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# bangladesh - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
Bangladesh court sentences seven militants to death for 2016 café attack
Twenty hostages were killed, including 17 from Japan, Italy and India.
# bangladesh - Sunday 10 November, 2019
Fourteen people killed and others missing as Cyclone Bulbul hits India and Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, six people were killed – five by falling trees – and at least 20 people were injured.
# bangladesh - Thursday 24 October, 2019
Sixteen people sentenced to death after 19-year-old woman burned to death in Bangladesh
A 19-year-old woman was burnt alive in April after making a sexual harassment complaint against a teacher.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 11 June, 2019
'This piece of cloth is bathed in my blood, sweat and dignity': The fight to improve the lives of garment workers
The majority of Irish people care about the conditions of the factories where their clothes are made.
# bangladesh - Wednesday 29 May, 2019
Bangladesh police to charge 16 people after 19-year-old woman burned to death
The killing of Nusrat Jahan Rafi last month sparked outrage in the country.
# bangladesh - Thursday 28 March, 2019
At least 19 people die after huge fire rips through building in Bangladesh
Many people jumped to their deaths to escape the inferno.
# bangladesh - Thursday 21 February, 2019
At least 70 people killed in major apartment fire in Bangladesh
The blaze broke out in a historic part of the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka.
# bangladesh - Monday 31 December, 2018
Bangladesh prime minister re-elected amid violent clashes in which at least 17 people were killed
Opposition politicians have condemned the election as “farcical”, claiming vote-rigging took place.
# bangladesh - Sunday 5 August, 2018
Tear gas fired at Bangladesh protesters during huge protest over teen deaths
There has been over a week of unrest following the deaths of the teens, who were killed by a speeding bus.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 26 December, 2017
Oxfam calls on UN to resolve Rohingya crisis before situation worsens in 2018
More than 620,000 Rohingya people have poured into Bangladesh since August.
# bangladesh - Thursday 21 December, 2017
'People with weapons are coming into camp' - The unseen, stateless Rohingya children
More than 600,000 Rohingya people have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 12 December, 2017
New York subway bomber suspect charged with terror offences
Akayed Ullah’s wife has been questioned in Bangladesh.
# bangladesh - Sunday 3 December, 2017
'I wept... they wept too': Pope Francis asks Rohingya for forgiveness at emotional meeting
“In the name of all those who have persecuted you, who have harmed you, in the face of the world’s indifference, I ask for your forgiveness.”
# bangladesh - Friday 1 December, 2017
'We want him to help us': Pope to meet with group of Rohingya refugees
The 16 refugees, including two children and one woman, are among more than 600,000 who have fled an army-led crackdown in their home state
# bangladesh - Tuesday 28 November, 2017
Pope Francis arrives in Myanmar amid tense Rohingya crisis
Ethnic hatred has driven huge numbers of Muslim Rohingya from the country.
# bangladesh - Thursday 23 November, 2017
Myanmar and Bangladesh to sign deal to return thousands of Rohingya refugees
More than 620,000 people have poured into Bangladesh since August.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 21 November, 2017
Rohingya crisis: 'We would be better in prison because at least we would have food'
A new Amnesty International report has said Rohingya treatment amounts to apartheid.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 10 October, 2017
More than half the victims are children as 23 Rohingya die after boat capsizes
The boat was carrying up to 100 people, many of whom are still missing.
# bangladesh - Tuesday 3 October, 2017
10,000 Rohingya on Bangladesh border as exodus reaches half a million
Over 500,000 Rohingya have streamed into Bangladesh in just the past five weeks.
# 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.
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WE’RE JUST 11 days out from poll day for the General Election.
Last night, the seven leaders from the main political parties took part in RTÉ’s first live TV debate of the campaign.
The leaders of political parties which included – Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar, Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald, Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin, Green Party’s Eamon Ryan, People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett, Labour’s Brendan Howlin and Roísín Shortall of the Social Democrats – clashed over housing, pensions, crime and taxation.
This debate came after Varadkar and Martin went head-to-head on Virgin Media One last week.
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