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  • Bangladesh Again Denies Al-Qaeda Presence0

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    • January 18, 2021

    By Shailaja Neelakantan on Jan 15, 2021 Bangladesh strongly rejected U.S. charges this week that al-Qaeda cells had committed attacks on the South Asian nation, although the U.S. State Department had documented such incidents in its annual reports on terrorism around the world. In a talk in Washington on Tuesday on al-Qaeda’s “new home base

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  • Next Myanmar-Bangladesh-China Meeting on Rohingya Repatriation Set for Jan. 190

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    • January 14, 2021

    By Sharif Khiam on Jan 13, 2021    Benar News China-brokered talks between Bangladesh and Myanmar aimed at repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees are expected to resume next week after being stalled for a year, officials said Wednesday. Myanmar has not cooperated in ironing out related issues, but Bangladesh is hopeful some headway

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  • Bangladesh National Sentenced in US for Human Smuggling0

    By Anonymous on Jan 07, 2021 Benar News A Bangladeshi man has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for smuggling his countrymen into the United States, the United States Department of Justice said Thursday. After serving out his sentence Moktar Hossain will have three years of “supervised release,” a DOJ statement said. “The defendant

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  • Many Pregnant Women in Rural Bangladesh Being Refused Healthcare Due to Pandemic0

    By Anonymous on Jan 07, 2021 Benar News Healthcare facilities in rural Bangladesh have been denying care to many pregnant women over fears they might be infected with the novel coronavirus or because doctors themselves have COVID-19, according to clinical data and new mothers in one such area. Healthcare providers prefer to turn away pregnant

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  • Bangladesh’s Most Powerful Islamic Group Will Test Govt, Analysts Say0

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    • November 20, 2020

    By Sharif Khiam on Nov 19, 2020  Bangladesh’s most influential faith-based organization, Hefazat-e-Islam, is likely to become more hardline and take an even stronger anti-government stance after a pro-opposition faction recently took control of the group, analysts told BenarNews. Amid infighting with a faction allied with the prime minister’s Awami League, Hefazat selected Junayed Babunagari

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  • Bangladeshi Journalist Recounts Ordeal as a Kidnap Victim0

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    • November 3, 2020

    Benar News Pulack Ghatack Dhaka 2020-11-03 Chittagong City Police Commissioner Saleh Mohammad Tanvir speaks with journalists after receiving their memo demanding the arrest of those involved in the alleged abduction of reporter Golam Sarwar, Nov. 3, 2020. BenarNews A Bangladeshi reporter who on Tuesday said he was beaten during four days of captivity as a

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  • India, US say South China Sea Code Should Not ‘Prejudice’ Any Nation0

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    • October 28, 2020

    By Drake Long on Oct 27, 2020  Benar News India on Tuesday joined the U.S. in calling for the South China Sea Code of Conduct being negotiated by China and the Southeast Asian bloc to adhere to international law. The comment came in a joint statement issued after the top diplomats and defense officials of

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  • Myanmar Army Dismisses Soldiers’ Rohingya Atrocity Confessions as Coerced0

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    • September 10, 2020

    By Special to BenarNews on Sep 09, 2020 Myanmar soldiers’ videotaped confessions that they committed atrocities against Rohingya Muslims during army sweeps of their villages in 2017 are “not true,” an army spokesman said Wednesday, dismissing the admissions recorded by the rebel Arakan Army (AA) as coerced. Privates Myo Win Tun and Zaw Naing Tun

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  • Memories of 2017 Crackdown in Myanmar Haunt Rohingya Children0

    Roseanne Gerin and Sunil Barua Washington and Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh 2020-08-24 Rohingya refugee children fly improvised kites at the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Dec. 10, 2017. Reuters Arat Ullah was 14 when Myanmar forces stormed into his village in northern Rakhine state three years ago and began a rampage as part of

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  • Bangladeshi Worker Arrested in Malaysia Spoke Up for Others, Supporters Say0

    By Nisha David, Kamran Reza Chowdhury and John Bechtel on Aug 07, 2020  A Bangladeshi man interviewed in a media report about the plight of migrants in Malaysia during the pandemic has been detained and faces deportation, in what critics see as a double blow to press freedom and freedom of speech in the country.

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  • Bangladeshi Army, Police Chiefs Address Press Together on Major’s Killing0

    By Sunil Barua and Kamran Reza Chowdhury on Aug 05, 2020  Updated at 4:05 p.m. ET on 2020-08-06 At an unprecedented joint news conference Wednesday, the chiefs of Bangladesh’s army and police sought to allay concerns about a rift between their organizations after policemen last week shot dead a retired army officer who was a

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  • US Calls on Bangladesh to Ensure Media Freedom during Pandemic0

    Pulack Ghatack Dhaka    20 July 2020 A rights activist in Dhaka holds a sign calling for the release of people arrested under the Digital Security Act, May 30, 2020. BenarNews Bangladesh should ensure a free and independent media during the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. State Department said Monday, underlining threats to democratic norms and

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  • Bangladesh Moves Up in US Report on Human Trafficking0

    By BenarNews staff on Jun 25, 2020 Despite reports of Rohingya refugees being exploited in camps in and around Cox’s Bazar, the U.S. State Department upgraded Bangladesh’s rating on Thursday as it released its annual report gauging how countries worldwide are performing in combating human trafficking. While Bangladesh moved up to Tier 2 from the

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  • US Praises Asian Partners for Helping Defeat, Degrade Terror Organizations0

    By BenarNews staff on Jun 24, 2020 South and Southeast Asian nations were among international partners that the U.S. State Department praised Wednesday for efforts last year to help counter threats from Islamic State (IS), al-Qaeda and other militant groups as it released its annual terrorism report. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke specifically about

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