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Blast Outside Bangladesh Airport Kills Bomber

A bomber was killed in a blast outside the Bangladeshi capital's main international airport Friday, police said, the...

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IS Claims Bangladesh Bombing, Police Kill Militant

The Islamic State Group claimed responsibility Saturday for a suicide bomb attack on a Bangladesh security forces camp,...

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Bangladesh Police Kill Militant

Bangladesh police shot dead a suspected militant in the capital Dhaka on Saturday a day after a suicide bomber blew...

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Suicide Attacker Targets Bangladesh Army Camp

A man blew himself up on Friday at a camp for Bangladesh's elite security forces, wounding two others, in an apparent...

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Bangladesh Militants In Suicide Blast As Police Move In

At least two Bangladeshi militants blew themselves up Thursday after throwing grenades at police who surrounded a...

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Five Obstacles Facing Bangladesh For Test Glory

Bangladesh will play their 100th Test match when they take on Sri Lanka at Colombo´s P. Sara Oval on Wednesday, 17...

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Bangladesh Hoping To Break Losing Streak In 100th Test

Bangladesh will be looking to overcome their recent dismal form as the perennial minnows try to make their 100th Test...

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Bangladesh To Fell Building Deemed

Bangladesh's highest court Sunday ordered the demolition of a lakeside building occupied by powerful garment groups, a...

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Thousands of Rohingya Refugees Return To Myanmar Over Island Plan

Thousands of Rohingya who took refuge in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in Myanmar have returned home because of a...

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Daring Ambush Fails To Free Top Bangladeshi Militant

Suspected Islamist militants hurled bombs at a prison van in a daring attempt to free Bangladesh's most-wanted militant...

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Bangladesh Bans Extremist Group Behind Blogger Murders

Bangladesh on Sunday outlawed a group which claims links to Al-Qaeda and is blamed for the machete murders of nearly a...

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Bangladesh Starts Head Count For Rohingya Relocation

Bangladesh authorities have began a census of Rohingya refugees living in the country's southeast as part of a...

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Bangladesh Islamists To Hang For Japanese Farmer’s Murder

Five Islamist extremists who murdered a Japanese farmer in a drive-by shooting in 2015 were sentenced to death by a...

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Bangladesh ‘stopped’ Editor From Flying Abroad

A prominent Bangladeshi magazine editor on bail for charges of plotting to kill the prime minister's son said Thursday...

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Top Brands Including H&M, Zara To Boycott Bangladesh Garment Summit

Leading fashion brands including H&M and Zara will boycott a key industry conference in Bangladesh in support of...

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UN Envoy Visits Rohingya Camps In Bangladesh

UN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee was Tuesday visiting Rohingya refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh, where...

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Bangladesh Catches Islamist Convicted of Blogger Murder

Bangladesh police on Monday detained an Islamist who had been sentenced to death in his absence in 2015 for planning...

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India Sets Anthem-Singing Record Amid Nationalist Tide

Half a million Indians have set a new world record by performing a mass rendition of their national anthem, as...

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Garment Factories Dismiss ‘at Least 1,500 Workers’

Police in Bangladesh say garment manufacturers have dismissed at least 1,500 workers after protests over pay led to a...