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World
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International
6/2/2026 9:26:21 PM
Bangladesh's top diplomat was elected president of the 81st UN General Assembly on Tuesday in a vote that, unusually, featured more than one candidate.
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World
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International
2/14/2026 10:03:27 AM
Bangladesh's largest Islamist party conceded defeat in elections on Saturday, despite earlier alleging problems with the vote count, clearing the way for nationalist leader Tarique Rahman to become prime minister.
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World
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International
2/13/2026 2:32:31 PM
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has claimed victory in the country’s first election since the 2024 uprising, positioning itself to form the next government and potentially reshape Bangladesh’s political landscape after years of intense rivalry and disputed polls.
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World
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International
12/29/2025 2:44:15 PM
Afghan Taliban officials have visited Bangladesh and met Islamist leaders who are seeking to increase their political influence ahead of elections due in February, Islamist officials in Dhaka said Monday.
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World
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War in Sudan
12/14/2025 10:20:37 AM
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned Saturday's "horrific" drone attack on Bangladeshi peacekeepers in Sudan, a strike that killed six people and wounded six others.
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World
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War in Sudan
12/13/2025 11:10:00 PM
The Sudan Sovereignty Council, headed by army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, condemned the RSF attack that hit a UN facility in Kordofan, which killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers, as a "dangerous escalation."|
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World
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International
11/19/2025 12:56:04 PM
This week's sentencing to death of Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity is seen by her opponents as a chance to move forward for a nation traumatized by the scale of the violent uprising that drove her from power into exile.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/4/2025 11:42:52 AM
Bangladesh has cancelled plans to hire music teachers for primary schools, a government official told AFP on Monday, after the move faced fierce opposition from Islamist groups in the Muslim-majority country.
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World
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International
8/24/2025 3:46:46 PM
Bangladesh and Pakistan, once bitter enemies after they split in 1971, agreed Sunday to bolster long-strained relations, including increasing trade.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/22/2025 1:27:22 PM
Egypt has extended condolences to Bangladesh over a deadly Bangladesh Air Force aircraft crash at a school in the capital, Dhaka.
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World
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International
7/22/2025 9:56:43 AM
A Bangladesh air force training aircraft crashed into a school in the nation's capital Monday afternoon, killing the pilot and 26 other people, most of whom were students, officials said.
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World
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International
5/27/2025 11:52:46 AM
Bangladesh's top court on Tuesday overturned a conviction against a key leader of the country's main Islamist party, who had been on death row since being sentenced under the regime ousted last year.
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World
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International
5/6/2025 1:01:23 PM
Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to the country from London on Tuesday after four months of medical treatment, adding to pressure for its interim leaders to hold elections.
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World
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International
5/3/2025 7:57:13 PM
Thousands of supporters of an Islamist group rallied in Bangladesh's capital on Saturday to denounce proposed recommendations for ensuring equal rights, including ones related to property, for mainly Muslim women.
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World
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International
3/11/2025 7:35:31 PM
The United Nations warned Tuesday that the global aid funding crisis could be paid in children's lives in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, unless sustainable funds emerge fast.
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World
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International
1/13/2025 6:41:05 PM
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced fresh pressure Monday to sack his anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq, amid accusations over her family ties to Bangladesh's toppled premier.
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World
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International
1/1/2025 3:31:31 PM
Mob killings in Bangladesh surged after the August revolution last year that toppled the iron-fisted rule of ex-leader Sheikh Hasina, three rights groups said Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/19/2024 10:11:07 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discussed on Thursday in three separate meetings the latest regional developments and bilateral relations with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Bangladeshi interim Prime Minister Mohammad Yunus on the sidelines of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation Summit, held in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/18/2024 10:57:37 PM
Egypt will host the 11th Summit of the Organization of Eight Developing Countries (D-8) on Thursday, in attendance of leaders from its member states: Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Nigeria.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/18/2024 10:29:13 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty participated on Wednesday in the 21st Council of Ministers meeting of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation in the New Administrative Capital, during which Egypt took over the group's presidency from Bangladesh.
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