence at Rohingya Camps 2020-10-07

At least eight people have been killed since Oct. 1 and hundreds of Rohingya families have fled the camps.

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Rights Group Sees ‘Apartheid’ in Myanmar Holding Rohingya in Camps Since 2012 2020-10-08

The Muslims were forced into displacement camps following communal clashes with Buddhists in 2012.

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Ethnic Rakhine in Bangladesh Protest against Myanmar’s ‘Military Aggression’ 2020-10-12

Community leaders openly expressed support for the Arakan Army rebel group, which Myanmar outlawed as a terrorist organization.

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Bangladesh Cabinet Approves Death Penalty for Rape Convictions 2020-10-12

The move follows days of protests against sexual assaults including one posted on social media.

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Watchdog Report: Internet Freedom Declined in 2019 in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines 2020-10-14

For a seventh straight year, Freedom House rates Thailand as “not free.”

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US, Others Announce Donor Conference to Aid Rohingya 2020-10-15

Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s foreign minister and a visiting senior American official discuss efforts to aid the refugee group.

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Virtual Fundraiser Collects $600M in Pledges to Aid Rohingya in Bangladesh, Myanmar 2020-10-22

Officials said the conference was needed because the U.N. had not met its 2020 goal.

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Bangladesh Promises Justice for Chinese National Killed in Stabbing 2020-10-23

Meanwhile, the foreign minister and his counterpart from Beijing discussed efforts to repatriate Rohingya.

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COVID-19: In Bangladesh, It’s Now ‘No Mask, No Service’ 2020-10-26

Government orders public and private offices to turn away people who don’t cover their faces.

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Outcry in Asian Muslim Countries over ‘Islamophobia’ in France 2020-10-27

Protesters say cartoons defame Islam and cause anguish, as France reels over teacher slain for showing them in class.

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US Senators Seek Sanctions on Bangladesh’s Elite Police Unit for ‘Extrajudicial Killings’ 2020-10-28

The Rapid Action Battalion unlawfully killed more than 400 people since 2015, they say.

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Bangladesh Man Lynched for Allegedly Desecrating the Quran 2020-10-30

The incident took place amid nationwide anger over the French president’s defense of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad.

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Bangladeshi Reporter Recounts Ordeal as Kidnap Victim 2020-11-03

Golam Sarwar said his attackers did not kill him to send a message to other reporters.

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Rights Watchdog: Bangladesh’s Response to Violence Against Women ‘Deeply Inadequate' 2020-11-04

Reform the justice system to achieve nationwide goal of becoming safe for women by 2025, Human Rights Watch says.

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Bangladesh Accepts Chinese Bid for Waste-to-Electricity Plant in Dhaka 2020-11-12

Nation will pay U.S. $2 billion for power the plant generates over 25 years, officials say.

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