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B'desh: Ahmadiyya community in fear after mosque ambush
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Apr 12 (ANI): The Ahmadiyya community, also known as 'Qadiani', has been living in fear ever since suspected radical groups allegedly attacked a mosque in Bangladesh's Jamalpur last month, leaving more than 20 worshippers injured.
Myanmar minister visits Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 11 (ANI): Myanmar's Social Welfare Minister Win Myat Aye visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday morning.
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Quota protest: Students block Dhaka-Rajshahi highway
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 11 (ANI): The Dhaka-Rajshahi Highway in front of the Rajshahi University was blocked on Tuesday by about 700 students over a demand for reforming the existing quota system for recruitment in government services.
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First India-Bangladesh container train flagged off
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): The trial run of the first container train to run between Kolkata and Dhaka was flagged off on Tuesday.
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Bangladesh gears up for General Elections; experts fear rise of hardline f
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
London, [UK] April 4 (ANI): As Bangladesh gears up for the general elections to be held in December this year experts are fearing that hardline forces in the country have started gaining ground in a bid to remove the current moderate Government in Dhaka.
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Global concerns over Islamic forces gaining ground in Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 3 (ANI): As Bangladesh gears up for the general elections to be held in December this year, the Islamic forces in the country have started gaining ground.
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BNP never believed in a developed B'desh: Hasina
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Apr 2 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged that the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) were never involved in the nation-building process and didn't believe in the idea of a developed Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh calls for global pressure on Myanmar to repatriate Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar 31 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community to continue pressurising Myanmar to take Rohingya refugees back as soon as possible.
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WHO calls on international community to help Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar 30 (ANI): With a grossly underfunded health sector grappling to meet the needs of 1.3 million Rohingyas in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, the World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed to the international community to contribute generously to enable appropriate and time
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Rohingya crisis: US to continue support to Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 30 (ANI): The United States has assured cooperation to Bangladesh on the issue of Rohingya crisis, the US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said.
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B'desh must punish 'lovers of Pakistan': Sheikh Hasina
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar 27 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the people of Bangladesh must respond to those who have been lost in their love for Pakistan and should be punished.
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Nepal plane crash: Probe team criticised for delay in filing report
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar. 21 (ANI): The government commission formed to investigate the March 12 incident of US-Bangla plane crash has come under fire for not giving an official statement even after one week since the incident has taken place.
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