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Massive Cyclone Is Bearing
Down on 2 Nations
May 19, 2020 9:00 AM CDT
Massive Cyclone Is Bearing Down on 2 Nations
Amphan, headed toward India and Bangladesh, is 2nd super cyclone ever to form over Bay of Bengal
(Newser)
- A powerful cyclone was moving toward India and Bangladesh on Tuesday as authorities tried to evacuate millions of people while maintaining social distancing. Cyclone Amphan is expected to make landfall on Wednesday afternoon, and forecasters warned of extensive damage from high winds, heavy rainfall, tidal waves, and some flooding in...
Starving Refugees Rescued
After 2 Months at Sea
Apr 16, 2020 4:23 AM CDT
Starving Refugees Rescued After 2 Months at Sea
Almost 400 people were on overcrowded boat
(Newser)
- Hundreds of starving Rohingya refugees have been rescued after spending almost two months at sea. The coast guard in Bangladesh says more than 30 people died on the vessel, which may have been turned back from Malaysia due to the coronavirus pandemic, the BBC reports. Authorities say the refugees are...
7 Sentenced to Die
for 2016 Terror Attack
Nov 27, 2019 12:13 AM CST
7 Sentenced to Die for 2016 Terror Attack
Bangladesh extremists killed 20 hostages
(Newser)
- A special anti-terrorism tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced seven members of a banned militant group to death for their involvement in an attack on a Dhaka cafe that killed more than 20 people. Judge Mojibur Rahman on Wednesday found the men from the Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh group guilty of various...
Principal, 15 Others Sentenced
to Death for Killing Student
Oct 25, 2019 6:43 AM CDT
Principal, 15 Others Sentenced to Death for Killing Student
Bangladesh woman had refused to drop sexual harassment charges
(Newser)
- A court in eastern Bangladesh sentenced the principal of an Islamic school and 15 others to death on Thursday over the killing of an 18-year-old woman who was set on fire for refusing to drop sexual harassment charges against the principal. Judge Mamunur Rashid found Principal Siraj Ud Doula and...
'Virgin' Category Scrubbed
From Bangladeshi Marriages
Aug 27, 2019 1:15 PM CDT
'Virgin' Category Scrubbed From Bangladeshi Marriages
High court says women can identify as 'unmarried'
(Newser)
- Women in Bangladesh no longer need to declare if they are virgins before heading to the altar. The country's high court has ordered two major changes to marriage forms, which previously required women to choose one of three options to describe themselves: divorced, widowed, or the Bengali word "...
She Was Burned Alive
for Reporting Assault.
Now, Charges
May 29, 2019 2:48 PM CDT
She Was Burned Alive for Reporting Assault. Now, Charges
Family wants justice for Nusrat Jahan Rafi
(Newser)
- Nusrat Jahan Rafi was burned alive after reporting that her school headmaster had groped her. Now, 16 people have been charged in the Bangladesh teen's murder, the BBC reports. That includes the headmaster, Siraj Ud Doula, who police say ordered the hit on Rafi from prison after she refused...
It's a Grim Prognosis
for Bengal Tigers
STUDY SAYS
May 10, 2019 10:14 AM CDT
It's a Grim Prognosis for Bengal Tigers
One of their biggest strongholds may be gone entirely in 50 years
(Newser)
- One of the world’s largest populations of wild tigers will be without its major habitat in 50 years, according to a new UN study. Research published this month in the journal
Science of The Total Environment
predicts rising sea levels will be "enough to decimate" the few hundred...
Student Set on Fire After
Reporting Sex Harassment
Apr 19, 2019 12:08 PM CDT
Student Set on Fire After Reporting Sex Harassment
Police negligence alleged in Bangladeshi case
(Newser)
- "The teacher touched me, I will fight this crime 'til my last breath," Nusrat Jahan Rafi spoke into a cellphone as she was taken to a Bangladeshi hospital with burns covering 80% of her body. She would die four days later, and now her case has gained...
She Gave Birth in February,
and Then Again Last Week
Mar 28, 2019 8:34 AM CDT
She Gave Birth in February, and Then Again Last Week
Bangladesh's Arifa Sultana is just a bit overwhelmed
(Newser)
- Arifa Sultana gave birth to her first child in late February. Her next two came less than a month later—via a previously unknown second womb. It was one shock after another for the 20-year-old Bangladeshi woman, whose water broke 26 days after her vaginal delivery of a premature baby...
Bangladesh: We Can't Take
More Rohingya Refugees
Mar 1, 2019 7:47 AM CST
Bangladesh: We Can't Take More Rohingya Refugees
They say Myanmar has made 'hollow promises'
(Newser)
- Rohingya people fleeing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar will no longer be accepted as refugees in Bangladesh, the country's foreign secretary says. Shahidul Haque has informed the United Nations Security Council that Bangladesh will stop accepting Rohingya Muslim refugees because Myanmar has made "hollow promises" during discussions on returning...
