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The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, recently launched her ruling Awami League party’s campaign for the South Asian country’s general election on Jan. 7. Speaking at a massive rally in the eastern city of Sylhet, reported the Associated Press, Hasina blamed the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist...

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The World Briefly

January 03, 2024

If It Smells Like a Fish …

Bangladesh

A Bangladeshi court this week convicted Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus and three others over labor law violations, a verdict that critics described as politically motivated as the South Asian nation prepares for general elections this weekend, the Independent reported. A Dhaka labor court found...

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The World Briefly

November 01, 2023

Hardball Politics

Bangladesh

At least two people died and dozens were injured in Bangladesh on Tuesday, following clashes between anti-government protesters and police on the first day of a three-day demonstration calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ahead of next year’s election, Reuters reported. The protests...

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The World Briefly

August 09, 2023

Softer Blows

Bangladesh

Bangladesh will tone down its Digital Security Act (DSA) by replacing it with a new law, following years of criticism that the “draconian” legislation has been used by the government to suppress dissent and freedom of speech, Al Jazeera reported this week. On Monday, Law Minister...

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Need to Know

August 03, 2023

Dimming Star

Bangladesh

The foreign minister of Bangladesh recently called ambassadors from the United States, Britain, France, and 10 other Western countries together in Dhaka to complain about their condemnation of an attack on a political candidate running against the country’s ruling Awami League (AL) party’s candidate. However, it...

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The World Briefly

July 20, 2023

A Heavy Hand

Bangladesh

At least one person died and hundreds were injured across Bangladesh this week, after tens of thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down ahead of elections early next year, Al Jazeera reported. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist...

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The World Briefly

March 07, 2023

Be It Ever So Humble …

Bangladesh

A huge fire ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh at the weekend, leaving around 12,000 displaced people without shelter, the Guardian reported. Officials said the blaze occurred Sunday at Camp 11 in Cox’s Bazar, a southeastern border district where more than a million...

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The World Briefly

February 23, 2023

The Echo Chamber

Bangladesh

The only newspaper of Bangladesh’s main opposition party stopped publishing this week after a government suspension order was upheld by a government-affiliated body, raising concerns about the country’s press freedoms and political plurality, Agence France-Presse reported. The Dainik Dinkal had been the voice of the Bangladesh...

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The World Briefly

December 12, 2022

High Prices, Low Faith

Bangladesh

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka over the weekend to protest soaring prices while demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign, CNN reported. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) organized Saturday’s protest, saying that the prime minister had failed to...

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The World Briefly

October 12, 2022

In Monotone

Bangladesh

Thousands of political activists in Bangladesh are facing charges of incitement with the opposition and human rights groups saying these are part of a widespread government crackdown against its critics, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday. Bangladeshi opposition parties have been holding a series of protests across the...

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Need to Know

August 11, 2022

The Girls Next Door

Bangladesh

Indian investigators recently busted an alleged human trafficking ring that was smuggling ethnic Rohingya girls into India from refugee camps in Bangladesh. It’s just the latest misfortune to befall members of this ethnic group who have been forced from their homes and put into limbo. Six years...

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The World Briefly

March 16, 2022

Questions as Weapons

Bangladesh

Bangladesh will ban questions regarding the “immoral character” of rape victims after a landmark decision that follows years of campaigning by women’s rights groups against the humiliating and traumatizing interrogations of survivors, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday. Officials said that the government plans to amend the Evidence...

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