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Bangladesh detains journalists linked to toppled regime
DHAKA:Â Bangladesh remanded in custody on Tuesday (Sep 17) two journalists and a writer accused of involvement in violence against the…
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Bangladesh ex-PM should ‘keep quiet’ until trial: Yunus
DHAKA:Â Bangladesh’s ousted premier Sheikh Hasina should “keep quiet” while exiled in India until she is brought home for trial, interim…
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Bangladesh election chief quits months after unfree poll
But Awal said the lack of genuine political opposition to Hasina meant that the vote itself was conducted with integrity.…
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Bangladesh launches drive to recover looted weapons
DHAKA:Â Bangladeshi security forces have launched an operation to recover thousands of guns, including those seized during deadly unrest that led…
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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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Bangladesh mob, vowing to ‘guard revolution’, beats ex-PM Hasina’s supporters
With no police in sight, hundreds of men – most of them not students – formed a human barricade across…
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India’s Modi renews push for common civil code on Independence Day
NEW DELHI:Â Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday (Aug 15) he wanted to press ahead with a national common…
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Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina urges supporters to make public show of strength
“TEMPORARY CRISIS” The new administration has stressed it wants to put Bangladesh on a different path. Its foreign minister Touhid…
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Police back on Bangladesh capital’s streets as strike ends
DHAKA:Â Bangladeshi police resumed patrols of the capital Dhaka on Monday (Aug 12), ending a weeklong strike that left a law…
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