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Bangladesh PM Hasina in Forbes' list of most powerful women
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 2 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emerged as the 30th most powerful woman, according to the Forbes' list of 100 most powerful women in the world this year.
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Khaleda says Bangladesh not doing enough for Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 30 (ANI): The Bangladesh opposition leader and the Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Khaleda Zia, has accused the government of 'insufficient efforts' in extending assistance to Rohingya refugees, The Daily Star reported.
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U.S. to resume entry of refugees
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): The United States is likely to resume the entry of refugees into the country, but through a more stringent screening and vetting procedure.
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U.S. Supreme Court dismisses Hawaii's challenge to Trump travel ban
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday dropped the hearing of remaining challenge to President Donald Trump's earlier version of travel ban by dismissing the lawsuit brought by the state of Hawaii.
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U.K., Canada, Switzerland pledge to donate $33.5m for Rohingya refugees
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 24 (ANI): The United Kingdom and Switzerland have pledged additional USD 24 million as assistance for the Rohingya refugees, who are fleeing to Bangladesh to escape the persecution of Myanmar's Rakhine State.
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Rohingya crisis: Myanmar, Bangladesh agree on border cooperation
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], October 24 (ANI): Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed two agreements on border cooperation to resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis.
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Khaleda to visit Rohingya refugee camps next week
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 24 (ANI): Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit Rohingyas' refugee camps in Cox Bazar next week.
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Swaraj meets B'desh PM discusses Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Ocotber 22 (ANI): India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to discuss the humanitarian crisis caused due to influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine State.
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Eight lakh Rohingyas stranded in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct.21 (ANI): About 800,000 Rohingyas are now living in refugee settlements in Bangladesh, and 589,000 of them are in the country's Cox's Bazar since they began to flee from Myanmar on August 25.
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UNICEF says Rohingya kids in Bangladesh in dire state
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct. 20 (ANI): Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are reportedly living in squalid conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh, where they don't get enough food, clean water or healthcare.
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U.S. expresses concern over Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 18 (ANI): United States' Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday said that the U.S. was concerned about the mass exodus of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine region, and held the country's military leadership accountable for the humanitarian cris
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Thousands of Rohingya refugees waiting in no man's land to enter Banglades
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 17 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said that at least 10,000 to 15000 Rohingya refugees are stranded near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
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