List of Bangladesh articles
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TOPSHOT - Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a national address in Naypyidaw on September 19, 2017. Aung San Suu Kyi said on September 19 she "feels deeply" for the suffering of "all people" caught up in conflict scorching through Rakhine state, her first comments on a crisis that also mentioned Muslims displaced by violence. / AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THU (Photo credit should read YE AUNG THU/AFP/Getty Images) As Tragedy Unfolds in Myanmar, the People’s Heroine Stokes the Flames of Hatred
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya civilians are trapped in a cycle of violence perpetuated by Myanmar’s military, exacerbated by Islamist militants, and inflamed by Aung San Suu Kyi.
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COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 19: Refugees are seen in the Falungkhali Rohingya refugee camp on September 19, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Over 400,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh since late August during the outbreak of violence in the Rakhine state as Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi broke her silence on the Rohingya crisis on Tuesday and defended the security forces while criticism on her handling of the Rohingya crisis grows. Recent satellite images released by Amnesty International provided evidence that security forces were trying to push the minority Muslim group out of the country. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) The World Knew Ahead of Time the Rohingya Were Facing Genocide
We've never known more about oncoming atrocities, but are still mostly helpless to stop them.
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Indian workers check newly built toilets in the stockyard of a factory in Morbi, some 230km from Ahmedabad, on November 18, 2016, on the eve of World Toilet Day. World Toilet Day (WTD), held on November 19 each year, is a campaign held around the world to mobilize people over issues surrounding health and sanitation. / AFP / SAM PANTHAKY (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images) Caste Is Stunting All of India’s Children
Fears of impurity continue to steer Indians away from toilets — and towards deadly fecal germs.
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WHAIKHYANG, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 10: A young girl is squashed as Rohingya refugee men sqabble as they wait for sacks of rice to be distributed on September 10, 2017 in Whaikhyang, Bangladesh. Recent reports have suggested that around 290,000 Rohingya have now fled Myanmar after violence erupted in Rakhine state. The 'Muslim insurgents of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army' have issued statement that indicates that they are to observe a cease fire, and have asked the Myanmar government to reciprocate. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) As Myanmar Cracks Down on Rohingya, Washington ‘Asleep at the Switch’
Washington opts for tepid rhetoric and behind-the-scenes diplomacy rather than confronting Myanmar over what some call “ethnic cleansing.”
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Abbottabad, PAKISTAN: Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Major General Liu Minjiang (C) and Pakistani Major General Mohsin Kamal (behind flag) stand during the opening ceremony of the ten day Pakistan-China anti-terrorist military exercise in Abbottabad, 11 December 2006. More than 200 Chinese troops headed to Pakistan's mountainous northern region at the start of the first ever joint military exercise held here by the two allies. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) Pakistan Can’t Afford China’s ‘Friendship’
Pakistan's elites think Chinese cash can save the country. They're wrong.
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Jakarta's Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purname, also known as Ahok, arrives for his court hearing in Jakarta on April 20, 2017. The first Christian to govern the capital in more than 50 years, Purnama is on trial accused of blasphemy over remarks he made about the Koran. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Tatan Syuflana (Photo credit should read TATAN SYUFLANA/AFP/Getty Images) The Islamic World Has a Blasphemy Problem
How have such bad laws gotten on the books in Muslim countries? It's complicated.
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MIAMI - MAY 24: A gas tanker passes a Chevron petroleum storage tank at Port Everglades May 24, 2004 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The port is a major petroleum storage and distribution hub for South Florida. U.S. oil prices today rose to within a few cents of a new 21-year record on Monday as traders and analysts doubted whether Saudi Arabia's weekend pledge to raise output was enough to meet demand. U.S. light crude futures settled up $1.79 to $41.72 after climbing as high as $41.82 at midday. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Amid Scramble for Influence, China Scoops Up Chevron’s Gas Fields in Bangladesh
China, India, and Japan are all courting the South Asian nation.
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GettyImages-655091056crop NSA Official Suggests North Korea Was Culprit in Bangladesh Bank Heist
The deputy director of the NSA says he believes states have entered the bank-robbing business.
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GAZIPUR, BANGLADESH – SEPTEMBER 04: Ambulances to be carrying the remains of Mir Quasem Ali, have left Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur after the hanging of the Jamaat-e-Islami leader for war crimes. The International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Jamaat executive council member Mir Quasem to death in 2014 for war crimes. (Photo by Sk Hasan Ali/Corbis via Getty Images) Bangladesh Is Vanishing The Opposition
The country's growing number of 'disappeared' are paying for their fathers' (alleged) sins.
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TOPSHOT - A Bangladeshi policeman keeps guard near a group of peace activists who had come together to sing and light candles in a park following an attack and seige in Dhaka on July 3, 2016. Bangladesh said July 3 the attackers who slaughtered 20 hostages at a restaurant were well-educated followers of a homegrown militant outfit who found extremism "fashionable", denying links to the Islamic State group. As the country held services to mourn the victims of the siege in Dhaka, details emerged of how the attackers spared the lives of Muslims while herding foreigners to their deaths. / AFP / ROBERTO SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) Sheikh Hasina Must Call Islamist Terrorism What It Is
In the wake of the Dhaka attack, Bangladesh’s refusal to call out and confront its problem with Islamist radicals will only make the problem worse.
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GettyImages-544784540 Bombings in Saudi Arabia Cap A Deadly Week of Global Terror
A series of suicide bombings and attacks across the globe this past week shows the Islamic State’s reach extends far beyond Syria and Iraq.
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Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami party take part in an anti-government rally in Lahore on April 24, 2016, following the Panama Papers tax scandal . Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on April 22 pledged to resign if a probe related to the Panama Papers tax scandal found his family had committed any wrongdoing. / AFP / ARIF ALI (Photo credit should read ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images) To Save Bangladesh, Political Parties Must Return to the Country’s Founding Principles
Bangladesh once again faces an existential threat posed by religious extremists.
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Bangladesh police parade suspect Shariful Islam Shihab (C) in Dhaka on May 15, 2016, after his arrest in connection with the murder of two gay rights activists. Bangladesh police have arrested a suspected Islamist militant over the hacking to death of two gay rights activists, part of a spate of murders of intellectuals, writers and religious minorities, officers said May 15. / AFP / - (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) Amid Global Criticism, Bangladesh Nabs Suspect in Killing of Gay Activists
The bad news is that the attacker appears to be a home-grown militant, which means the bloodshed wracking the country won’t end anytime soon.
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Bangladeshi students protest in Rajshahi on April 24, 2016 a day after unidentified attackers hacked to death a university professor. Bangladesh police arrested an Islamist student on April 24 over the hacking to death of a professor one day earlier, the latest such killing claimed by the Islamic State group. / AFP / - (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) One by One, Bangladesh’s Activists Are Being Hacked to Death
This week, a professor and two LGBT rights activists were hacked to death in Bangladesh.
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Screen Shot 2016-03-31 at 10.32.38 AM ISIS in Bangladesh: There’s still time to stop it, but only if action is taken
In November 2015, the Islamic State declared its intent to extend its operations to Bangladesh.
