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  Bangladesh’s first transgender TV presenter makes perfect debut

  Agence France-Presse . Dhaka | Updated at 12:11pm on March 09, 2021

  To cheers from colleagues, Bangladesh’s first transgender news presenter broke down in tears on Monday, but only after her word-perfect debut was beamed to the...

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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...