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Bangladesh Arrests Alleged Senior Extremist

Bangladesh police on Sunday arrested a businessman accused of being a major figure in the Islamist group blamed for a...

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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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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 Uses Tough Laws To Crack Down On Dissent

Bangladesh is using "draconian" internet laws to crack down on dissent, curb public debate and criticism and harass and...

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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 PM Backs Islamists Over Statue Controversy

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been accused of "kowtowing" to hardline Islamists after expressing dislike...

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India Agrees $4.5 Billion Deal With Bangladesh In New Delhi Meeting

India and Bangladesh signed a slew of agreements on Saturday, including a $4.5 billion concessionary line of credit...

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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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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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Bangladesh Court Issues Arrest Warrant For 22 Opposition Members

A court in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has issued the arrest warrant Sunday for 22 opposition men including several...

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Bangladesh Hangs Islamist Tycoon Mir Quasem Ali

A leader and major financial backer of the biggest Islamist party in Bangladesh has been executed for war crimes in...