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August 17, 2022
UN Rights Chief Calls for Independent Probe of Bangladesh Disappearances

Michelle Bachelet also urges government to ratify UN rights treaty as it investigates allegations of extrajudicial killings, torture
July 09, 2022
Frequent Power Cuts Hitting Bangladesh

However, the cuts have spurred protests and criticism of past government policies, as well as calls for new policies
June 28, 2022
Bangladesh Jails Critics of Landmark Bridge Project

The newly opened Padma Bridge has been hailed as the Bangladesh government’s greatest achievement
June 25, 2022
Bangladesh Unveils Padma River Bridge

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country’s longest bridge, which took eight years to build and was plagued by delays, political conflict, high costs and graft allegations. The opening of the Padma River Bridge caps a key infrastructure goal by Hasina and her government
June 19, 2022
‘Let’s Go Home’: Thousands of Rohingya Demonstrate in Camps in Bangladesh

Rohingya press demands that include safe repatriation to Myanmar and cancellation of that country’s 1982 law that does not recognize them as citizens
June 17, 2022
Worst Flooding in Decades Submerges Northeastern Bangladesh

Latest deluge follows pre-monsoon flood that ravaged same region in May
June 16, 2022
Indians' Slur Roils Bangladeshi Activists; Dhaka Government Remains Silent

Thousands have marched to protest remarks denigrating Muslim prophet
June 04, 2022
Container Depot Explosion Kills at Least 49 in Bangladesh

Firefighters still struggled to get the blaze under control 17 hours after the fire began
May 26, 2022
Planned Bangladesh Law Raises Freedom of Expression Fears

Bangladesh is planning to introduce legislation, almost certain to be enacted, that experts say would curtail freedom of expression and the press and result in an effective government seizure of digital media.
April 30, 2022
Group of Bangladeshi Muslim Women Demands End to ID Photo Requirement

They say that Islam prohibits them from showing their faces in public
April 14, 2022
Bangladesh Closes Rohingya Camp Private Schools

Since December, roughly 30 schools in Rohingya camps were closed by police or closed on their own in the face of police closures
March 19, 2022
Bangladesh Court Grants Bail to Sister of Exiled Journalist

She could be released next week

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