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Bangladesh bans cattle painkiller to save vultures
Agence France-Presse . Dhaka | Updated at 08:35pm on February 09, 2021
Bangladesh banned a painkiller used widely by farmers to treat cattle in an effort to save the country’s vultures from extinction, the government said on...
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Rohingya in Bangladesh camps rejoice Suu Kyi detention
Agence France-Presse . Dhaka | Updated at 10:10am on February 02, 2021
Rohingya Muslims who fled Myanmar for Bangladesh after a military crackdown three years ago celebrated Aung San Suu Kyi’s detention by the army on Monday....
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Weakened West Indies face 'multiple' tests on Bangladesh tour
Agence France-Presse . Dhaka | Updated at 06:11pm on January 09, 2021
Depleted by stars refusing to tour during the coronavirus pandemic, West Indies players will face multiple Covid-19 tests in Bangladesh before they even get close...
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Shepherd to miss Bangladesh tour after COVID-19 positive
Agence France-Presse . Dhaka | Updated at 01:34pm on January 08, 2021
Fast bowling all-rounder Romario Shepherd has tested for COVID-19 and has been replaced with Keon Harding in the West Indies squad for their tour of...
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Bangladesh opens first Islamic school for transgender Muslims
Agence France-Presse . Dhaka | Updated at 05:01pm on November 06, 2020
Bangladesh opened its first Islamic school for transgender Muslims on Friday with clerics calling it a first step towards integrating the discriminated minority into society....
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Bangladeshi COVID hospitals vacant as patients are scared
Agence France-Presse . Dhaka | Updated at 02:13pm on July 11, 2020
Thousands of beds for coronavirus patients in Bangladesh are lying empty despite the country struggling with a rising caseload as people are too scared to...
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Meet Bangladesh's ground-breaking female coach who's 'married to football'
Agence France-Presse . Dhaka | Updated at 03:55pm on June 26, 2020
Not many Bangladeshis would quit a safe, public-sector job with perks and a pension to become a full-time football coach, especially not a woman in...
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Fifteen Bangladeshi men fined for Messi birthday party
Agence France-Presse . Dhaka | Updated at 05:50pm on June 25, 2020
Fifteen Bangladeshi men have been fined for celebrating the birthday of Argentine football star Lionel Messi in breach of a coronavirus lockdown. Magistrates accompanied by...
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Last Armenian in Bangladesh dies
Agence France-Presse . Dhaka | Updated at 02:30pm on May 09, 2020
Michael Joseph Martin, Bangladesh’s last Armenian, has died aged 89, bringing an end to the more than 300-year presence of the once thriving and powerful...
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Bangladesh crab farmers feel pinch as coronavirus halts exports
Agence France-Presse . Dhaka | Updated at 12:17am on February 17, 2020
Thousands of tonnes of Bangladesh crabs earmarked for Chinese dining tables are being left to rot because the coronavirus has halted exports. The Bangladesh crab...