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A group of garment workers join as supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) form a human chain marking International Human Rights Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec.10, 2023. The opposition allege that thousands of their activists have been detained by security agencies ahead of the country's general election on Jan. 7. The BNP, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, is boycotting the election leaving voters in the South Asian nation of 166 million with little choice but to re-elect Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League for a fourth consecutive term. (AP Photo/ Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh opposition party holds protest as it boycotts Jan. 7 national election amid violence

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

Police detain activists of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) who were trying to enforce a three-day blockade in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. BNP has called for country-wide blockade to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the transfer of power to a non-partisan caretaker government to oversee general elections. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

2 die in Bangladesh as police clash with opposition supporters seeking prime minister’s resignation

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

Activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party participate in a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. Police in Bangladesh's capital fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the main opposition party who threw stones at security officials during a rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the transfer of power to a non-partisan caretaker government to oversee general elections next year. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh police detain key opposition figure, a day after clashes left one dead and scores injured

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

Paramedics attend to dengue patients at Mugda Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh sparks alarm after 364 people die this year and infections rise

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, headed by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, shout slogans during a rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Bangladesh's capital on Saturday to demand the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign and install a caretaker before next general elections expected to be held in early 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh Surprise: Peaceful protests welcomed

By Shah Ali Farhad

A man on the back of a mini truck waves to camera as he leaves after evacuating valuables on the Bay of Bengal coast secure their boats anticipating a storm in Patenga, Chittagong, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Authorities in Bangladesh were evacuating hundreds of thousands of people across its vast coastal region on Monday as a tropical storm quickly approached amid fears of extensive damage. (AP Photo)

At least 24 dead in Bangladesh from tropical storm

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

A person consoles his relative who is unable to find his five years old son travelling in a ferry which caught fire, at a government medical hospital, in Barishal, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. Bangladesh fire services say at least 37 passengers have been killed and many others injured in a massive fire that swept through a ferry on the southern Sugandha River. The blaze broke out around 3 a.m. Friday on the ferry packed with 800 passengers. (AP Photo/Niamul Rifat)

Massive ferry fire kills at least 39 in southern Bangladesh

By Abdur Rahman Jahangir - Associated Press

Firefighters work to douse a fire inside a food and beverage factory in Rupganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 9, 2021. At least 52 people died in a huge blaze that engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh's capital, fire officials said Friday, in the latest industrial disaster to hit the South Asian nation. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

52 dead in Bangladesh factory fire as workers locked inside

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's twitter handle, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stands for a photograph in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 26, 2021. Modi on Saturday concluded his two-day official visit to Bangladesh amid both violent protests and enthusiasm that the bilateral relations between the two neighbors would continue to grow. (Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's twitter handle via AP Photo)

India’s Modi ends Bangladesh visit that sparked violence

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's twitter handle, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a bouquet of flowers from Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 26, 2021. Modi arrived in Bangladesh’s capital on Friday to join celebrations marking 50 years of the country's independence, but his trip was not welcomed by all. The two-day visit, his first foreign trip since the coronavirus pandemic began last year, will also include joining commemorations for 100 years since the birth of independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's twitter handle via AP Photo)

4 die in clashes set off by India’s Modi visiting Bangladesh

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE- In this Dec. 7, 1970, file photo, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, center on Rostrum, leader of East Pakistan's powerful Awami League, addresses an election rally in Dacca, East Pakistan. A watershed moment occurred in 1970 amid strikes and rising hostilities, when East Pakistan’s Awami League, led by Bengali politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, swept the polls in a national election. The government rejected the results, spawning a civil disobedience movement. On March 26, 1971, Bangladesh declared independence, sparking the nine-month war. Pakistan launched a military operation to stop the move to independence, while India joined on the side of what is now Bangladesh. Pakistani forces surrendered on Dec. 16, 1971. (AP Photo/Dennis Lee Royle, File)

Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence

By JULHAS ALAM and KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press

Bangladeshis raise their footwear and shout slogans during a protest after Friday prayers, against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 19, 2021. Hundreds of people including Muslim devotees and left-leaning student activists on Friday rallied in Bangladesh's capital to denounce the upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the celebration of the country's 50th anniversary of independence. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Muslims, students protest Indian PM’s visit to Bangladesh

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 27, 2015 file photo, a Bangladeshi activist sets up a light on a poster displaying a portrait of Avijit Roy, a prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger as others gather during a protest against his killing in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A special tribunal in Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday sentenced five members of a banned militant outfit to death and a sixth man to life in prison for the 2015 killing of the blogger known for speaking out against religious fundamentalism. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Bangladesh sentences 5 to death for killing blogger

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE- In this Nov. 1, 2015 file photo, Bangladeshi people carry the body of Faisal Arefin Deepan, a publisher of secular books, during his funeral in Dhaka, Bangladesh, . A special tribunal in Bangladesh’s capital on Wednesday sentenced to death eight Islamic militants tied to a banned group for the 2015 killing of the publisher of books on secularism and atheism. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad, File)

8 sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing publisher

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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A volunteer of Mission Save Bangladesh distributes food packages at a Cancer hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. With only 20,000 takas ($236) in hand, three friends took up the challenge to channel resources from the generous haves to the desperate have-nots when Bangladeshi authorities prepared to enforce a nationwide lockdown in late March. The first response came from Bangladeshi cricket star Shakib Al Hasan who donated 2 million takas ($24,000). With that, they began distributing food packs in the impoverished neighborhoods in Dhaka. Eventually, they succeeded in bringing about 120 organizations and business houses under one umbrella for their aid campaign, Mission Save Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)

Friends bring businesses to aid needy Bangladeshi people

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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