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After weeks at sea, 277 Rohingya land in Bangladesh

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Rohingya refugees floating at sea land on Bangladesh island

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 19, 2018 file photo, trainees work at Snowtex garment factory in Dhamrai, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh is gradually reopening its hundreds of garment factories after nearly one month of closure following a government decision for a nationwide lockdown amid concern that coronavirus could spread widely among the industry’s millions of workers, an industry leader said Tuesday. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Bangladesh reopens 600 apparel factories despite virus risk

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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In this handout photo released on Sunday, April 5, 2020 by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency shows a wooden boat carrying suspected Rohingya migrants detained in Malaysian territorial waters off the island of Langkawi, Malaysia. Malaysian authorities said they have arrested a boatload of 202 people believed to be minority Muslim Rohingya refugees after their boat was found adrift Sunday morning near the northern resort island of Langkawi. (Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency via AP)

Bangladesh rescues 396 Rohingya drifting at sea for weeks

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, April 1, 2020, photo, Rohingya refugees stand at the Kutupalong refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Aid workers are bracing for a possible outbreak of the coronavirus in one of the world's largest refugee camps in Bangladesh, but officials are already warning that containing the disease among more than 1 million tightly packed Rohingya Muslims will be a daunting task. (AP Photo/Suzauddin Rubel)

Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 19, 2018 file photo, trainees work at Snowtex garment factory in Dhamrai, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. A survey of factory owners in Bangladesh has found that major fashion retailers that are closing shops and laying off workers in Europe and the U.S. also are canceling their sometimes already completed orders, as workers often go unpaid. A report released Friday, March 27, 2020, by Mark Anner, director of the Center of Global Rights, found the coronavirus crisis has resulted in millions of factory workers being sent home without the wages or severance they are owed. About 4.1 million people work in apparel factories in Bangladesh, the world's No. 2 garment exporter after China. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Bangladesh garment makers say $3B in orders lost to virus

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

A motorist rides past as residents talk on an alley at a low-income neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 23, 2020. As the virus spreads, the World Health Organization has pointed out that the future of the pandemic will be determined by what happens in some of the world’s poorest and most densely populated countries. From Mumbai to Rio de Janeiro to Johannesburg the question is: What do you do if there is no space to socially distance yourself from others in some of world’s most unequal regions? (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

From Dhaka to Gaza: How do you socially distance in a crowd?

By VICTORIA MILKO and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press

Garment workers going unpaid as fashion labels cancel orders

By JULHAS ALAM and ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

People line up to shop for essential items from a roadside truck Wednesday, March 25, 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)

Bangladesh’s leader urges all citizens to stay at home

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE- In this Dec. 28, 2017, file photo, Bangladesh's former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia, center, leaves after a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh's government said Tuesday, March 24, 2020, it will release Zia, 74 years old, for six months on condition that she stays at home and does not leave the country. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Bangladesh releases jailed ex-PM Zia for six months

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

A view of the empty Dacia Arena stadium in Udine, Northern Italy, prior to the Italian Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Fiorentina, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Serie A played on Sunday despite calls from Italy’s sports minister and players’ association president to suspend the games in Italy’s top soccer division. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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Top Bangladesh cellphone company pays $117M in legal tussle

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

International court gathering evidence in Rohingya case

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 27, 2018, file photo, Rohingya refugee children attend a UNICEF run school in Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh. Authorities in Bangladesh in partnership with the United Nations will expand educational programs for hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya children living in refugee camps who are currently receiving only basic lessons, officials said Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

Bangladesh to improve schools for Rohingya refugee children

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Top UN official says Myanmar must follow order on Rohingya

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Indian Union Muslim League leader P.K.Kunhalikutty, center, one of the petitioners, speaks to media on the lawns of India's Supreme Court after the top court started hearing dozens of petitions that seek revocation of a new citizenship law amendment in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. The new law had led to nationwide demonstrations and a violent security backlash resulting in the death of more than 20 people. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Battle for India’s new citizenship law moves to top court

By RISHABH R. JAIN - Associated Press

Bangladesh sentences 10 to death for 2001 political bombings

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, shakes hands with Philippine diplomat Rosario Manalo, a member of the Independent Commission of Enquiry for Rakhine State, at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. An independent commission established by Myanmar's government and led by Manalo has concluded there are reasons to believe that security forces committed war crimes in counterinsurgency operations that drove more than 700,000 members of the country's Muslim Rohingya minority to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar panel: Security forces likely committed war crimes

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Bangladesh court sentences 5 ex-cops to death for killing

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