Tag: Bangladesh
Bangladeshis pray for rain as temperatures soar
The poor, low-lying South Asian nation of 170 million people is at the forefront of climate change with frequent deadly floods
Bangladeshi Muslim cleric among four held for stoning woman over affair
Decades ago, village councils in rural Bangladesh commonly used sharia to punish Muslim women accused of adultery
Huge fire destroys clothes market in Bangladeshi capital
Distraught shop owners told reporters the blaze had left them destitute ahead of Eid, the Muslim festival marking the end of Ramadan
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
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