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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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Bangladesh: Sinovac Intends to Pull Out of COVID-19 Vaccine Trials, Minister Says 2020-11-13

The firm likely wants to leave because Dhaka refused to co-fund the program, he adds.

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Bangladesh to Move Rohingya Refugees From Remote, Flood-Prone Island 2020-11-13

But 300 separate refugee families have agreed to move to the island, a senior official says.

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Myanmar Pours Cold Water on Fresh Rohingya Repatriation Talks 2020-11-17

Discussions to return the thousands of refugees living in Bangladesh camps began three years ago.

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Bangladesh’s Most Powerful Islamic Group Will Test Govt, Analysts Say 2020-11-19

Hefazat-e-Islam recently elected a pro-opposition leader and sidelined pro-government members.

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Singapore Expels 15 Bangladeshis Who ‘Incited Violence’ After French Terror Attacks 2020-11-24

In early September, the city-state stepped up probes into people suspected of being radicalized.

Bangladesh to Start Sending Rohingya Refugees to Remote Island This Week
Bangladesh to Start Sending Rohingya Refugees to Remote Island This Week 2020-12-02

International organizations have criticized the plan, saying Bhashan Char is vulnerable to cyclones and not inhabitable.

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Bangladesh Roundly Criticized as it Begins Moving Rohingya to Remote Island 2020-12-03

Dhaka broke its promise not to relocate refugees until humanitarian experts approved the move, Human Rights Watch says.

Bangladesh Starts Moving Rohingya to Bay of Bengal Isle
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A first batch of refugees leaves for Bashan Char Island.

Bangladeshi Experts Voice Concerns about Chinese Plans for Dam on Brahmaputra’s Upper Reaches
Bangladeshi Experts Voice Concerns about Chinese Plans for Dam on Brahmaputra’s Upper Reaches 2020-12-07

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

Bangladesh Approves Chinese-Led Wind Power Project
Bangladesh Approves Chinese-Led Wind Power Project 2020-12-09

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

Bangladesh Installs Last Span of Ambitious, Chinese-Backed Bridge Project
Bangladesh Installs Last Span of Ambitious, Chinese-Backed Bridge Project 2020-12-10

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

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