Bangladesh

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Bangladesh Eatery Bans Foreigners Fearing Extremist Attack

An upscale Bangladeshi restaurant has banned foreign guests, fearing a repeat of last year's deadly terrorist attack in...

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Bangladesh Opposition Activists Held In Secret Detention

Bangladesh security agencies have secretly detained scores of opposition activists many of whom have later been killed,...

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Australia A Players Call Off S.Africa Cricket Tour

The Australian Cricketers' Association said Thursday that players would boycott this month's Australia A tour to South...

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Bangladesh Says Faulty Boiler Caused Deadly Factory Blast

A faulty boiler caused an explosion at a Bangladesh factory that killed 13 people this week, authorities said...

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Indian Troop Withdrawal ‘precondition’ For Peace

China's ambassador has said the withdrawal of Indian troops from disputed territory is a "precondition" for peace, in...

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Rohingya Man Killed In Myanmar Buddhist Mob Attack

A Rohingya Muslim was stoned to death and six others wounded by a mob of Buddhists in the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine...

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Bangladesh Factory Blast Death Toll Rises To 10

The death toll from a blast at a Bangladesh garment factory has risen to 10 after two victims died in hospital,...

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Bangladesh Police Find ‘missing’ Government Critic

A prominent critic of the Bangladesh government has been found safe a day after his family reported him missing,...

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Prominent Bangladesh Government Critic Disappears

One of Bangladesh's most prominent government critics went missing on Monday after calling his wife to tell her he...

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Bangladesh Arrests Three Female Militants

Bangladesh police have arrested three female members of an Islamist extremist group blamed for the deadly Dhaka café...

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Australia A Will Not Tour S.Africa Unless MOU Agreed

Players will boycott an Australia A tour of South Africa this month unless a new pay deal is agreed by Cricket...

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Bangladesh Marks First Anniversary of Deadly Cafe Siege

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday at the site of one of the worst Islamist attacks in Bangladesh's history to mark...

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England Recall Ballance For First Test Against South Africa

Batsman Gary Ballance has been give a chance to revive his England Test career after being named in the squad for next...

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Australia’s Cricket Pay Dispute Set To Miss Deadline

Cricket Australia and the country's players looked set to miss a deadline to resolve a pay dispute on Friday,...

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Cricket Australia Warn Players As Pay Row Deadline Looms

Cricket Australia has sent a formal letter to warring players officially informing them they will be unemployed if a...

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Bangladesh Attack Cafe Thrives A Year On, But Fears Persist

As the chatter of customers and the smell of warm bread fill the Holey Artisan Bakery it is easy to forget the scenes...

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Asians Stuck In Saudi After Qatari Bosses Ordered Out

Asian migrants working as domestic staff and farmers are stranded in Saudi Arabia -- potentially illegally -- after...

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Myanmar and Thailand Torch $1 Billion of Seized Drugs

Myanmar and Thailand started torching nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics on Monday, a defiant show of force as...

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South African Batsman AB de Villiers To Decide Future In August

AB de Villiers left South Africa's tour of England saying he would decide his cricket future in August. One of the...