Children Burned by Plane Crash in Bangladesh Die Days Later

Many have died in the days since a plane crashed into a school in Bangladesh. For the survivors, there is a critical window for lifesaving treatment.

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Bangladesh Military Plane Crashes Into School, Killing at Least 19

Dozens were injured after the aircraft crashed in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, according to national fire officials.

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Bangladesh’s Ousted Leader Sheikh Hasina Faces New Arrest Warrant

The war crimes tribunal that Sheikh Hasina herself founded has now charged her in the crackdown that killed more than a thousand demonstrators.

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Bangladesh’s Leader Threatens to Resign Over Election Pressure

Muhammad Yunus has struggled to navigate between the army, career politicians and the protest movement that overthrew the country’s authoritarian leader last year.

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Tariffs Could Wreck What Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Have Gained

In Bangladesh, the factories that make clothing for export had remade themselves and raised national incomes along the way. They never bargained for a trade war.

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Trump’s Tariffs Hit Garment Makers in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Hard

The industry supplies low-cost clothing to the United States, and is a crucial part of the Asian countries’ economies.

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Trump Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Refugees’ Survival: ‘People Will Die’

At the world’s largest refugee camp, for Rohingya people in Bangladesh, the food allowance per person is set to fall to just $6 per month, far below what aid officials say is required for survival.

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Tulip Siddiq, U.K. Anticorruption Minister, Resigns

Tulip Siddiq, the niece of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh, had been named in an embezzlement investigation in the Asian country.

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These Students Ousted a Government. Now They’re Rebuilding a Democracy.

It is a daunting task for Bangladesh. But an unusual mix of young people and seasoned technocrats are determined to make the most of their opening.

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As India-Bangladesh Tensions Rise, So Do Fears of Tit-for-Tat Violence

A diplomatic dispute over claims of persecution of Bangladeshi Hindus threatens to upend Bangladesh’s interim government.

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