One killed as garment workers clash with police in Bangladesh over pay rise - police
By Ruma Paul DHAKA One female worker was killed and several others were injured in Bangladesh on Wednesday
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Bangladesh: Political violence grips country as election looms
A rejuvenated main opposition has intensified protests ahead of general elections in January.
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Two killed in Bangladesh anti-government clashes
The opposition is calling on the country's long-serving PM to stand down ahead of polls in January.
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Bangladesh: Goods train collides with passenger train killing 17
The accident in Bangladesh has also injured at least 50 other people.
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IMF, Bangladesh agree on first review of $4.7 billion bailout
The International Monetary Fund and Bangladesh reached a staff-level agreement on Thursday on the first review of a
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Bangladesh's worst ever dengue outbreak has now killed more than 1,000 people
More than 1,000 people have died from dengue in Bangladesh's worst outbreak on record, official data shows, with rising temperatures due to the climate crisis driving the ongoing spread as more cases are reported away from dense urban centers for the first time.
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Bangladesh: Nearly 1,000 people die of dengue in severe outbreak
Extraordinarily wet monsoons have given dengue-carrying mosquitoes fertile breeding ground.
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Bangladesh jails activists for 2003 report on security force killings
Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan had the charges hanging over their heads for 10 years.
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Bangladesh's worst ever dengue outbreak a 'canary in the coal mine' for climate crisis, WHO expert warns
Bangladesh is battling its worst dengue outbreak on record, with more than 600 people killed and 135,000 cases reported since April, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as one of its experts blamed the climate crisis and El Nino weather pattern for driving the surge.
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Rohingya: Gang violence stalks world's largest refugee camp
Six years after fleeing Myanmar, refugees are kept sleepless by nightly sounds of gunfire.
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Afghan women escape for a chance at education
More than 450 women from Afghanistan have escaped the country to study abroad.
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S&P lowers Bangladesh's outlook to negative from stable
S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday lowered Bangladesh's outlook to negative from stable, citing risks its external liquidity position
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