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In this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 photo, Aija Apsipe, left, of Latvia dribbles the ball during the 4th Roll Ball World Cup quarterfinal match against India at Shaheed Sohrawardi Indoor Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh hosted the championship for an unusual sport, roll ball, where players on roller skates dribble and pass a basketball-sized ball that they try to throw into a small soccer-type goal. About 750 players from 40 countries around the world took part. Top honors, both for men and women, went to India, where the sport was invented. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Bangladesh rolls out welcome for unusual sport on skates

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

UN human rights envoy visits Myanmar state after 65,000 flee

By ESTHER HTUSAN - Associated Press

A Bangladeshi rickshaw transports a passenger in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Rickshaws are the most popular means of public transport in Dhaka. (AP Photo/A.M.Ahad)

Restoring free trade with Bangladesh

By Sajeeb Wazed

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaks to journalists after the meeting between John Kerry and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP) ** FILE **

John Kerry urges Bangladesh to step up efforts against terrorism

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Anti-terror Tactics in Bangladesh Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Bangladesh and a stern response to terror

By Tahseen Ali

In this image made from video provided by Jamuna TV, injured people are assisted after a militant attack in Kishoreganj, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of the capital of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, July 7, 2016. Islamic extremists hurled homemade bombs and engaged in a gun battle with police guarding a large Eid prayer at the end of the holy Muslim month Thursday morning. The violence comes just days after a deadly hostage crisis at a restaurant in Dhaka. (Jamuna TV via AP Video)

Bangladesh blast, gunbattle kill 4 during Eid prayers

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Indian Muslims holding placards condemning the weekend militant attacks in Bangladesh walk in a procession in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)

Japanese bodies flown home; Dhaka officials search for clues

Associated Press

Illustration on Islamic terrorism in Bangladesh by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The Battle of Bangladesh

By Clifford D. May

People help an unidentified injured person after a group of gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 1, 2016. (AP Photo)

Some former hostages being questioned over Bangladesh attack

Associated Press

An unidentified security personnel is taken for medical attention after a group of gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 1, 2016. A group of gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital on Friday night, taking hostages and exchanging gunfire with security forces, according to a restaurant staff member and local media reports. (AP Photo)

Hostage crisis leaves 28 dead in Bangladesh diplomatic zone

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Bangladesh: 4 things

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sajeeb Wazed The Washington Times

SAJEEB WAZED: Bangladesh political intrigue turns personal

By Sajeeb Wazed

People take out a colorful procession to celebrate Bengali New Year, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, April 14, 2016. The Bengali New Year follows a calendar which is a union of the lunar and solar one and was introduced nearly 560 years back by Mughal Emperor Akbar for facilitation of tax collection as it agreed with the harvest season. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

SAJEEB WAZED: Rapid digitization brings hope and some danger to Bangladesh

By Sajeeb Wazed

Popularity of the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunals Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

SAJEEB WAZED: Bangladesh war crimes tribunal set to punish the guilty

By Sajeeb Wazed

PRAPHULLA RANJAN SINHA: Critics of Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal ignore the victims

By Praphulla Ranjan Sinha

Illustration on the need to identify Islamic terrorism for what it is by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

SAJEEB WAZED: Unmasking terrorists in Bangladesh

By Sajeeb Wazed

A Bangladeshi man cries after his vehicle was set on fire by Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami activists following the execution of their party leader Abdul Quader Mollah in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. The execution of the opposition leader in Bangladesh sparked violent protests Friday as activists torched homes and businesses belonging to government supporters, leaving at least three people dead, in a fresh wave of bloodshed ahead of elections next month. (AP Photo/Suvra Kanti Das)

MOHAMMAD ZIAUDDIN: Bangladesh prime minister’s hard-won anti-extremism

By Mohammad Ziauddin

A Rohingya boy sleeps on the floor at a temporary shelter in Langsa, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

U.S. readies air patrols in search for Rohingya boat people

By Jocelyn Gecker and Eileen Ng - Associated Press