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First Rohingya refugees arrive at isolated Bangladesh island

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh on Friday sent the first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO

Bangladesh moves ahead with Rohingya refugee relocation

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh on Friday started sending a first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO

Bangladesh moves ahead with Rohingya refugee relocation

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh on Friday started sending a first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO

Bangladesh begins relocating Rohingya refugees to island

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh have begun relocating thousands of Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process, officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO

Tens of thousands in Bangladesh protest against France

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslims marched in the streets of Bangladesh's capital on Monday in the country's largest protest yet against the French president's support of secular laws that allow caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Bangladeshi floating hospital treats flood-ravaged community

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — In late July, volunteers from a Bangladeshi charity started getting calls seeking support from people from the country’s vast coastal region that had been flooded for months during this year’s monsoon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Bangladeshi floating hospital treats flood-ravaged community

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — In late July, volunteers from a Bangladeshi charity started getting calls seeking support from people from the country’s vast coastal region that had been flooded for months during this year’s monsoon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Hundreds of Muslims hold anti-France protest in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of activists from an Islamist political party protested in Bangladesh’s capital on Wednesday against the French president's support of secular laws that deem caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad as protected under freedom of speech.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Thousands in Bangladesh protest against French cartoons

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Around 10,000 people in Bangladesh rallied in the South Asian nation's capital on Tuesday to protest France's president and his staunch support of secular laws that deem caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad as protected under freedom of speech.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Bangladesh holds massive protest against French cartoons

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Around 10,000 people in Bangladesh rallied in the South Asian nation's capital on Tuesday to protest France's president and his staunch support of secular laws that deem caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad as protected under freedom of speech.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims rally against France

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — About 10,000 Bangladeshis from an Islamist group marched through the nation's capital on Tuesday to denounce the display of caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in France, while the group's leader urged Muslims around the world to boycott French products.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Bangladesh says it will release jailed former prime minister

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's government will release imprisoned former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia for six months on the condition that she stays at home and does not leave the country, the law minister said Tuesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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