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Police said 40,000 people took part in the Dhaka protest

Anti-France protests in Bangladesh over Macron comments

World • 27 Oct 20

Bangladeshi authorities said He said the vessel had been cleared to carry passengers until September

Bangladesh ferry collision kills at least 30

World • 29 Jun 20

Authorities are scrambling to evacuate people from low lying areas

'Super Cyclone' Amphan makes landfall in India

World • 20 May 20

Rain clouds loom over a Kolkata as Cyclone Amphane barrels towards India's eastern coast

India and Bangladesh brace for super cyclone

World • 19 May 20

Nearly a million Rohingya live in squalid camps near Bangladesh's border with Myanmar

60 Rohingya die, hundreds rescued after weeks at sea

World • 16 Apr 20

Organisers claimed 25,000 worshippers gathered to pray, seeking protection from the coronavirus

Thousands attend Covid-19 prayer session in Bangladesh

Coronavirus • 19 Mar 20

School headmaster and main suspect Siraj Ud Doula (centre) is escorted as he leaves the court following the verdict

16 sentenced to death for burning Bangladesh teen alive

World • 24 Oct 19

Rohingya refugees commemorate the second anniversary of the 2017 crisis

Rohingya refugees mark two years since crisis

World • 26 Aug 19

The vehicles departed empty after members of the Rohingya minority earmarked for return failed to show up

No Rohingya turn up for repatriation to Myanmar

World • 22 Aug 19

Survivors of a boat carrying migrants that sunk in the Mediterranean gather at a shelter in the Tunisian coastal town of Zarzis

60 migrants drown in the Mediterranean - Red Crescent

World • 11 May 19

Fire tore through the building in the city's commercial district

At least 19 dead in blaze at Dhaka skyscraper

Asia • 28 Mar 19

The suspect was shot as special forces rushed the Boeing 737-800 plane after it landed safely in Chittagong

Suspected Bangladesh plane hijacker shot dead - army

World • 24 Feb 19

More than 200 firefighters responded to the incident

Apartment fire in Bangladesh capital kills dozens

Asia • 21 Feb 19

Demonstrations and strikes were held this month in a demand for better pay

5,000 garment workers sacked over Bangladesh strikes

World • 29 Jan 19

Bangladeshi garment workers block a road during a demonstration to demand higher wages in Dhaka

50,000 garment workers go on strike in Bangladesh

Asia • 09 Jan 19

A spokesman from the UK's Foreign Office said the public money must be recouped

UK forced marriage victims charged repatriation costs

UK • 02 Jan 19

Sheikh Hasina was first elected prime minister in 1996

Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh's icon-turned-iron lady

Asia • 31 Dec 18

Bangladeshi people read newspapers carrying headlines on the general election results

Bangladesh PM wins election amid claims of vote rigging

World • 02 Jan 19

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (R) castS her vote, as her daughter Saima Wazed Hossain (1st L) and her sister Sheikh Rehana (2nd L) look on

14 die as clashes mar election day in Bangladesh

World • 30 Dec 18

Rohingya refugees protest against the disputed repatriation programme at a refugee camp in Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees reject Bangladesh repatriation bid

World • 15 Nov 18

700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighbouring Bangladesh

ICC opens probe into Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya

News • 19 Sep 18

More than 129,000 Rohingya Muslims remain in camps in Myanmar's Rakhine state

'Lost generation' looms for Rohingya refugee children

Rohingya • 23 Aug 18

Police denied they fired rubber bullets or tear gas at the protesters

Police fire tear gas as thousands protest in Bangladesh

World • 05 Aug 18

A child is seen behind a barbed wire fence in 'no man's land' at the border betweeen Myanmar and Bangladesh

Plight of Rohingya a 'human rights nightmare'

Asia • 02 Jul 18

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said forced displacement across an international border could potentially be classed as a crime against humanity

ICC prosecutor seeks Rohingya deportation jurisdiction

World • 10 Apr 18

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