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# bangladesh - Friday 8 September, 2017
Explainer: Who are the Rohingya, and why are hundreds of thousands fleeing Myanmar?
According to the UN, 270,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in the past two weeks.
# bangladesh - Saturday 2 September, 2017
Survivors of Myanmar violence say children were beheaded and men burnt alive
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Myanmar of “genocide” against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
# bangladesh - Wednesday 30 August, 2017
Death toll in worst monsoon season in decades tops 1,200
At least five people, including two children, have been killed in Mumbai since yesterday.
# bangladesh - Friday 19 May, 2017
Bangladesh beat Ireland by eight wickets at Malahide
Bangladesh eased to their target with 22.5 overs to spare.
# bangladesh - Sunday 12 February, 2017
First female to suffer from 'tree man syndrome' undergoes successful surgery
10-year-old Bangladeshi Sahana Khatun has undergone surgery to remove bark-like growths from her chin, ear and nose.
# bangladesh - Saturday 28 January, 2017
Bangladesh railway worker killed by train after saving mother and daughter from being run over
The father of eight was only a few months away from his retirement.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 27 December, 2016
Modern Slavery: How children in Dhaka are trying to escape from 12-hour workdays
Children in Dhaka can be expected to work long hours for little money to help support their families.
# bangladesh - Friday 25 November, 2016
UN accuses Buddhist Myanmar of 'ethnically cleansing' its Muslim Rohingya minority
The head of the UNHCR says Burmese troops are slaughtering children, raping women and burning houses.
# bangladesh - Saturday 10 September, 2016
Firefighters struggle to contain blaze after factory explosion kills at least 25 people
Some 70 others were injured in the incident in Bangladesh, many critically.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 16 August, 2016
Elephant that travelled 1,700km from India to Bangladesh dies despite efforts to save him
The distressed animal was tranquillised three times in bids to transport him to a safari park.
# bangladesh - Thursday 11 August, 2016
Elephant who walked 1,000km after becoming separated from its herd rescued
The distressed female ran amok after it was hit by a tranquilliser dart and charged into a pond.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 9 August, 2016
Four-year-old boy being treated for mysterious ageing disease
Bayezid Shikdar’s illness makes him look like an old man, in addition to various other health problems.
# bangladesh - Sunday 10 July, 2016
Bangladeshi rich kids are defying the jihadist stereotype
Attacks recently hit Dhaka (pictured), Joining Islamic State has “become a fashion”, a Bangladeshi minister said.
# bangladesh - Thursday 7 July, 2016
Attack targets school as 250,000 prayed nearby to mark end of Ramadan
It is believed to have been carried out by Islamists.
# bangladesh - Saturday 2 July, 2016
20 hostages killed in Bangladesh, many "brutally hacked to death"
Around 20 people of different nationalities are being held hostage.
# bangladesh - Saturday 14 May, 2016
Elderly Buddhist monk hacked to death in Bangladesh
It’s the latest in a spate of murders of religious minorities and secular activists.
# bangladesh - Thursday 7 April, 2016
Anti-Islamist blogger "hacked with a machete" before being shot dead
The killing of Nazimuddin Samad is the sixth such murder of a secular activist in Bangladesh in the last 15 months.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 29 March, 2016
Death sentence for woman who killed boyfriend and cut out his heart
She had discovered he kept footage of him having sex with her and other women on his laptop.
# bangladesh - Sunday 8 November, 2015
Death sentence for men who filmed themselves beating boy (13) to death
Four people have been sentenced to death for their part in the brutal assault.
# bangladesh - Saturday 17 October, 2015
These heartbreaking images show what it’s like to live and work in one of the most polluted cities on earth
Take a look around Hazaribagh in Dhaka.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 14 July, 2015
Protests planned after 13-year-old boy beaten to death by mob
Five people have been arrested over the murder of the boy.
# bangladesh - Monday 13 July, 2015
Fury as 'merciless' fatal beating of teenager is posted online
The boy was tied to a stake and beaten to death.
# bangladesh - Monday 1 June, 2015
Factory owners charged with murder over collapse that killed 1,100
Some 41 people are facing the death penalty over the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 19 May, 2015
'Between 100 and 200' killed in carnage aboard abandoned migrant boat
“From the upper deck they were spraying hot water, pepper water at us, anyone who went up was hacked at with a cleaver.”
# bangladesh - Thursday 23 April, 2015
Benetton on Dublin’s Stephen’s Green is being occupied this evening…
By people protesting the clothing giant’s failure to pay reparations for the 2013 Rana Plaza building disaster in Bangladesh.
# bangladesh - Monday 30 March, 2015
Second blogger ‘brutally hacked to death’ in Bangladesh
He had criticised fundamentalist Islamic views.
# bangladesh - Monday 9 March, 2015
Dubliner Eoin Morgan 'gutted' as England crash out of Cricket World Cup
Bangladesh progress to the quarter-finals after winning by 15 runs in Adelaide.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 11 November, 2014
Hardline Muslim preacher arrested over murder of popular TV host
Sheikh Nurul Islam Faruqi, cleric and host of television shows on Islamic issues, was found tied to a chair with his throat slit at his home in August.
# bangladesh - Thursday 24 April, 2014
One Year On: Bangladesh's miracle seamstress is building a new life
Reshma Akhter married her boyfriend and has a job in a local hotel.
"Pay up!" ... Clothing companies under pressure over compensation for Rana Plaza victims
Nearly 1,150 people died in the Bangladesh factory collapse one year ago today. Many international retailers still aren’t contributing to the victim fund, according to Human Rights Watch.
# bangladesh - Wednesday 23 April, 2014
One year on, Rana Plaza survivors can’t return to work
Victims of the building collapse have so far received $1,000 in average compensation, says a charity.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 18 March, 2014
Primark to pay €7m compensation to workers over Bangladesh building collapse
The company has already distributed $2m to workers and their families.
# bangladesh - Wednesday 5 February, 2014
Column: These are the incredible people we ignore… until it’s too late.
In this age of digitalised 24-hour news, how can it be so difficult to find a space for stories of people with death-defying courage? Those who defend human rights deserve better, writes Mary Lawlor.
# bangladesh - Monday 30 December, 2013
The 11 biggest international stories of 2013
Here’s what happened around the world in 2013.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 24 December, 2013
The 39 photographs that took our breath away this year
From Commander Hadfield to Batkid, here are the most striking photographs from 2013.
# bangladesh - Thursday 24 October, 2013
Many Bangladesh factory collapse victims still waiting on compensation
To date only one company, Primark, has provided financial support to survivors and has called on other brands to follow suit
# bangladesh - Friday 13 September, 2013
Primark pledges further funds for victims of Bangladesh factory collapse
The company was critical of other brands that were being supplied by the company that failed to attend a meeting in Geneva yesterday to discuss long-term compensation.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 10 September, 2013
Nearly a quarter of Asian Pacific men have raped a woman
A third of 10,000 men in the Asian Pacific region who had committed a rape said that they had done so to punish the woman.
# bangladesh - Friday 9 August, 2013
Man sentenced to 30 years in prison over plot to blow up Federal Reserve
The 22-year-old asked for forgiveness today and said he no longer believes in radical Islam.
# bangladesh - Friday 7 June, 2013
Primark to give three month’s wages to Bangladesh factory collapse victims
Meanwhile, the seamstress trapped in the rubble for 17 days after the Bangladesh garment factory collapsed was released from hospital yesterday.
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