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Bangladesh Police make 2,000 more arrests – PM vows to catch ‘each and every killer’
DHAKA, June 12, (Agencies): Bangladesh police have arrested an additional 2,000 suspected criminals including Islamist militants in an ongoing crackdown…
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1,600 criminal suspects held in Bangladesh – Bid to halt wave of brutal attacks
DHAKA, Bangladesh, June 11, (Agencies): Authorities have rounded up about 1,600 criminal suspects, including a few dozen believed to be…
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Hindu worker hacked to death in Bangladesh
A 62-year-old Hindu monastery worker was hacked to death in Bangladesh on Friday, police said, the latest in a series…
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Crackdown on Bangladesh Islamists – Death penalty sought for 24 over massacre
DHAKA, June 7, (AFP): Bangladesh police on Tuesday launched a deadly crackdown on Islamist militants as a 70-year-old Hindu priest…
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Anti-terror officer’s wife shot dead – At least 30 people killed by Islamists since Feb 2015
DHAKA, June 5, (Agencies): The wife of a senior Bangladeshi police official known for battling Islamist militants was stabbed and…
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Christian hacked to death in latest attack – IS claims responsibility
DHAKA, June 5, (AFP): A Christian was hacked to death after Sunday prayers near a church in northwest Bangladesh in…
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Bangladesh Sufi s live in fear after machete slaughter
DHAKA, June 2, (AFP): Each time he hears of the latest deadly machete attack, Ashraful Islam can’t help but think…
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6 Islamist militants get death in Bangladesh for a bank robbery
A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced six Islamist militants to hang for a bank robbery in April that killed eight…
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Hindu shop owner in Bangladesh hacked to death – Police suspect Islamists of murder
DHAKA, May 26, (Agencies): Bangladesh police said Thursday they suspect local Islamists may have murdered a one-legged Hindu shop owner…
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16 activists of Jamaat arrested – Clashes after Nizami execution
DHAKA, May 11, (Agencies): Clashes erupted in Bangladesh Wednesday after the execution of a top Islamist leader, heightening tension in…
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