Bangladesh
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About 250 missing after boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes in Andaman Sea
Trawler set off from Bangladesh and reportedly capsized due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowdingAbout 2…
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Bangladesh launches measles vaccination drive as child death toll passes 100
UN assists in emergency vaccination drive as country battles worst surge in cases in years amid fall in vaccin…
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In the Rohingya refugee camps, we really want you to keep the gas running | Ajas Khan
Aid cuts mean the ethnically-cleansed refugees from Myanmar face a return to cooking over toxic flames, or kee…
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Asia scrambles to confront energy crisis unleashed by Iran war – with no end in sight
From fuel caps to four-day work weeks, the Middle East conflict has left the world’s top crude oil importing r…
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Bangladesh court requests Interpol red notice for Labour MP Tulip Siddiq
Action relates to corruption case over allocation of government land in Dhaka to a private companyA court in B…
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Tarique Rahman sworn in as Bangladeshi prime minister
Many voice hope that moment will mark move away from repression and unrest and a chance to revive economyBangl…
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Bangladesh’s incoming PM Tarique Rahman sworn into parliament
Tarique Rahman set to take oath and become prime minister after landslide victory prompted by ousting of Sheik…
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‘Invisible’ children born in the brothels of Bangladesh finally get birth certificates
Destined to a perilous life with no right to an education or to vote, state recognition ‘gives them hope’, cam…
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party wins pivotal election – in pictures
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has won a landmark parliamentary election on Friday, local TV stations showed…
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Bangladesh election: BNP wins historic first vote since overthrow of Hasina
Voting was largely peaceful in an election seen as a test of Bangladesh’s democracy after years of political t…
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Tarique Rahman promises era of clean politics as Bangladesh holds first election since fall of Hasina
Jailed then exiled in London, Rahman returns home as the main contender to be next prime minister of Banglades…
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‘Women’s freedoms are at stake’: concern at rise of Islamist party before Bangladesh election
Jamaat e-Islami, oppressed under Sheikh Hasina’s rule, could take unprecedented share of the vote on ThursdayA…
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One person dead from Nipah virus in Bangladesh, WHO says
The case in Bangladesh, where Nipah cases are reported almost every year, follows two Nipah virus cases identi…
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The exiled Awami league members plotting a political comeback in Bangladesh – from India
As Bangladesh prepares for the first election since Sheikh Hasina fled to India, Awami League figures living i…
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Breakdown in cricket relations with Bangladesh rings alarm bells for India’s Olympic bid
Concern raised over politicisation of sportBangladesh pulled out of men’s World T20 after rowBangladesh’s with…