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Bangladeshi students shout slogans as they block a road during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. Five days of protests by tens of thousands of students angry over the traffic deaths of two of their colleagues have largely cut off the capital Dhaka from the rest of Bangladesh, as the demonstrators pressed their demand for safer roads. (AP Photo/A. M. Ahad)

Police, protesters clash in Bangladesh capital; many injured

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Bangladeshi students shout slogans as they block a road during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. Students blocked several main streets in the capital, protesting the death of two college students in a bus accident in Dhaka. (AP Photo/A. M. Ahad)

Mass protests over traffic deaths paralyze Dhaka for 5 days

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Nepalese rescuers stand near a passenger plane from Bangladesh that crashed at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, March 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shreshta)

Plane carrying 71 people crashes, catches fire in Kathmandu

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, left, meets Pope Francis at the Apostolic Nunciature, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Francis to greet Rohingya refugees at Bangladesh peace prayer

By Nicole Winfield and Julhas Alam - Associated Press

Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid, left, holds hands with Pope Francis as he accompanies at the end of their meeting at the presidential palace, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis demands ‘decisive measures’ to resolve Rohingya exodus

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Bangladesh arrests 6 suspected Islamist militants

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Another suspected mastermind in Bangladesh attack arrested

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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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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

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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. 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)

Bangladesh capital attacked by gunmen; hostages taken

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A Bangladeshi woman cries after identifying the body of her relative, victim of a capsized ferry in Manikganj district, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Bangladesh ferry disaster: Death toll rises to at least 70

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press