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Bangladesh: Police Watching for Militants Returning from Overseas 2017-02-01

Officials worry that citizens who have joined Islamic State are attempting to come home.

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Bangladesh Implements Traffic Law Passed Following Deaths of 2 Students 2019-11-01

Thousands protested across the country after the pair were killed by a bus in July 2018.

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Bangladesh Moves Up in US Report on Human Trafficking 2020-06-25

The Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia see no change in their status from 2019.

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Bangladesh Placed on Watch List in US Trafficking Report 2017-06-27

Malaysia moved up to Tier 2 because of efforts to investigate and convict human traffickers.

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India: Report of Teen Girl’s Rape on Train Angers Feminists 2015-12-29

Three soldiers are suspected of gang-raping the 14-year-old.

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India: Transgender Duo Came Ever-So Close to Contesting West Bengal Elections 2016-05-06

Sankari Mondal and Bobby Halder both declared historical runs but dropped out of the races at the last-minute.

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Trial Opens in Bangladesh Fatal Burn Attack Case 2019-06-20

Eight defendants say they were forced to confess in a horrific case that drew calls for swift justice.

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India’s Top Court Begins Hearing on Controversial Muslim Divorce Practice 2017-05-11

Five-judge bench says it will examine if triple talaq is fundamental to Islam.

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India: Critics Accuse BJP of Politicizing Muslim Personal Law 2016-10-25

The Supreme Court is to rule on a petition over aspects of Islamic law seen as discriminating against women.

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India: Northeastern State Lifts Emergency Law 2015-06-02

The law, in force in Tripura for 18 years, allowed warrantless arrests.

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2 Rohingya Men Abducted from Refugee Camp in Bangladesh 2018-01-29

ARSA insurgents took a camp leader and his brother, according to an eyewitness.

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Bangladesh: Two Men Missing in Dhaka Attack Aftermath, Families Say 2016-07-14

Tahmid Hasib Khan and Hasnat Karim are still being held, police sources say.

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Trawlers Carrying 500 Rohingya Spotted off Bangladesh Coast 2020-04-22

Amnesty International calls on Bengali government to rescue the refugees and for other countries to assist.

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UN Chief Calls for World Pressure on Myanmar over Rohingya Crisis 2018-07-02

Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim visit refugee camps in Bangladesh.

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Myanmar Not Ready to Take Back Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: UN Official 2018-03-06

Ethnic cleansing persists in Rakhine through “lower-intensity campaign of terror and starvation,” Andrew Gilmour says.

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UN: Myanmar Violence Aimed at Rohingya ‘Very Likely’ Crimes Against Humanity 2017-02-03

Report outlines ‘devastating cruelty’ directed at children, families in Rakhine state.

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UN: Myanmar Forces Used Megaphones to Threaten Rohingya 2017-10-11

“You do not belong here – go to Bangladesh,” Rohingya were ordered, according to interviews with refugees.

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Bangladesh: UN Asks for Nearly $1 Billion to Assist Rohingya, Host Communities 2018-03-16

Request is in addition to $434 million in emergency aid requested in October 2017.

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UN, Bangladesh Sign MoU on Rohingya Repatriation 2018-04-13

But conditions in Myanmar “are not yet conducive for returns to be safe, dignified, and sustainable,” UNHCR says.

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Dhaka Terror Attack: Bangladesh Government Seeks Information on Absent Students 2016-07-11

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

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India: Uyghur Activist ‘Disappointed’ with Visa Revocation 2016-04-25

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

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India: Protests Force Exiled Bangladeshi Author to Cancel Vacation 2017-07-31

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

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Bangladesh Faces Stark Shortage of Ventilators to Fight COVID-19, NGO Says 2020-04-06

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

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Bangladesh: BNP Leader Faces Verdict in Corruption Case 2018-01-26

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

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Bangladesh: Human Rights Watch Focuses on Disabled Rohingya 2018-09-26

NGO, government officials discuss aid efforts following video release.

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Mysterious Slayings of Rape Suspects Grip Bangladesh 2019-02-05

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

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Land, Citizenship Await Them in Myanmar, Bangladeshi Tribespeople Told 2018-04-23

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

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Bangladesh: Dhaka Elections Not Fair, Opposition Complains 2020-02-03

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

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Bangladesh Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Top Newspaperman 2020-01-16

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

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Bangladesh: Police Recover Rocket Launchers, Assault Weapons from Canal 2017-06-02

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

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