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Sheikh Hasina to return to Bangladesh once interim govt announces election
Sheikh Hasina, the ousted prime minister of Bangladesh, has not bid goodbye to her home country just yet as the…
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Bangladesh interim govt expected to be sworn in on Thursday
Bangladesh army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said Wednesday that a new interim government was likely to be sworn in on Thursday…
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Bangladesh president orders release of ex-PM Khaleda Zia after Hasina’s exit
Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin has ordered the release of jailed former prime minister and key opposition leader Khaleda Zia, hours…
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Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience
Student leaders rallied Bangladeshis on Saturday for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government weathered a…
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Minister Schreiber says sentence handed to Home Affairs official for selling fraudulent passports sends strong message
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has welcomed the sentence handed down to a former department official for fraud. Judy Zuma…
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Bangladesh student group plans to resume demonstrations
Bangladesh seems to be bracing for another wave of protests as a student group has vowed to resume demonstrations that…
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Bangladesh partially restores telecommunication services as protests taper off
Bangladesh partially restored telecommunication services on Wednesday although internet connection was slow and social media remained suspended, days after deadly…
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Bangladesh calm a day after top court scrapped some job quotas
Bangladesh appeared calm on Monday amid a curfew, but widespread disruption of telecoms prevailed a day after the Supreme Court…
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Bangladesh’s PM Sheikh Hasina cancels foreign visit amid curfew
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called off her foreign trips due to the imposition of a curfew to control…
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Three killed as Bangladesh protests widen, communications disrupted
Three people were killed in Bangladesh on Friday as police cracked down on unrelenting student-led protests against government job quotas…
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Bangladesh wakes to torched buildings, internet blackout
Bangladesh woke on Friday to survey destruction left by the deadliest day of ongoing student protests so far, which saw…
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Bangladesh shuts colleges indefinitely but protests mount
Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse students protesting against the government’s job quota system on…
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Proteas women to break down India tour as they build towards World Cup
The Proteas women will be looking to take it one game at a time as they target a successful tour…
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Bangladeshi travellers without proper papers stopped at OR Tambo airport
A flight from Dubai into Johannesburg was found to be ferrying 28 travellers from Bangladesh without legal documentation. They were…
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USA upset Bangladesh with T20 win in Houston
The United States pulled off a shock five-wicket win over Bangladesh in a Twenty20 International in Houston on Tuesday giving…
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Shakib Al Hasan named in Bangladesh T20 World Cup squad, Shanto captain
Bangladesh included experienced allrounder Shakib Al Hasan in their 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies…
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Bangladesh name Pakistan’s Mushtaq Ahmed as new spin coach
Bangladesh named former Pakistan legspinner and World Cup- winner Mushtaq Ahmed on Tuesday as the spin-bowling coach for the men’s…
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Sri Lanka set Bangladesh 511 to win second test
Sri Lanka declared their second innings on 157-7 on day four of the second test on Tuesday, setting Bangladesh a…
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New Zealand labour to 134-9 against Bangladesh in first T20
Bangladesh’s seamers ran riot as New Zealand laboured to 134-9 in the opening game of their three-match Twenty20 series on…
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Proteas Women set Bangladesh 317 target for victory in final ODI
The South African women’s cricket team has set Bangladesh a target of 317 for victory in the third and final…
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