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Rohingya sceptical of Myanmar refugee return offer

The Rohingya are widely viewed in Myanmar as interlopers from Bangladesh, despite roots in the country stretching back centuries

Global figures urge end to ‘harassment’ of Bangladesh Nobel laureate

Yunus, 82, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, has seen his reputation at home tarnished by a labor dispute with Hasina

At least one dead in religious clashes in Bangladesh

The clashes occurred when 10,000 to 20,000 Sunni Muslim worshippers tried to attack Ahmadi Muslim homes and shops

Rohingya refugees decry ‘devastating’ cuts to food aid

The drop has already caused hardship among the roughly one million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh's overcrowded camps

Bangladesh defends textbook ‘promoting’ trans rights

The conservative Muslim-majority country's roughly 1.5 million transgender people have long faced discrimination and violence

Bangladesh bans top publisher from book fair for dissident works

Western governments and the United Nations have expressed concern over the political climate in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi cleric convicted for spreading Covid disinformation

Ibrahim was arrested for religious incitement in late 2021 under Bangladesh's Digital Security Act

24 dead, million seek shelter as Cyclone Sitrang hits Bangladesh

Around 10 million people were without power in districts along the coast on Tuesday

Bangladesh evacuates hundreds of thousands ahead of cyclone

The government plans to evacuate about 2.5 million people from the most vulnerable areas in the path of the storm before the cyclone hits

Welcome no more: Rohingya face backlash in Bangladesh

Much has changed in the time since he and 750,000 other members of the stateless Muslim minority escaped neighboring Myanmar

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