Resume probe, Dhaka urges
BANGLADESH Ambassador John Gomes asked the government on Thursday to revive the Senate investigation of the cyber-robbery of $81 million ...
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Bangladesh arrests top Islamist extremist
Bangladesh's elite security force said Thursday it had arrested a top regional head of the homegrown Islamist extremist group blamed ...
Read more13 Hostages Rescued in Bangladesh Siege
At least 13 hostages have been rescued after security forces ended a siege at a café in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on ...
Read moreDhaka hikes security after Islamist hanged
DHAKA—Thousands of police were deployed Wednesday in Bangladesh after the main Islamist party’s leader was executed for war crimes, in ...
Read moreBangladesh assured of funds’ return
The Department of Justice on Tuesday said the process for the return of the laundered funds from the $81-million stolen ...
Read morePressure on Bangladesh after gay activists killed
DHAKA—Pressure mounted on Bangladesh Tuesday after two leading gay rights activists were hacked to death, the latest in a series ...
Read moreBangladeshis demand justice
SAVAR, Bangladesh—Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers demanded justice on the anniversary Sunday of one of the world’s worst industrial disasters, ...
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