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Bangladesh Temporarily Bars Entry Of Controversial Hate Preacher Zakir Naik
Bangladesh has decided to temporarily bar Indian-born Islamic preacher Zakir Naik from entering the country. The decision was made on Tuesday during a meeting of the Law and Order Core Committee at the Ministry of Home Affairs in Dhaka.
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Bangladesh Parliament Dissolved A Day After Sheikh Hasina's Ouster
Bangladesh's president dissolved parliament on Tuesday, a key demand of student protesters who led demonstrations that ousted long time ruler Sheikh Hasina, a statement read.
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Over 500 People, Including Opposition Leaders, Arrested Amid Violence In Bangladesh
More than 500 people, including some opposition leaders, have been arrested so far over days of clashes in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka sparked by protests against job quotas, police said Monday.
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Safety Failures Cited In Bangladesh Fires As Death Rate Climbs To 45
Bangladesh firefighters said Friday that glaring safety lapses were responsible for a Dhaka restaurant blaze that killed 45 people, with more deaths likely among those rushed to hospital in critical condition.
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5 Killed In Bangladesh Train Fire, Police Suspect Arson Ahead Of Polls
Five people were killed in Bangladesh after a passenger train caught fire Friday, with police suspecting an arson attack during unrest ahead of national elections boycotted by the opposition.
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PM Meets Bangladesh Leaders, Liberation War Fighters 'Muktijodhas'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off his first foreign tour since India declared the Covid-19 lockdown a year ago. He will be in Bangladesh today and tomorrow to attend the celebration of that country's 50th year of liberation from Pakistan and the centenary year of its founder Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, Premier Sheikh Hasina's father. The two ...
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Train Plunges After Bridge Collapses In Bangladesh, 4 Dead, Over 100 Hurt
A train plunged into a canal when the bridge it was travelling across gave way, killing four people and injuring 100 more in Bangladesh on Monday.
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Dhaka High-Rise Hit By Deadly Blaze Lacked Proper Fire Exits: Official
A high-rise commercial building in the Bangladeshi capital where a blaze this week killed at least 25 people lacked proper fire exits, government officials said, prompting a senior minister to describe the incident as "murder".
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Workers Jump To Their Deaths As Bangladesh Fire Kills 19, Many Trapped
Fire crews rushed to the scene of a huge blaze that broke out in a 19-storey commercial building in Dhaka on Thursday, a Bangladesh emergency official told AFP.
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Bangladesh Will Drop Islam As State Religion 'When Time Comes,' Says Ex Minister: Report
Muslim-majority Bangladesh will drop Islam as the country's state religion "when the time comes", a media report today quoted a senior ruling Awami Leage leader as saying.
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Dhaka Victims Shot, Then Mutilated With Machetes, Says Officer: 10 Facts
The terrorists who attacked an upmarket Dhaka cafe on Friday "treated hostages like cockroaches", shot them and mutilated them with machetes, a top Bangladesh security officer has told NDTV.
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Dhaka Restaurant Owner Has No Contact With Staff
The owner of the Bangladeshi restaurant Holey Artisan Bakery at the center of the bloody hostage-taking said he wasn't able to communicate with his staff.
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Dhaka Restaurant Attack: 14 Hostages Rescued; Operation Underway
Heavily armed terrorists struck at the heart of Bangladesh's diplomatic zone on Friday night, taking dozens of hostages at a restaurant popular with foreigners. Two police officers were killed and at least 26 people wounded in a gunbattle as security forces cordoned off the area and sought to end the standoff.
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Who Will Protect Us, Asks Family Of Hindu Tailor Killed In Bangladesh
In a village in Tangail, 5 hours north-west of Dhaka, the grief is raw. The wife and two daughters of Nikhil Joardher, 50, a tailor, break down repeatedly, as they describe how he was dragged from his shop and hacked to death by the roadside.
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PM Narendra Modi Meets Bangladeshi Counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today had a meeting with his visiting Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi, which he described as "good".
