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World
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International
8/5/2024 12:40:33 PM
Cheering protesters stormed Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Monday after she fled, the culmination of more than a month of deadly anti-government protests.
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World
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International
8/4/2024 6:56:31 PM
Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign clashed with government supporters Sunday, with dozens killed in one of the deadliest days since demonstrations began.
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World
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International
8/3/2024 8:30:06 PM
Thousands of people from all walks of life gathered in Bangladesh’s capital to demand justice for more than 200 students and others killed in a wave of violence last month amid protests against a controversial quota system for government jobs.
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World
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International
7/30/2024 2:52:33 PM
Bangladesh's government called for a day of mourning Tuesday for victims of violence in nationwide unrest, but students denounced the gesture as disrespectful of classmates killed during clashes with police this month.
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World
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International
7/25/2024 1:37:32 PM
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wept Thursday as she surveyed the destruction wrought by days of deadly unrest, as student leaders weighed the future of the protests that precipitated the disorder.
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World
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International
7/24/2024 7:38:08 PM
Torn portraits of Bangladesh's independence hero litter a ransacked state television station -- a pointed expression of public fury against his daughter, who just witnessed the worst unrest of her premiership.
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World
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International
7/23/2024 1:39:36 PM
The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest.
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World
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International
7/22/2024 11:16:56 AM
More than 500 people, including some opposition leaders, have been arrested over days of clashes in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka sparked by protests against job quotas, police said Monday.
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World
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International
7/22/2024 9:46:38 AM
Bangladesh’s top court on Sunday scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants, a partial victory for student protesters after days of nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and demonstrators that have killed scores of people.
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World
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International
7/21/2024 10:40:26 AM
Bangladeshi authorities extended a curfew across the country on Sunday as the nation's top court was expected to rule on a civil service hiring quota that has led to days of deadly clashes between police and protesters, killing scores of people.
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World
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International
7/20/2024 11:45:26 AM
Soldiers were patrolling Bangladeshi cities on Saturday to quell growing civil unrest sparked by student demonstrations, with riot police firing on protesters who defied a government curfew.
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World
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International
7/17/2024 4:28:09 PM
Authorities in Bangladesh urged all universities to close on Wednesday, the day after at least six people died in violent protests over the allocation of government jobs and police raided the headquarters of the main opposition party.
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World
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International
7/16/2024 9:09:16 PM
Bangladesh ordered schools and universities around the country to close indefinitely on Tuesday after six students were killed in protests that prompted the mobilisation of paramilitaries to keep order.
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World
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International
5/28/2024 10:17:41 AM
Bangladeshi weather experts said Tuesday that a deadly cyclone that carved a swathe of destruction was one of the quickest-forming and longest-lasting they'd experienced, blaming climate change for the shift.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/18/2024 10:01:00 AM
Egypt is set to assume the presidency of the Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation from Bangladesh in May, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday.
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Books
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News
1/30/2024 2:06:29 PM
Ahram Online spoke with acclaimed Bangladeshi poet Aminur Rahman during his visit to Egypt as a guest of the Cairo International Book Fair.
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World
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International
11/25/2023 4:51:40 PM
Bangladesh police have clamped down on Rohingya refugees setting sail to Indonesia, officers said Saturday, after hundreds from the persecuted Myanmar minority took the long and risky sea voyage to escape squalid camps.
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Sports
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World
11/16/2023 2:03:38 PM
Substitute Jamie Maclaren hit a second-half hat-trick as Australia crushed Bangladesh 7-0 to kick off Asian qualifying for the 2026 World Cup with a bang on Thursday.
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World
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Region
10/13/2023 5:14:47 PM
Peoples across Egypt, Australia, Pakistan, Spain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Turkey, UK took to the streets on Friday to show support for Palestinians, amid continued Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.
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Life & Style
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Health
9/7/2023 1:18:49 PM
Bangladesh is experiencing its most severe dengue outbreak on record, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, partly blaming climate change for contributing to the spread of such mosquito-borne diseases.
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