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Owner of collapsed building captured in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: The fugitive owner of an illegally constructed building that collapsed and killed at least 377 people was captured by commandos as he tried to

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Bangladesh owner is at nexus of politics, business

Bangladesh: When the cracks in the building appeared early Tuesday afternoon, a stocky man in his early 30s, a feared political operative who a neighbor says dropped out of school

Death toll in Bangladesh building collapse climbs to 160

DHAKA: The death toll from a building collapse inBangladesh has risen to 160 and could climb higher, police said on Thursday, with people trapped under the rubble of a complex

Army says 32 dead in Bangladesh building collapse

Bangladesh: An eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed near Bangladesh’s capital Wednesday morning, killing at least 32 people and trapping many more in the rubble, officials said. Tens of

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina rejects blasphemy law

DHAKA: Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina has firmly rejected demands by Islamists for a new anti-blasphemy law to punish those who defame Islam and Prophet Muhammad. In a BBC interview, she

Bangladesh president dies in Singapore

Dhaka: Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman, a veteran ruling party politician, died Wednesday in a Singapore hospital where he was being treated for kidney and respiratory problems, an embassy official told

Bangladesh deploys troops as 16 killed in fresh protests

DHAKA: Bangladesh deployed troops in the north of the country Sunday after 16 more people were killed in a fresh wave of violence over the conviction of Islamist leaders for

34 killed in Bangladesh after court orders Islamist leader hanged

DHAKA: At least 34 people were killed in Bangladesh in a wave of violence on Thursday as Islamists reacted furiously to a ruling that one of their leaders must hang

Bangladeshis demand death for war crimes convict

DHAKA, Bangladesh: For many in Bangladesh, the “V” for victory sign was more than they could bear. They had waited more than four decades for justice in the mass killings

Ferry with 100 aboard capsizes in Bangladesh

DHAKA: News reports say a ferry packed with more than 100 people has capsized in a river in central Bangladesh. Reports say local villagers rescued 38 people after the ferry