Wannabe Hijacker's
Gun Wasn't Real
Feb 25, 2019 11:08 AM CST
Wannabe Hijacker's Gun Wasn't Real
Mohammad Palash Ahmed was sporting a toy pistol when he was shot dead
(Newser)
- A man who tried to hijack a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight on Sunday and demanded to speak to the prime minister of Bangladesh was shot dead by commandos after an emergency landing in Chittagong, and it's now being reported that the "weapon" he was seen with was just...
Hijacker With One Demand
Shot Dead by Commandos
Feb 24, 2019 11:35 AM CST
Hijacker With One Demand Shot Dead by Commandos
The unidentified male forced a plane to land in Bangladesh
(Newser)
- A plane hijacker whose only apparent demand was to speak with the prime minister of Bangladesh—but who also complained of marital problems—has been shot and killed, Reuters reports. The unidentified male entered the cockpit of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Bangladesh to Dubai Sunday and forced the...
A 'Big Bang,' Then an
Entire Street in Flames
Feb 21, 2019 8:21 AM CST
A 'Big Bang,' Then an Entire Street in Flames
Fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 81
(Newser)
- A centuries-old section of Bangladesh's capital was struck by a fire that started Wednesday night, leaving at least 81 dead and an entire street gutted. Per the
New York Times
, fire officials believe the blaze in the Chawkbazar neighborhood of Dhaka began in a "mixed-use" building and that...
Probe Into Deadly Crash Cites
Pilot's 'Emotional Breakdown'
Jan 28, 2019 11:55 AM CST
Probe Into Deadly Crash Cites Pilot's 'Emotional Breakdown'
51 people died in the US-Bangla Airlines flight BS211 crash
(Newser)
- In August, a leaked draft of the investigation into a deadly plane crash in Nepal suggested an insult directed at the pilot may have contributed to the crash. Now, the official release of the report confirms that. Per Reuters , it states that Captain Abid Sultan , 52, "seemed to have...
Parents Go to Jail, Woman
Gets 'Uttermost Freedom'
Jul 31, 2018 10:05 AM CDT
Parents Go to Jail, Woman Gets 'Uttermost Freedom'
'Monsters' tried to force then-teen to marry her cousin in Bangladesh
(Newser)
- A British couple labeled "monsters" by their own daughter, who had to be rescued ahead of a forced marriage to her first cousin , will spend a combined eight years behind bars. A judge on Monday sentenced the father to 4.5 years and the mother to 3.5 years....
There's a New Crisis
at Rohingya Camps
May 1, 2018 9:35 AM CDT
There's a New Crisis at Rohingya Camps
A 'child protection crisis' as officials prepare for wave of births
(Newser)
- Soldiers committed no rapes during a crackdown on the Rohingya in Myanmar, the country's army chief told a UN Security Council delegation on Monday, per AFP . But such denials will only become harder to sustain with the cries of infants taking over refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh, where hundreds...
In the World's
Most Crowded City,
the 'World's Worst Job'
Mar 24, 2018 4:00 PM CDT
In the World's Most Crowded City, the 'World's Worst Job'
A look at the sewer cleaners of Dhaka
(Newser)
- New York is America's most crowded city , at about 27,000 people per square mile. That's downright airy compared to Dhaka, Bangladesh, which ranks as the planet's densest city at 115,000 people per square mile. And as the
Guardian
reports, it's not just overflowing with...
He Brought Meds to
Rohingya. His Next Role:
NYC Bomb Suspect
Dec 20, 2017 9:29 AM CST
He Brought Meds to Rohingya. His Next Role: NYC Bomb Suspect
Akayed Ullah visited refugee camps in September, was angered by Muslims 'living in hell'
(Newser)
- Weeks before he would be accused of detonating a bomb in a New York subway corridor, Akayed Ullah was a "happy" religious man, so "loving and giving" that he traveled hundreds of miles, at one point sleeping under a tree, to deliver medicine to Rohingya refugees. That's...
'Staggering' Numbers From
MSF on Rohingya Killings
Dec 14, 2017 10:15 AM CST
'Staggering' Numbers From MSF on Rohingya Killings
Aid group's field survey finds at least 6.7K were killed between August and September in Myanmar
(Newser)
- Doctors Without Borders' field survey has found at least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed between August and September in a crackdown by Myanmar's security forces, reports the AP . The group, known by its French acronym MSF, said Thursday that it conducted the survey in refugee camps in Bangladesh....
Nobel Winner
Blasts 'Misinformation'
About Rohingya Situation
Sep 6, 2017 10:05 AM CDT
Nobel Winner Blasts 'Misinformation' About Rohingya Situation
Aung San Suu Kyi says people in Rakhine are being protected
(Newser)
- Harsh criticism against Myanmar's de-facto leader in light of a violent campaign against a Muslim minority is unfounded, says Aung San Suu Kyi. In a statement released by her office Wednesday, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate blamed "terrorists" for "a huge iceberg of misinformation" about violence targeting...
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