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Bangladesh Building China-Backed Exhibit Center in Defiance of Court Rulings 0
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- January 17, 2020
By Kamran Reza Chowdhury on Jan 15, 2020 Dhaka’s city development authority is close to finishing a Chinese-backed exhibition center –part of a project touted as Bangladesh’s biggest new planned township – officials said, although Bangladeshi courts have denied permission for the hall’s construction. The agency is carrying on with building the exhibit center in
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Bangladesh: Chinese Firm to Conduct Key Studies for Planned Township, for Free 1
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- January 2, 2020
Kamran Reza Chowdhury Dhaka 2019-12-31 A Chinese firm has agreed to conduct feasibility and environmental impact studies free of charge for a new township that Bangladesh’s government plans to build outside the capital, officials said amid legal, environmental and ethical concerns voiced over the project. The cost of the planned development in a floodplain along
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Bangladesh’s Garment Industry Hit Rough Patch in 2019, Trade Group Chief Says 0
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- December 28, 2019
By Jesmin Papri on Dec 26, 2019 Bangladesh’s garment industry, the engine of the nation’s exports, has shrunk since July and must diversify to stay competitive in the world marketplace, the head of the sector’s most powerful trade group told BenarNews in an interview this week. The ready-made garments (RMG) sector has seen dozens of
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Myanmar Leader Slammed in Top UN Court For Apologia, Silence on Rohingya Atrocities 0
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- December 13, 2019
By Special to BenarNews on Dec 12, 2019 Lawyers for Gambia lambasted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday for her defense of the country against genocide charges at the U.N.’s highest court, despite credible and copious evidence of military-led atrocities against the country’s Rohingya Muslims, and repeated their call for “provisional measures” to
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Bangladesh: Rohingya Rally, Pray for Justice in ICJ Case against Myanmar 0
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- December 10, 2019
By Kamran Reza Chowdhury and Sunil Barua on Dec 10, 2019 Benar News 2019-12-10 As a landmark genocide case against Myanmar opened in The Hague on Tuesday, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh watched the proceedings on TV while thousands staged a mass rally and prayed in defiance of government restrictions on such demonstrations. Officials in Cox’s
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Trip to The Hague by Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Draws Mixed Reviews 0
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- December 10, 2019
By Special to BenarNews on Dec 09, 2019 06:25 pm Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi left for the Netherlands at the weekend to defend her country against charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with loyalists rallying for big sendoffs, while rights activists and ethnic groups questioned her decision to back
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Bangladesh Ready to Give ‘Technical Support’ in ICJ Rohingya Case 0
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- December 9, 2019
Kamran Reza Chowdhury and Sunil BaruaBenar News Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh 2019-12-09 Reuters Bangladesh is sending a delegation to The Hague, where Dhaka is prepared to give Gambia “technical support” in its case before the International Court of Justice alleging that Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya Muslims, the Bangladeshi foreign minister said Monday. Dhaka’s
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Bangladesh Court Sentences 7 Militants to Death for Nation’s Deadliest Terror Attack 0
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- November 27, 2019
Kamran Reza Chowdhury Dhaka 2019-11-27 Benar News 2019-11-27 A Bangladeshi court convicted and sentenced seven men to death Wednesday for their involvement in the country’s deadliest terrorist attack that left 29 people dead, most of them foreigners, at a Dhaka café in 2016. BenarNews reporters saw one of the convicted men wearing a prayer cap
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China Can Use Bangladesh’s Largest Seaports, PM Hasina Says 0
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- November 13, 2019
Kamran Reza Chowdhury Dhaka 2019-11-13 Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina delivers a speech at parliament in Dhaka, Nov. 13, 2019.Focus Bangla Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told lawmakers Wednesday that China could use Bangladesh’s two largest seaports, in a move praised by analysts, weeks after Dhaka signed an agreement with Beijing’s regional rival, India, for access
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Bangladesh Confirms Talks with US for Fighter Jets, Combat Helicopters 0
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- November 1, 2019
By Kamran Reza Chowdhury on Oct 30, 2019 Bangladesh is negotiating to purchase fighter jets, missiles systems and combat helicopters from the United States, a Bangladeshi official said Wednesday, underscoring that the South Asian nation was taking steps to modernize its armed forces. A senior official of Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League party gave the confirmation
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Bangladesh to Regulate Facebook, YouTube Users, Minister Says 0
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- October 31, 2019
By Sharif Khiam on Oct 30, 2019 The Bangladesh government plans to require its citizens to obtain licenses to use social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube, and has already installed software giving it the ability to remove online content, Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar told BenarNews. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has already faced
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Bangladesh: Thousands Rally after 4 Killed over Controversial Facebook Post 0
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- October 22, 2019
By Sharif Khiam on Oct 21, 2019 Thousands protested across Bangladesh on Monday over the police killing of four people during clashes stemming from a Facebook post that criticized the Prophet Muhammad and angered Muslims. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called for calm, saying a Muslim man had hacked the account of a Hindu youth and
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Bangladesh: Domestic Workers Tell of Sexual Abuse in Saudi Arabia 0
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- October 19, 2019
Jesmin Papri Dhaka 2019-10-16 A BRAC official talks to women at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka following their return from Saudi Arabia, Aug. 26, 2019. BenarNews 19 October 2019 In late August, when an unusually high number of Bangladeshi women returned home from their jobs in Saudi Arabia in a single day, the government
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Bangladesh Gives India Greenlight to Install Surveillance Radar System 0
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- October 13, 2019
Kamran Reza Chowdhury Dhaka 2019-10-07 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi watches his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, as she waves to the media before their meeting in New Delhi, Oct. 5, 2019. AP Bangladesh will allow India to install surveillance radar along its coast on the Bay of Bengal, leaders of the two nations said during
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