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A first batch of refugees leaves for Bashan Char Island.

An ex-Bangladesh Water Development Board official says diversion of river’s waters could have disastrous consequences downstream.

Government will pay $240 million for power the plant generates over 20 years.

The bridge on the Padma River is expected to open for vehicular traffic in a year, officials say,

Washington urges Dhaka to allow United Nations to determine if island is habitable before relocation.

Don’s Team and CRAF members are accused of targeting activists, journalists and minorities.

At virtual summit, Sheikh Hasina also tells Narendra Modi of Dhaka’s interest in joining three-nation highway project.

The killing was premeditated and planned by a policeman involved in drug smuggling, charge sheet says.

United Nations says government still considering its request to assess conditions on Bhashan Char.

Yet, government says, it’s “ready to facilitate” United Nations in assessing livability of island where refugees are being relocated.

Separately, Malaysia detained 35 Rohingya who illegally entered from Indonesia, police say.

This could lead to a rise in infant and maternal mortality, health experts say.

The man arrested at a Texas airport in 2018 had smuggled 14 Bangladeshis across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Myanmar has been dragging its feet on the return of the hundreds of thousands of refugees, Dhaka says.

The blaze destroyed at least 550 makeshift shelters at the Nayapara camp in Cox’s Bazar.

But AQIS affiliates were linked to slaying of intellectuals and activists between 2013 and 2018.

No concrete outcome, but officials from China, Myanmar and Bangladesh will meet again next month, Dhaka says.

Dhaka hopes to start inoculations in first week of February, health minister says.

Wandering minstrels are influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism and Sufi Islam, but fundamentalists believe they insult Islam.

Myanmar had demanded last week that 550 Hindu refugees be allowed to return first.

Malaysia expects to receive first batch next month, while Indonesia inoculates more than 200,000 health workers.

This is third batch to be transferred to the Bay of Bengal island since December.

Bangladesh army bought Israeli-made equipment that can monitor mobile phones, Al Jazeera alleges in a new documentary.

Major allegations in investigative report have been met with “all-encompassing" silence in domestic press, editorials say.

Spokesman for secretary-general rebuts Bangladesh military’s claim that mobile phone monitoring was needed for peacekeeping operations.

Human rights advocacy groups call on world body to review ties with Bangladesh’s military in wake of investigative report into army chief.

Chief of peacekeeping operations brings up allegations from an investigative report into Gen. Aziz Ahmed.

Killers are enemies of secular democracy and society, judge says.

Saif Rahman, 24, had documented links to international militant groups and was expelled from France, counter-terror officers claim.

Verdict won’t bring peace until roots of extremism are probed, says wife of U.S.-Bangladeshi victim.