Tag: Bangladesh

(Bangladesh) Two die in fresh Bangladesh protest violence over Modi’s visit (Al Jazeera)

Two die in clashes between protesters and police, raising the death toll from protests against India’s Hindu-nationalist leader’s visit to 13. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/29/two-die-in-fresh-bangladesh-protest-violence-over-modis-visit

(Bangladesh/India) ‘Five killed, dozens wounded’ in anti-Modi protests in Bangladesh (Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of students clash with police and border troops in eastern Brahmanbaria district, as Indian prime minister wraps up visit. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/27/five-killed-dozens-injured-in-anti-modi-protests-in-bangladesh

(Bangladesh/Rohingya) ‘We have nothing’: Refugee camp fire devastates Rohingya, again (Al Jazeera)

Faisal Mahmud Refugees recount ordeal after deadly blaze leaves tens of thousands without a shelter, reawakens trauma of Myanmar army’s 2017 crackdown. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/27/rebuilding-from-the-ashes-rohingya-a-year-after-deadly-blaze

(Bangladesh) Bangladesh deploys border guards after deadly anti-Modi protests (Al Jazeera)

Move comes after several people killed during protests against a two-day visit by India’s PM Modi. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/27/bangladesh-deploys-border-guards-after-deadly-anti-modi-protests

(Bangladesh/Rohingya) Rohingya made homeless by devastating Bangladesh camp blaze (Al Jazeera)

Monday’s fire in southeast Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district, home to the world’s biggest refugee settlement, made 45,000 homeless. https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/3/25/in-pictures-homeless-rohingya-after-devastating-bangladesh-blaze

(Bangladesh/Rohingya) Bangladesh defends use of fences after deadly Rohingya camp fire (Al Jazeera)

International humanitarian agencies call for the removal of barbed wire fences as Bangladeshi officials deny they trapped refugees or hampered rescue. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/24/bangladesh-defends-use-of-fences-after-deadly-rohingya-camp-fire

(Bangladesh/Rohingya) Bangladesh probes deadly fire at Rohingya camp, 400 missing (Al Jazeera)

Officials investigate the cause of a massive fire – the worst since 2017 – that killed at least 15 and displaced tens of thousands. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/23/bangladesh-probes-deadly-fire-at-rohingya-refugee-camp

(Bangladesh/Rohingya) Thousands of Rohingya homes burn as fire sweeps Bangladesh camps (Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of shanties destroyed, leaving thousands homeless, as devastating fire races through sprawling camps in southern Bangladesh. https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/3/23/thousands-of-homes-burn-as-fire-sweeps-rohingya-camp

(Bangladesh/Rohingya) Massive fire sweeps through Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh (Al Jazeera)

Blaze at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar destroys hundreds of tents, as well as a number of health centres and other facilities. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/22/massive-fire-hits-rohingya-refugee-camp-in-bangladesh-witnesses

(Bangladesh/Rohingya) UN team visits remote Bangladesh island where Rohingya relocated (Al Jazeera)

Delegation on three-day visit to Bhasan Char island in Bay of Bengal where Bangladesh moved more than 13,000 refugees. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/un-team-visits-remote-bangladesh-island-where-rohingya-relocated

(Bangladesh) Bangladesh court sentences 5 to death, 1 to life in prison for murder of blogger Avijit Roy (CPJ)

In response to a Bangladesh court’s sentencing today of five people to death for their involvement in the 2015 murder of blogger Avijit Roy,...

(Bangladesh/Female Radicalization and Extremism) Neo-Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh’s Female Members Further Islamic State’s Recruitment and Propaganda (The Jamestown Foundation)

Animesh Roul The Neo-Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (Neo-JMB), which was responsible for the deadly July 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery terrorist attack in Dhaka claimed by Islamic...

(Bangladesh/Extreme Poverty) How an evidence-based program from Bangladesh could scale to end extreme poverty (Brookings)

Lindsay Coates Extreme poverty has risen sharply due to the economic turmoil caused by COVID-19. After decades of progress in international development, up to 150 million...

(Bangladesh/India) Marching forward together: What the Bangladesh Armed Forces contingent at Republic Day signifies (ORF)

JOYEETA BHATTACHARJEE https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/marching-forward-together/

(Bangladesh) Bangladesh poised as bridge between South, SE Asia (Asia Times)

By SANJAY PULIPAKA And MOHIT MUSADDI https://asiatimes.com/2021/01/bangladesh-poised-as-bridge-between-south-se-asia/

(Bangladesh) Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh’s Rivalry with Awami League: The Growing Islamist-Secular Divide (Sudha Ramachandran, The Jamestown Foundation)

Bangladesh is witnessing a surge in Islamist activism and violence. https://jamestown.org/program/hefazat-e-islam-bangladeshs-rivalry-with-awami-league-the-growing-islamist-secular-divide/