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Rohingya refugees celebrate holiday amid memories of home
by Julhas Alam - August 23, 2018 - 1:34am
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in sprawling camps in Bangladesh celebrated the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on yesterday, praying for better lives and wondering if they'll ever again celebrate...
UN team, in Bangladesh, vows to work to end Rohingya crisis
by Julhas Alam - April 30, 2018 - 8:46am
A U.N. Security Council team visiting Bangladesh promised Sunday to work hard to resolve a crisis involving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to the country to escape military-led violence in...
6 months after attacks began, Rohingya see no end in sight
by Julhas Alam - February 25, 2018 - 2:40pm
Six months after their horrors began, the Rohingya Muslims who fled army attacks in Myanmar for refuge in Bangladesh feel one immense consolation.
Myanmar to resettle 6,000 stranded Rohingya refugees
by Julhas Alam - February 21, 2018 - 2:31am
Myanmar agreed with Bangladesh on yesterday to resettle more than 6,000 Rohingya Muslims who have been stranded in a no man's land between the two countries
Bangladesh plans separate shelters for Rohingya children
by Julhas Alam - September 26, 2017 - 10:33pm
Bangladesh is planning to build separate shelters for 6,000 Rohingya Muslim children who entered the country without parents to escape violence in neighboring Myanmar, a government official said yesterday.
Bangladesh accuses Myanmar of violating its airspace
by Julhas Alam - September 17, 2017 - 12:00am
Bangladeshi authorities summoned Myanmar's envoy to protest what they said were violations of their airspace as the number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in western Myanmar in the past three weeks reached more...
Bangladesh says 20 foreigners involved in theft from NY Fed
by Julhas Alam - April 18, 2016 - 9:24am
Bangladesh investigators have determined that at least 20 foreigners were involved in the cybertheft of $101 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a...
Gunmen kill Japanese man in Bangladesh; IS says responsible
by Julhas Alam - October 3, 2015 - 7:28pm
Masked assailants riding a motorbike shot and killed a Japanese man in northern Bangladesh on Saturday, police said, the second foreigner in a week to be gunned down in the South Asian country.
Bangladesh power back on after nationwide blackout
by Julhas Alam - November 3, 2014 - 3:39am
Power was back on across Bangladesh on yesterday, a day after the impoverished, energy-starved nation was plunged into a nationwide blackout when the transmission line from neighboring India failed, officials s...
Power restored in most of Bangladesh
by Julhas Alam - November 2, 2014 - 10:00am
Power was restored in most of Bangladesh on Sunday, a day after the impoverished, energy-starved nation was plunged into a nationwide blackout when a transmission line from neighboring India failed, officials s...
Bangladesh's ruling party leads after violent vote
by Julhas Alam - January 6, 2014 - 11:34am
Bangladesh's ruling Awami League party was leading Monday with 232 seats in a national election marred by violence and boycotted by the opposition amid concerns by the international community that the process was...
Violence continues over pay hikes in Bangladesh
by Julhas Alam - September 24, 2013 - 3:27am
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas Monday in the third day of clashes with thousands of garment workers demanding better minimum wages amid escalating tension over the country's main export business.
Bangladesh factory collapse death toll hits 1,034
by Julhas Alam - May 10, 2013 - 12:46pm
The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh fire at a sweater manufacturer...
Bangladesh garment disaster death toll reaches 761
by Julhas Alam - May 8, 2013 - 12:56pm
The death toll from a collapsed building housing five garment factories rose to 761 on Wednesday as authorities started disbursing salary and other benefits to the survivors in the country's deadliest industrial...
70 dead in Bangladesh garment factory collapse
by Julhas Alam - April 24, 2013 - 5:39pm
An eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed near Bangladesh's capital Wednesday morning, killing at least 70 people and trapping many more in the rubble, officials said.
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