DHAKA (THE DAILY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – While addressing the 54th Asean Day event organised virtually, Bangladesh’s foreign minister urged Asean member states to intervene…
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Bangladesh factory owner held after 52 die in fire
DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh police on Saturday (July 10) arrested for murder the owner of a factory where 52 people died in an inferno, as…
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Bangladesh army patrols streets in strict coronavirus lockdown
DHAKA (AFP) – The Bangladesh army and police patrolled empty streets on Thursday (July 1) as a strict week-long Covid-19 lockdown began, with people confined…
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'Alarming' virus surge prompts new Bangladesh lockdown
DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh has announced it will impose a tough new lockdown starting on Monday (June 28), after a “dangerous and alarming” surge in…
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Bangladeshi cleric issues fatwa on Facebook emoji
DHAKA (AFP) – A prominent Muslim Bangladeshi cleric with a huge online following has issued a fatwa against people using Facebook’s “haha” emoji to mock…
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Recurring slum fires a cause of concern: Daily Star
DHAKA (THE DAILY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Incidences of fire in the slums of Dhaka have taken frighteningly endemic proportions. In the last six months,…
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South Asia crosses 30 million Covid-19 cases as India battles second wave
BANGALORE (REUTERS) – Coronavirus infections in South Asia surpassed 30 million on Friday (May 28), according to a Reuters tally of official data, led by…
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Dhaka's sole Covid-19 graveyard sees sharp increase in burials amid new wave
DHAKA (REUTERS) – The only graveyard dedicated to Covid-19 victims in Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka is seeing a substantial increase in burials amid a fresh…
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Bangladesh running out of vaccines: Daily Star editorial
DHAKA (THE DAILY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The vaccination campaign in Bangladesh is set to suffer a major setback as, according to the CEO of…
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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh rebuild huts after deadly fire
COX’S BAZAR (REUTERS) – Thousands of Rohingya refugees began rebuilding their makeshift homes on Thursday (March 25), after a fire ripped through a Bangladeshi refugee…
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UN refugee agency calls for rescue of Rohingya stranded in Andaman Sea
BANGLADESH (REUTERS) – The United Nations refugee agency on Monday (Feb 22) called for the immediate rescue of a group of Rohingya refugees who were…
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Bangladesh orders Al Jazeera documentary be scrubbed from web
DHAKA (AFP) – A documentary by Al Jazeera that aired explosive claims about Bangladesh’s army chief must be taken down from the Internet in the…
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Bangladesh expects Myanmar to keep Rohingya repatriation commitments despite coup
DHAKA (REUTERS) – Bangladesh called for “peace and stability” in Myanmar after a military coup on Monday (Feb 1), and said it hoped its neighbour…
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Bangladesh sends more Rohingya refugees to remote, flood-prone island
DHAKA (REUTERS) – A group of more than 1,700 Rohingya Muslim refugees set sail for a remote island in the Bay of Bengal on Friday…
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