Bangladesh

This photograph taken on October 4, 2022 shows a residential neighbourhood during a power blackout in Dhaka. At least 130 million people in Bangladesh were left without power on October 4 after a grid failure caused widespread blackouts, the government's power utility company said. Photo: Munir uz zaman / AFP
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05 October 2022
Power blackouts hit 130 million people in Bangladesh
Police escort two Islamist extremists after a court sentenced them to death over the brutal murder of Dhaka University professor and award-winning author Humayun Azad, in Dhaka on April 13, 2022. Photo: AFP
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14 April 2022
Four sentenced to hang in Bangladesh over...
A Bangladesh court sentenced four extremists to hang Wednesday for their fatal machete...
In this picture taken on March 27, 2022, Rohingya refugee children collect drinking water in a school in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia. Photo: AFP
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30 March 2022
Bangladesh shuts largest private school in...
Bangladesh has shut the largest private school for Rohingya refugees, officials said...
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29 March 2022
Bangladesh shuts largest private school in...
Bangladesh has shut the largest private school for Rohingya refugees in a further blow to...
People wait in line to buy government subsidised food at a distribution point in Narayanganj on March 20, 2022. Photo AFP
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21 March 2022
Bangladesh launches food subsidies after Ukraine...
Bangladesh launched a nationwide food subsidy programme on Sunday after prices for...
Hundreds of Rohingya refugees enter Bangladesh from Budichong, Myanmar through the Palongkhali border in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: EPA
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17 February 2022
Myanmar Junta's defense in the Rohingya...
Following the military-led "clearance operation" that forced 750,000 Rohingya to flee...
A general view of the Motijheel area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: EPA
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23 January 2022
Rights groups, victims call UN to ban Bangladesh...
Families of victims of enforced disappearances allegedly perpetrated by an elite...
Mohammad Shah Ali, the brother of ARSA leader Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi, was arrested from a refugee camp with local made arms and drugs. Photo: AFP
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17 January 2022
Bangladesh arrests brother of Rohingya insurgency...
Bangladesh police said Sunday they had arrested the brother of a notorious insurgent...
A general view of the Rohingya refugees at Cox's Bazar. - REUTERS FILE PIC
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05 January 2022
Thousands of Rohingya shops demolished,...
Bangladesh authorities have bulldozed more than 3,000 Rohingya-run shops since last month...
Villagers look at a burnt-out ferry after it caught on fire killing at least 37 people in Jhakakathi, 250 kilometres (160 miles) south of Dhaka. Photo: AFP
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28 December 2021
Bangladesh arrests ferry owner after blaze that...
Bangladesh police on Monday arrested the owner of an overcrowded ferry that caught fire...
Bhashan Char in the Bay of Bengal. Photo: AFP
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02 December 2021
Bangladesh allows relocated Rohingya refugees to...
Dozens of Rohingya refugees sent to a remote and flood-prone Bangladesh island have been...
Nearly 20,000 Rohingya refugees have already been sent to Bhashan Char and Bangladesh eventually wants to move about 100,000 to the remote and flood-prone island. Photo: AFP
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25 November 2021
Bangladesh resumes moving Rohingya refugees to...
Bangladesh has resumed moving Rohingya refugees to a remote and flood-prone island,...
Law enforcement officials stand guard near the office of slain community Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah, who was shot dead by gunmen at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on Oct. 6, 2021. (AFP)
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02 November 2021
Bangladesh arrests more than 170 Rohingya after...
Bangladesh police have arrested 172 Rohingya in recent weeks after a crackdown sparked by...

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