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Bangladesh Temporarily Bars Entry Of Controversial Hate Preacher Zakir Naik
Bangladesh has decided to temporarily bar Indian-born Islamic preacher Zakir Naik from entering the country. The decision was made on Tuesday during a meeting of the Law and Order Core Committee at the Ministry of Home Affairs in Dhaka.
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Bangladesh Parliament Dissolved A Day After Sheikh Hasina's Ouster
Bangladesh's president dissolved parliament on Tuesday, a key demand of student protesters who led demonstrations that ousted long time ruler Sheikh Hasina, a statement read.
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Over 500 People, Including Opposition Leaders, Arrested Amid Violence In Bangladesh
More than 500 people, including some opposition leaders, have been arrested so far over days of clashes in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka sparked by protests against job quotas, police said Monday.
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Safety Failures Cited In Bangladesh Fires As Death Rate Climbs To 45
Bangladesh firefighters said Friday that glaring safety lapses were responsible for a Dhaka restaurant blaze that killed 45 people, with more deaths likely among those rushed to hospital in critical condition.
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5 Killed In Bangladesh Train Fire, Police Suspect Arson Ahead Of Polls
Five people were killed in Bangladesh after a passenger train caught fire Friday, with police suspecting an arson attack during unrest ahead of national elections boycotted by the opposition.
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PM Meets Bangladesh Leaders, Liberation War Fighters 'Muktijodhas'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off his first foreign tour since India declared the Covid-19 lockdown a year ago. He will be in Bangladesh today and tomorrow to attend the celebration of that country's 50th year of liberation from Pakistan and the centenary year of its founder Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, Premier Sheikh Hasina's father. The two ...
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Train Plunges After Bridge Collapses In Bangladesh, 4 Dead, Over 100 Hurt
A train plunged into a canal when the bridge it was travelling across gave way, killing four people and injuring 100 more in Bangladesh on Monday.
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Dhaka High-Rise Hit By Deadly Blaze Lacked Proper Fire Exits: Official
A high-rise commercial building in the Bangladeshi capital where a blaze this week killed at least 25 people lacked proper fire exits, government officials said, prompting a senior minister to describe the incident as "murder".
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Workers Jump To Their Deaths As Bangladesh Fire Kills 19, Many Trapped
Fire crews rushed to the scene of a huge blaze that broke out in a 19-storey commercial building in Dhaka on Thursday, a Bangladesh emergency official told AFP.
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Bangladesh Will Drop Islam As State Religion 'When Time Comes,' Says Ex Minister: Report
Muslim-majority Bangladesh will drop Islam as the country's state religion "when the time comes", a media report today quoted a senior ruling Awami Leage leader as saying.
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Dhaka Victims Shot, Then Mutilated With Machetes, Says Officer: 10 Facts
The terrorists who attacked an upmarket Dhaka cafe on Friday "treated hostages like cockroaches", shot them and mutilated them with machetes, a top Bangladesh security officer has told NDTV.
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Dhaka Restaurant Owner Has No Contact With Staff
The owner of the Bangladeshi restaurant Holey Artisan Bakery at the center of the bloody hostage-taking said he wasn't able to communicate with his staff.
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Dhaka Restaurant Attack: 14 Hostages Rescued; Operation Underway
Heavily armed terrorists struck at the heart of Bangladesh's diplomatic zone on Friday night, taking dozens of hostages at a restaurant popular with foreigners. Two police officers were killed and at least 26 people wounded in a gunbattle as security forces cordoned off the area and sought to end the standoff.
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Who Will Protect Us, Asks Family Of Hindu Tailor Killed In Bangladesh
In a village in Tangail, 5 hours north-west of Dhaka, the grief is raw. The wife and two daughters of Nikhil Joardher, 50, a tailor, break down repeatedly, as they describe how he was dragged from his shop and hacked to death by the roadside.
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PM Narendra Modi Meets Bangladeshi Counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today had a meeting with his visiting Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi, which he described as "good".
