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Flood Deluge Worsens In Bangladesh With Millions Affected

Flash floods wrought havoc in Bangladesh on Friday as the country recovers from weeks of political upheaval, with the death toll rising to 13 and millions more caught in the deluge.

International Business Times

As more floods batter Bangladesh and India, death toll rises to 30

Floods wreaked more havoc in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, raising this week’s total death toll to 30, officials and media reports said Friday

The Independent UK

Myanmar: Analysing the attack that killed dozens of Rohingya 1km from the Bangladesh border

Activists working on behalf of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority say "hundreds" of refugees were killed on August 5 when they were bombed while trying to cross the river marking the border with Bangladesh. Many of the Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine state had sought refuge in Maungdaw, a town on the…

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Floods Devastate Bangladesh And India, Displacing Thousands

Severe flooding in Bangladesh and northeast India due to heavy rains, impacting thousands. Climate crisis worsens monsoon floods.

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Bangladesh Revokes Diplomatic Passport Of Ex-PM Hasina

Bangladesh's interim government revoked the diplomatic passport of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, after she fled a student-led uprising by helicopter to India earlier this month.

International Business Times

Bangladesh court sends 2 journalists to police custody for questioning as chaos continues

A court in Bangladesh’s capital has allowed police to interrogate two journalists in their custody for four days in connection with the murder of a garment worker, who joined recent student protests against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that forced her to step down and flee to India earlier this…

The Independent UK

Bangladesh Journalists Arrested In Connection With Garment Worker's Murder

Journalists in Bangladesh face interrogation and arrest in connection with a garment worker's murder during political upheaval.

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Floods Devastate India And Bangladesh, Rescue Efforts Underway

Floods in India and Bangladesh lead to deaths, displacements, and challenges in rescue operations. Urgent relief efforts needed.

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Thousands flee after Myanmar rebels use drones to bomb Rohingya villagers

Arakan Army targeting Muslim minority as Myanmar’s military are driven out of Rakhine, UN official says

The Guardian - UK

Floods maroon many people in Bangladesh and India and cause at least 15 deaths

Floodwaters have inundated parts of India and Bangladesh, causing at least 15 deaths

The Independent UK

Floods Swamp Bangladesh As Nation Finds Its Feet After Protests

Floods triggered by torrential rains have swamped a swath of low-lying Bangladesh, disaster officials said Thursday, adding to the new government's challenges after weeks of political turmoil.

International Business Times

Zee Media website hacked, defaced for ‘making fun’ of floods in Bangladesh

The official website of Zee Media Corporation has been hacked and defaced allegedly by a Bangladeshi hackers group, as claimed in a message displayed on the homepage of the website.

Newslaundry

Blinded In Bangladesh Protests, Students Hope For Better Future

Bangladeshi student Omar Faruq believes the future of his country is bright but all he can see is darkness, after police trying to crush a student-led revolution blinded him with rubber pellets.

International Business Times

Unrest in Bangladesh reflects young people’s struggle to find decent work in the world’s poorest nations

Protests that started as a student movement driven by longstanding dissatisfaction over a quota system to allocate government jobs in Bangladesh have precipitated a change in the country’s political leadership.

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Women's cricket T20 World Cup is switched to UAE from Bangladesh after turmoil

The United Arab Emirates will host the women’s Twenty20 World Cup in October after the International Cricket Council moved the tournament from Bangladesh

The Independent UK

Women’s T20 World Cup moved from Bangladesh due to civil unrest

The Women’s T20 World Cup will no longer be held in Bangladesh, the International Cricket Council has announced

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Hope on the horizon? What Bangladesh’s regime change could mean for Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh is experiencing a seismic shift after 18 years of Awami League rule ended abruptly due to intensive student protests. This upheaval, and the crackdowns that resulted in the deaths of more than 300 protesters, forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee the country and ushered in an interim government.

Newslaundry

Most Hindu migrants in GCC countries, Indian emigrants disproportionately from minorities: Pew

India, the world’s second-most populous country in 2020, is the leading source of Hindu migrants, with 7.6 million Hindus born in India now living elsewhere, according to an analysis of the religious composition of migrants across the globe by the Pew Research Centre.

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Back To Class After Bangladesh's Student-led Revolution

After weeks of deadly student-led protests in Bangladesh toppled the autocratic premier, among the first things children at a school in the capital Dhaka did when they returned to class was honour their slain friend.

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Healy finds it 'hard to fathom' playing in Bangladesh

Alyssa Healy says it would be morally "hard to fathom" October's Twenty20 World Cup being played in Bangladesh, amid political unrest in the country.

International Business Times

Bangladesh's Yunus Reassures On Rohingya Refugees, Garment Exports

Bangladesh will maintain support both for its immense Rohingya refugee population and its vital garment trade, Nobel laureate and new leader Muhammad Yunus said Sunday in his first major policy address.

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Minority Groups In Bangladesh Face Violence And Persecution

Learn about the challenges faced by minority groups in Bangladesh post-government collapse, with Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians reporting violence and m...

Newslaundry

Reporters Without Orders Ep 333: Herbal firm fraud, Indian media’s Bangladesh coverage

This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar and Ishita Pradeep.

Evening Standard

Bangladesh student protesters consider creating own political party

Students reject calls from Bangladesh's two main political parties for quick elections

France 24

India ‘over-invested in Hasina and under-invested in Bangladesh’ – and is now panicking

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina long ignored the democratic backsliding in each other’s countries to forge close ties. With Hasina ousted from power, India’s warnings over the safety of Bangladesh’s Hindu minority smacks of hypocrisy.

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