Thai rice prices hit two-month peak, Bangladesh hit by floods
(Reuters) -- Rice export prices in Thailand rose to their highest level in two months this week on the back of a stronger baht, while floods in Bangladesh raised supply concerns.
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Bangladesh needs a truth commission for Hasina’s crimes
The victims of Aynaghar, a secret internment center run by the Bangladesh military’s intelligence branch where they were held in inhuman conditions, have just started to recount their horrific ordeals. The victims, some held for over a decade, hail from different age groups as well as political and social backgrounds.
Hasina, floods, visas: What’s troubling India-Bangladesh relations?
Bangladesh’s opposition demands Sheikh Hasina be extradited from India and tensions sour following her overthrow.
Bangladesh’s interim government led by Yunus lifts ban on the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday lifted a ban on the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party that was imposed by the former prime minister who was ousted in nationwide protests against her rule.
Bangladesh’s interim government lifts ban on Jamaat-e-Islami party
Caretaker administration says ex-PM Hasina’s claims of its ‘terrorist activities’ during student protests were groundless.
‘I have lost everything’: Bangladesh floods strand 1.24 million families
As floodwaters recede after heavy monsoon rains, many have lost their homes – and some blame India for a dam release.
Hasina’s last stand leans on India and pro-Hindu misinformation
Bangladesh’s recently ousted leader, Sheikh Hasina, has sought refuge in India, her closest foreign ally. Reports indicate that her efforts to win asylum in the UK, Canada, and the US failed, meaning she will likely stay in India for the foreseeable future.
Stateless Rohingya put faith in Bangladesh leader Yunus
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh -- Hours before ex-Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country in the face of a student-led uprising, Mohammad Sabur and his family were escaping civil war in neighboring Myanmar.