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Armed With Fizz and Self-Belief, Bangladesh Seek A Champions Trophy…

With a fiery new bowler named Fizz leading the young guns and all-rounder Mushfiqur Rahim the old guard, Bangladesh are...

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Jayawardene Named Coach of Bangladesh League Team

Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene was Friday named as the head coach of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)...

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Bangladesh Removes ‘Greek’ Statue After Islamists’ Protests

Bangladesh Friday removed a controversial statue which religious radicals claim represents an "un-Islamic" Greek...

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‘Panic’ In Bangladesh Factories As Workers Collapse In Heatwave

Panic broke out in more than a dozen factories in Bangladesh's capital as hundreds of garment workers fell ill in a...

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Bangladesh Jails High-Profile Islamist Leader

A Bangladesh court Thursday jailed a senior Islamist militant for more than seven years for leading an extremist group...

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Bangladesh Police Raid Opposition Leader’s Office

Bangladesh police swooped on the offices of the country's main opposition leader hunting "anti-state documents" on...

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Bangladesh Police Arrest 27 Youths Over Homosexuality

Bangladeshi police arrested 27 young men early Friday in a rare crackdown on homosexuality in the conservative...

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Bangladesh ‘militants’ Killed In Police Raid

Bangladeshi police have carried out a string of raids on suspected militants in recent weeks Police in Bangladesh say...

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Greenpeace Warns Giant Bangladeshi Coal Plant Could Cause Early Deaths

A giant coal-fired power plant approved by Bangladesh could drastically worsen air pollution for millions and cause the...

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Bangladesh Coal Plant Could Cause 6,000 Early Deaths

A giant coal-fired power plant approved by Bangladesh could drastically worsen air pollution for millions and cause the...

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Bangladesh Ban Bowler For Conceding 92 Off Four Balls

Bangladesh on Tuesday imposed a 10-year ban on a bowler who deliberately lost a match by conceding 92 runs off just...

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Bangladeshi Girl With Three Legs ‘walks, Runs’ After Australia Surgery

A toddler born with three legs -- because body parts of a twin had grown inside her -- was returning home to Bangladesh...

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Bangladesh Islamists Blow Themselves Up, Ending Standoff

Four suspected Islamist fighters blew themselves up at a hideout in Bangladesh, ending a 24-hour standoff, police said...

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Islamic Romance Novels Set Hearts Aflutter In Bangladesh

Kasem bin Abubakar was told nobody would buy his chaste romance novels about devout young Muslims finding love within...

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Bangladeshi Workers Mark Four Years Since Factory Collapse

Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers staged a tearful demonstration Monday to mark the anniversary of a factory...

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Bangladesh Buries Islamist Extremists After Hanging

Bangladeshi villagers buried the leader of a banned Islamist extremist outfit and two of his aides early Thursday,...

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Bangladesh Hangs Three Islamist Extremists For UK Envoy Attack

Bangladesh hanged three Islamist extremists including the leader of a banned militant outfit on Wednesday, after they...

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India Woos Bangladesh With $500 Mn Defence Loan, Credit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday offered $4.5 billion in concessional loans to Bangladesh, underlining...

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Bangladesh Closes One of World’s Most Polluted Places

A historic leatherworking quarter in Bangladesh once labelled among the most polluted places on earth was shut Thursday...