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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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World
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International
6/6/2023 11:59:46 AM
Bangladesh has promised that no Rohingya refugee will be returned to Myanmar against their will in a controversial proposed repatriation process, a top United Nations official has said.
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World
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International
5/16/2023 3:49:52 PM
The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to 60 on Tuesday, according to local leaders and junta-backed media, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support.
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Egypt
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Tourism
5/16/2023 12:19:03 PM
The first EgyptAir flight between Cairo and Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, flew from Cairo International Airport on Sunday as part of Egypt’s strategic plan to expand its network of airlines across the world, announced the Ministry of Civil Aviation Monday.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
5/12/2023 5:34:00 PM
Thousands flocked to cinemas in Dhaka on Friday as Shah Rukh Khan's blockbuster "Pathaan" hit the big screens, the first Bollywood movie to get a full release in Bangladesh in more than half a century
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Egypt
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Tourism
4/11/2023 12:21:11 AM
EgyptAir, the country's national carrier, announced on Monday that it will start two weekly direct flights between Cairo and Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on 14 May.
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World
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International
4/4/2023 10:39:15 AM
A massive fire was burning in a popular market for cheaper clothes in Bangladesh’s capital Tuesday morning.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/7/2023 11:00:17 AM
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb announced on Monday that he has given directives to send relief aid to Rohingya Muslim refugees after a devastating fire destroyed their refugee camps in Bangladesh.
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