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Massive Protests In Bangladesh After Hindu Woman Raped By Local Politician
The brutal rape of a Hindu woman in central Bangladesh's Cumilla district last week sparked nationwide outrage on Sunday, after a video of the assault went viral on social media.
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300 Killed, Sheikh Hasina Under Fire: Violent Bangladesh Protests Explained
In the two separate terms and 20 years that she has been the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, the ongoing protests that have seen over 300 people killed, is perhaps Sheikh Hasina's biggest test.
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The Return Of 'Razakars' To Bangladesh Political Discourse After 53 Years
Violence in Bangladesh has left over 130 dead as students demand reforms to a quota system governing the allocation of government jobs in the country.
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Robbers Gun Down Bangladeshi PhD Student, Rob Store In US: Report
A Bangladeshi PhD student was shot dead at a gas station where he was working as a clerk in the US state of Louisiana, the media reported on Sunday.
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Government To Build 560 Model Mosques, Islamic University: Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today announced that her government will construct 560 model mosques and an Islamic university with the Saudi assistance, in an attempt to woo hardline Islamists ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled next month. Speaking at an Islamic clerics rally in Dhaka, Ms Hasina urged the clerics not to be agit...
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Bangladesh Photographer Sacked Over Viral Kiss Photo
A renowned Bangladesh photographer said Sunday he has been the victim of "unwanted cruelty" after being sacked over an image of a couple kissing that raised a social media storm in the conservative Muslim-majority country.
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Photographer Clicks Pic Of Couple Kissing In Rain. He Was Thrashed, Fired
The photo - a dreamy scene of two lovers kissing in the monsoon rain - went viral in Bangladesh almost immediately after photojournalist Jibon Ahmed posted it on his Facebook page Monday.
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SRFTI Seeks Central Approval For Programme With Dhaka Varsity
The Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute here has sought approval from the Centre for a collaborative programme with the University of Dhaka, its director said.
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Clashes Turn Dhaka University Into Battleground; More Than 100 Injured
Thousands of students across Bangladesh staged protests and sit-ins Monday after clashes at the country's top university left at least 100 people injured.
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Bangladeshi Student Cleared Over Deadly Cafe Attack
A Bangladeshi court Wednesday formally exonerated a student at a Canadian university of involvement in a deadly cafe siege, two months after he was arrested and charged over the carnage.
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Dhaka University Suspends Pro-VC Held For Sheltering Cafe Attackers
Acting deputy vice chancellor of a private university in Bangladesh, arrested for sheltering Islamists who carried out the country's worst terror attack at a cafe here, has been suspended.
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Bangladesh Police Arrest 3 Who Rented Property To Cafe Attackers
Police in Dhaka on Saturday arrested three people, including a university professor, for failing to register information about tenants renting a property who later attacked a cafe in the city, killing 20 people.
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Bangladesh Attack On Eid: BBA Student Identified As One Of The Attackers
A missing university student has been identified as the suspected terrorist who was killed during an encounter with police after an attack on one of Bangladesh's biggest Eid gatherings in Sholakia, killing four persons.
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UC Berkeley Remembers Tarishi Jain, Killed In Dhaka Attack
A University of California, Berkeley sophomore who was among the 20 hostages killed over the weekend by militants in Bangladesh is being remembered as a kind and smart young woman.
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The Friend Who Stood By Tarishi Jain In Her Last Hour, And Got Killed
Amid the condemnations for last week's tragedy in Dhaka, a story of bravery is being hailed across the world: That of Faraz Hossein, a Bangladeshi who stood by his foreign friends even when he was allowed to go by the seven terrorists who had struck at the Holey Artisan Bakery in the upscale Gulshan area.
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Massive Protests In Bangladesh After Hindu Woman Raped By Local Politician
The brutal rape of a Hindu woman in central Bangladesh's Cumilla district last week sparked nationwide outrage on Sunday, after a video of the assault went viral on social media.
-
300 Killed, Sheikh Hasina Under Fire: Violent Bangladesh Protests Explained
In the two separate terms and 20 years that she has been the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, the ongoing protests that have seen over 300 people killed, is perhaps Sheikh Hasina's biggest test.
-
The Return Of 'Razakars' To Bangladesh Political Discourse After 53 Years
Violence in Bangladesh has left over 130 dead as students demand reforms to a quota system governing the allocation of government jobs in the country.
-
Robbers Gun Down Bangladeshi PhD Student, Rob Store In US: Report
A Bangladeshi PhD student was shot dead at a gas station where he was working as a clerk in the US state of Louisiana, the media reported on Sunday.
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Government To Build 560 Model Mosques, Islamic University: Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today announced that her government will construct 560 model mosques and an Islamic university with the Saudi assistance, in an attempt to woo hardline Islamists ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled next month. Speaking at an Islamic clerics rally in Dhaka, Ms Hasina urged the clerics not to be agit...
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Bangladesh Photographer Sacked Over Viral Kiss Photo
A renowned Bangladesh photographer said Sunday he has been the victim of "unwanted cruelty" after being sacked over an image of a couple kissing that raised a social media storm in the conservative Muslim-majority country.
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Photographer Clicks Pic Of Couple Kissing In Rain. He Was Thrashed, Fired
The photo - a dreamy scene of two lovers kissing in the monsoon rain - went viral in Bangladesh almost immediately after photojournalist Jibon Ahmed posted it on his Facebook page Monday.
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SRFTI Seeks Central Approval For Programme With Dhaka Varsity
The Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute here has sought approval from the Centre for a collaborative programme with the University of Dhaka, its director said.
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Clashes Turn Dhaka University Into Battleground; More Than 100 Injured
Thousands of students across Bangladesh staged protests and sit-ins Monday after clashes at the country's top university left at least 100 people injured.
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Bangladeshi Student Cleared Over Deadly Cafe Attack
A Bangladeshi court Wednesday formally exonerated a student at a Canadian university of involvement in a deadly cafe siege, two months after he was arrested and charged over the carnage.
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Dhaka University Suspends Pro-VC Held For Sheltering Cafe Attackers
Acting deputy vice chancellor of a private university in Bangladesh, arrested for sheltering Islamists who carried out the country's worst terror attack at a cafe here, has been suspended.
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Bangladesh Police Arrest 3 Who Rented Property To Cafe Attackers
Police in Dhaka on Saturday arrested three people, including a university professor, for failing to register information about tenants renting a property who later attacked a cafe in the city, killing 20 people.
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Bangladesh Attack On Eid: BBA Student Identified As One Of The Attackers
A missing university student has been identified as the suspected terrorist who was killed during an encounter with police after an attack on one of Bangladesh's biggest Eid gatherings in Sholakia, killing four persons.
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UC Berkeley Remembers Tarishi Jain, Killed In Dhaka Attack
A University of California, Berkeley sophomore who was among the 20 hostages killed over the weekend by militants in Bangladesh is being remembered as a kind and smart young woman.
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The Friend Who Stood By Tarishi Jain In Her Last Hour, And Got Killed
Amid the condemnations for last week's tragedy in Dhaka, a story of bravery is being hailed across the world: That of Faraz Hossein, a Bangladeshi who stood by his foreign friends even when he was allowed to go by the seven terrorists who had struck at the Holey Artisan Bakery in the upscale Gulshan area.
