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Bangladesh launches drive to recover looted weapons
DHAKA: Bangladeshi security forces have launched an operation to recover thousands of guns, including those seized during deadly unrest that led…
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Bangladesh floods leave 71 dead, fears of waterborne disease rise
The Directorate General of Health Services said nearly 5,000 people had been hospitalised over the past 24 hours for cases…
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Ousted Bangladeshi leader becomes diplomatic headache for India
“SHELTERING THE AUTOCRAT” Such is the atmosphere of distrust, when deadly floods washed through both countries in August some Bangladeshis…
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India-Bangladesh ties under strain amid calls for New Delhi to extradite ex-PM Hasina
HISTORIC TIES Hasina’s links to India predate her 15-year rule, and New Delhi’s ties to Dhaka are as old as…
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Twenty dead, 5.2 million affected in Bangladesh floods
Abdul Halim, a 65-year-old farmer from a village in the Comilla district, said his mud hut was suddenly swept away…
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Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis in emergency shelters after floods
FENI, Bangladesh: Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis were taking refuge in emergency shelters on Saturday (Aug 24) from floods that inundated vast…
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Flood deluge worsens in Bangladesh with millions affected
In India’s hard-hit Tripura state, more than 23 people have died in the floods since Monday. Bangladesh’s disaster management ministry…
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We are ‘peace-loving people’: Singapore Bangladesh Society shocked, upset by extremist preacher’s sermon
SINGAPORE: A Bangladeshi extremist preacher who delivered an illegal sermon to migrant workers in Singapore has shocked the Bangladesh Society, said…
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Floods, landslides in India’s Tripura displace tens of thousands
The displaced have gathered in 450 camps, the officials said, with a total of about 1.7 million affected, along with…
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Bangladesh floods maroon nearly three million people, kill two
An analysis in 2015 by the World Bank Institute estimated that 3.5 million people in Bangladesh, one of the world’s…
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