Tag: bangladesh
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Fire leaves nearly 7,000 Rohingya homeless in Bangladesh camp
A fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh in the early hours of Sunday (Jan 7), destroying about 800 shelters and rendering thousands homeless, officials said. Fire service officials and Rohingya volunteers brought the blaze under control around three hours after it hit Camp 5 in Cox’s Bazar, a border district with…
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Bangladesh’s main opposition party starts a 48-hour general strike ahead of Sunday’s election
Bangladesh’s main opposition party on Saturday started a 48-hour general strike on the eve of a general election, calling on people to boycott the vote because it says the government of incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina can’t guarantee its fairness. Hasina is seeking to return to power for a fourth consecutive term. The main opposition…