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‘Like an open prison’: a million Rohingya refugees still in Bangladesh camps five years after crisis

Myanmar’s crackdown in 2017 forced a vast wave of refugees across the border into already crowded and unsafe camps – the result of decades of international political paralysis

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar's Rohingyas: 5 years of crisis

Myanmar's military launched a ferocious crackdown against the country's Rohingya Muslim population in 2017, driving more than 740,000 refugees into neighbouring Bangladesh.

Bangkok Post

Bangladesh to cut school, office hours to save power

Bangladesh will close schools for one extra day a week and cut office timings by an hour to save power, a government official said on Monday, as the country battles a shortage after shutting down all of its diesel-run power plants.

Reuters

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Robbers try to loot bank ATM in Andhra Pradesh, were carrying Bangladesh ID Cards

Night beat constable prevents robbery, suffered injuries in the attack

The Hindu

Why are Bangladesh tea garden workers protesting?

Nearly 150,000 tea garden workers, who are among the lowest paid in the country, demand rise in daily wage by 150%.

Al Jazeera

Two Bangladeshis get five years imprisonment for illegally entering India

The two persons, identified as Abdul Hai and Niranjan Ghosh, were also fined ₹10,000 each for illegally entering India

The Hindu

Extremists ambush BSF patrol in north Tripura, one jawan killed

BSF blamed the NLFT (BM) group for the attack at Khantlang, a triangle bordering Mizoram and Bangladesh

The Hindu

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HC directs UIDAI to disclose Aadhaar details of 12 Bangladeshi nationals to NIA

The investigation agency is probing fabrication of documents to secure Aadhaar for illegal immigrants from that country

The Hindu

Janmashtami | 'You have the same rights as I have', Bangladesh PM Hasina tells Hindus

‘Please don’t undermine yourselves,’ she says.

The Hindu

Climate Migration: Flooding forces Bangladesh family to flee

Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum were forced to flee Ramdaspur village in Bangladesh last year when the Meghna River flooded and destroyed their home

The Independent UK

Bangladesh PM tells UN that Myanmar must take Rohingya back

Bangladesh’s leader has told a visiting U.N. official that hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh must return home to Myanmar, where they had fled violent persecution

The Independent UK

Trial run for cargo movement from Kolkata to northeast via Bangladesh port successful

Cargo movement from Kolkata port to the northeastern states through the India-Bangladesh Protocol route will not only reduce transit cost and time but also help in boosting the economy

The Hindu

Saudi Govt Hails Economic Efforts to Achieve Goals of Vision 2030

The Saudi government praised on Tuesday efforts in various sectors throughout the Kingdom to maximize the economic impact of achieving the goals of Vision 2030. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the cabinet meeting that was held in Jeddah. The ministers reviewed the messages received…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Data | 75 years of independence: A comparison of India’s growth with other nations across ten indicators

Where does India stand when compared to countries that had become independent in the same time period and with other developed nations?

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Bangkok Post

UN rights chief in Bangladesh, to visit Rohingya camps

United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday for a four-day visit that will include a trip to squalid camps housing nearly a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.

The Hindu

Shakib Al Hasan appointed Bangladesh T20 captain for Asia Cup, T20 World Cup

He was appointed Test captain in June after Mominul Haque stepped down.

The Hindu

Bangladesh's Shakib cancels deal with betting site after BCB ultimatum

Shakib last week announced a partnership with Betwinner news, a portal operated by the gambling firm based on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao

The Hindu

India, Bangldesh review defence cooperation at annual dialogue

The dialogue was co-chaired by Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar and Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division (AFD) of Bangladesh Lt. Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman

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Asharq Al-Awsat

King Salman Receives Message from President of Bangladesh

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received on Wednesday a written message from President of Bangladesh Mohammad Abdul Hamid. The written tackled bilateral ties between Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh. Abdul Hamid also expressed his country’s support to the Kingdom’s bid to host Expo 2030 in Riyadh.…

The Hindu

West Bengal civic body sends rakhis made of water hyacinths to global leaders

"We have sent rakhis to President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, the U. S. President Joe Biden and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan," Bongaon Municipality chairman Gopal Seth said.

The Hindu

India and Bangladesh in talks for major river agreement ahead of PM Hasina’s visit

Joint River Commission meeting to decide on deals over Kushiyara and Ganga rivers

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Bangladesh in Zimbabwe 2022

Follow all the action from Harare Sports Club

The Hindu

Two Bangladeshi nationals arrested for propagating 'Jihad' in India: NIA

The NIA said the Bangladeshi nationals were found using encrypted apps to communicate with their associates in India and Bangladesh

Reason

Mohammedan Law

The Ohio Bangladesh telephonic wedding case I blogged about below mentioned "Mohammedan law," which struck me as unusual and archaic; and indeed a Google Ngrams search supports this. You can right-click on the image below and select "Open Image in New Tab" (or whatever your browser calls that) to enlarge,…

Reason

Ohio Court Recognizes Telephonic Marriage Ceremony Under Bangladesh Sharia Law Between Two Bangladesh Citizens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FlQSQuv_mg From Momotaz v. Sattar, decided Thursday by the Ohio Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Judge Sean Gallagher, joined by Judges Anita Laster Mays and Eileen Gallagher: On August 22, 2005, the parties participated in a telephonic marriage ceremony, which was conducted over a speaker phone. At the…

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