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Bangladesh Struggles To Cope With Pressures Of Hosting 1 Million Rohingya Refugees

9:10am April 15, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

"We're being outnumbered by the sheer number of the refugee population," says Mohammad Abul Kalam, the head of Bangladesh's Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission in Cox's Bazar.

Sodul Amin, 30, is one of tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who've gotten chickenpox since December. The highly contagious disease spreads easily in the overcrowded refugee camps.

Chickenpox, The Latest Burden On The Rohingya Refugees

2:03pm April 11, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

At the largest refugee camp in the world, Rohingya refugees and aid agencies face numerous challenges. Now they're also dealing with an outbreak of chickenpox.

Children play at a Rohingya refugee camp outside Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.

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Rohingya Settle In For The Long Haul, Even As Bangladesh Wants Refugees To Go Home

9:18pm April 05, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

Bangladesh wants a million Rohingya refugees to go back to Myanmar. But 18 months after most of them fled violence, they are too afraid to go back and are making new lives for themselves in camps.

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Bangladeshi firefighters work to extinguish a blaze in an office building in Dhaka Thursday. The large and deadly fire — the latest in a string of such disasters in the city — forced people to try to climb down to safety.

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High-Rise Fire Kills At Least 6, Creates Panic In Bangladesh Capital

9:14am March 28, 2019

by Bill Chappell

At least one person was seen falling from the building, as a large crowd on the street watched people try to climb down using ropes or cables.

Bangladesh's state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight is seen after it made an emergency landing at the airport in Chittagong, Bangladesh on Sunday.

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Would-Be Hijacker Killed In Bangladesh

3:07am February 25, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The man allegedly pulled out a gun and tried to hijack the plane shortly after takeoff. After the aircraft made an emergency landing, military commandos shot and killed him.

Locals and firefighters gather around buildings that caught fire late Wednesday in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Thursday, killing dozens of people.

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Bangladesh Fire Kills At Least 70 People

7:26am February 21, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The blaze swept through several buildings in Dhaka's centuries-old neighborhood of Chawkbazar while many people were asleep.

Why This Charity Has Stopped Asking For Money

3:58pm January 07, 2019

by Nurith Aizenman

In 2017, No Lean Season raised nearly $12 million to help farmhands in Bangladesh travel to the city to find jobs when fields lay fallow. Now they're saying "no" to donations. What happened?

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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flashes the victory symbol after casting her vote, as her daughter Saima Wazed Hossain (far left) and her sister Sheikh Rehana look on.

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Bangladesh PM Wins 3rd Term After Violent Election, Accusations Of Rigging

2:00pm December 31, 2018

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her ruling alliance handily won Sunday's general election, and at least 17 people were killed during voting. The main opposition party rejects the results.

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Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, center, reacts as he is released from Dhaka Central Jail, Keraniganj, near Dhaka on Tuesday.

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Bangladeshi Photojournalist And Activist Freed After 107 Days In Prison

3:57am November 21, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Shahidul Alam was imprisoned on charges of "spreading propaganda" for publicly criticizing the government's violent response to street protests.

Rohingya refugee children shout slogans during a protest against the repatriation process on Thursday at Unchiprang refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh.

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Plan Stalls To Repatriate Rohingya Refugees

6:28pm November 15, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Bangladesh has stressed that it will not repatriate anyone against their will. The plan sparked protests among some refugees, while others reportedly hid within refugee camps.