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  • Bangladesh Detains 42 People in Expanding Crackdown after Student Protests0

    By Pulack Ghatack on Aug 10, 2018 07:30 pm Bangladeshi police have arrested at least 42 people in connection with recent mass protests demanding road safety, officials said Friday, amid growing international calls for the release of those detained, including renowned photographer Shahidul Alam. Law enforcement officials said they were on the lookout for “instigators”

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  • Bangladesh Agrees to Remove ‘Myanmar National’ from Rohingya ID Cards0

    By Kamran Reza Chowdhury on Aug 13, 2018  Bangladesh has agreed to a request from Myanmar officials to replace the words “Myanmar nationals” with “displaced persons from Rakhine state” on identity cards issued to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, a Bangladeshi official told BenarNews. Dhaka agreed to the change during meetings this weekend in Myanmar

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  • Bangladesh: Students Started an Enduring Movement Even as Street Protests End0

    By Pulack Ghatack, Kamran Reza Chowdhury and Sharif Khiam on Aug 08, 2018  Students in Bangladesh who held mass protests to highlight the long-standing problem of road safety may have sowed the seeds for a vibrant reform movement that could challenge the authoritarian government accused of rampant corruption and blatant rights abuses, activists and analysts

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  • Bangladesh Court Frees Briton Hasnat Karim after 2 Years in Prison0

      By Kamran Reza Chowdhury on Aug 09, 2018 BenarNews English  Having spent more than two years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, Hasnat Karim walked out of prison Thursday after a court cleared him of involvement in the 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery café attack that killed 29 people. Karim’s wife, Sharmina Parveen,

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  • Suspected Leader of Bangladesh Terror Outfit Arrested in India0

      By BenarNews staff on Aug 07, 2018  A top operative of a Bangladeshi militant group and suspected mastermind of an explosion at the Buddhist holy site of Bodh Gaya earlier this year has been arrested in southern India, the National Investigation Agency said Tuesday. An NIA team arrested Mohammed Jahidul Islam, 38, in Ramanagara,

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  • Bangladesh: Prize-Winning Photographer Arrested Over Protest Comments0

    By Kamran Reza Chowdhury on Aug 06, 2018  A prominent Bangladeshi photographer who gave live Facebook updates on a bloody government crackdown on student protesters has been arrested and says he was beaten while in police custody. The crackdown began Saturday after six days of non-stop protests by high school students demanding road safety reforms

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  • Armed Men Attacked Car Carrying US Envoy to Bangladesh, Embassy Says0

      By Kamran Reza Chowdhury on Aug 05, 2018  2018-08-05 Bangladeshi police clashed with students for a second day in a row on Sunday, leaving dozens of people injured, witnesses and local media said, as the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka confirmed that a group of armed men attacked an official car carrying Washington’s envoy as

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  • Thai, Indian Infantry Troops Prepare for Annual Training Exercise0

    By Araya Phocha on Aug 02, 2018  Thailand and India will launch a 14-day combined military exercise codenamed “Maitree 2018” next week to share techniques about fighting insurgencies and terrorism, a military official said Thursday. The Thai Army’s 11th Infantry Division will host the annual exercise in Meuang District of Chachoengsao province from Aug. 6

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  • India: 4 Million Left Off Assam Citizens List0

    Jhumur Deb Guwahati, India  2018-07-30 Men line up in Bur Gaon village, India, to see if their names are listed on the National Register of Citizens, July 30, 2018. AP More than 4 million people were excluded from a list released Monday of citizens in northeastern Assam state as the government seeks to identify and deport Bangladeshi

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  • Bangladesh: Briton Cleared in Café Attack Lingers in Jail0

    By Kamran Reza Chowdhury on Jul 26, 2018 A Dhaka court on Thursday again denied bail to a British man jailed for two years in the Holey Artisan café attack although police had cleared him of suspicion this week, while legal experts warned that securing his freedom could be a lengthy process. The Chief Metropolitan

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  • Bangladeshi Journalists Denounce Bloody Assault on Ex-Newspaper Editor0

    Jesmin Papri, Dhaka, 2018-07-23 Bangladeshi police escort Mahmudur Rahman (left) after unidentified men assaulted the former newspaper editor as he was leaving a courthouse in Kushtia district, July 22, 2018.  Newsroom Photo Bangladeshi journalists took to the streets Monday to condemn a brutal attack on a former newspaper editor as he was being released on bail in

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  • Bangladesh Police File First Charges in 2016 Café Attack0

    Kamran Reza Chowdhury, Dhaka’ 2018-07-23 Men pray for victims on the second anniversary of a terrorist attack that targeted the Holey Artisan Bakery, at the location in Dhaka where the overnight siege and massacre took place, July 1, 2018. BenarNews More than two years after machete-wielding militants massacred hostages at an upscale café in Dhaka, police filed

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  • At Least 22 Rohingya Slain in Refugee Camps in 11 Months: Bangladeshi Police0

    By Kamran Reza Chowdhury on Jul 16, 2018 At least 22 Rohingya people were slain through “internal” disputes at refugee camps in Bangladesh during the past 11 months, according to police, but members of the uprooted community allege that ARSA insurgents were behind some of those killings. Bangladeshi authorities have officially denied the presence of

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  • Bangladesh Bank Official Disputes Customs Report about Gold Tampering0

    Pulack Ghatack Dhaka     2018-07-17 The Bangladesh Central Bank in Dhaka is seen in this 2007 file photo. A Bangladesh Central Bank official on Tuesday challenged a claim by customs officials that confiscated gold deposited in its vault had been tampered with to lower its value. The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate of the National

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