Bangladesh

Briefs, March 4, 2013

4 Mar 2013

At least six people died in a spate of snow-related incidents as blizzards swept across the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend.

Bangladesh deploys army in north as protest death toll mounts

3 Mar 2013

Troops were deployed in violence-wracked Shahjahanpur town after more than 5,000 stick-wielding protesters attacked two police stations, forcing police to open fire

Bangladesh Islamist’s death sentence sparks deadly riots

1 Mar 2013

A Bangladeshi Islamist party leader was sentenced to death on Thursday over abuses carried out during the country’s independence war, triggering riots that killed at least 30 people.

Briefs, February 25, 2013

25 Feb 2013

The Philippines is sending a navy ship to waters off eastern Malaysia to bring back about 180 Filipinos who became locked in a standoff with Malaysian authorities after claiming the territory,...

Bangladeshi police shot dead two in riots

24 Feb 2013

The clashes came a day after the Muslim-majority nation was hit by deadly violence between police and Islamists demanding the execution of bloggers they accuse of blasphemy, which left four people...

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The Rohingya Muslims were suffering from serious dehydration when they were rescued about 400 kilometres off Sri Lanka's east coast; 97 of their fellow passengers died from starvation.

Briefs, February 18, 2013

Bangladesh's parliament, meeting demands of protesters thronging the capital, amended a law yesterday allowing the state to appeal any verdict in war crimes trials it deems inadequate.

Blogger's killing brings protesters back to streets of Dhaka

Rajib Haider, an architect, was a key figure in organising the protests and wrote a blog devoted to them. He was attacked outside his home on Friday night after returning from a 100,000-strong...

Death toll in Bangladesh ferry sinking rises to 14

Rescue divers on Saturday pulled out 12 more bodies from a ferry that sank near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka with around 100 people aboard, raising the death toll from the latest boat disaster to...

BANGLADESH

Riots erupt in Bangladesh after Islamist leader jailed for life

Abdul Quader Molla, 64, the fourth-highest leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was the first politician to be found guilty by the International Crimes Tribunal, a much-criticised domestic court...

BANGLADESH

Top brands linked to deadly blaze at Bangladesh garment factory

The unlicensed garment factory in the Bangladesh capital where seven women workers died in a fire on Saturday was making clothing for Spanish giant Inditex and several French brands.