Bangladesh's election campaign turned violent Tuesday with scores injured at political rallies across the country, as police fired pellet guns into crowds and stick-wielding mobs attacked rival candidates.

Nearly 100 injured in Bangladesh poll campaign violence

West Indies captain Rovman Powell won the toss and elected to bowl in their second one-day international against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday. Bangladesh lead the three-match series 1-0 after taking a five-wicket win in the opener Sunday also at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

West Indies opt to bowl in second Bangladesh ODI

Bangladesh's telecoms regulator shut down dozens of online news portals for several hours on Monday, citing security reasons, as officials scrutinise hundreds of sites before a parliamentary election this month.

Bangladesh briefly shuts dozens of online news sites citing security concerns

There is no opposition candidate for prime minister, hundreds of people have been arrested and incumbent premier Sheikh Hasina stands accused of ignoring democratic checks on her power, but Bangladesh began campaigning Monday for a year-end election.

Campaigning underway in Bangladesh polls amid opposition arrests

Bangladesh's opposition party Sunday said nearly 2,000 of its supporters have been arrested on trumped-up charges in a crackdown aimed at derailing its campaign just weeks from a general election.

Bangladesh party says hundreds of supporters held before polls

President Ram Nath Kovind will be on a three-day visit to Myanmar from 11th to 13th December. This will be the first visit to Myanmar by an Indian President in 12 years.

India hopes Myanmar, Bangladesh implement Rohingya repatriation agreement: Foreign Secretary

Fleeing Rohingya Muslims sold ration books to help pay hundreds of dollars to traffickers in order to flee squalid Myanmar camps by boat, only to be stopped at sea and forced back destitute, the refugees told AFP on Friday.

Rohingya sent back to Myanmar camps hungry and in debt

As the world was focused on abortive efforts to begin repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar last month, hundreds of their fellow Muslims still in Myanmar were boarding boats seeking to escape the country.

Myanmar seeks UN help to devise strategy to close refugee camps

An alliance of opposition parties accused Bangladesh's Election Commission (EC) on Monday of being biased in favour of the ruling Awami League Party after it rejected nearly a quarter of the candidates the alliance nominated for elections on Dec.

Bangladesh opposition coalition cry foul over rejected nomination

An anti-terrorism special tribunal in Bangladesh has recorded the statement of the first witness in the 2016 terror attack case, three years after the country's deadliest attack killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, including an Indian national.

Bangladesh court records testimony of first witness in 2016 cafe attack trial

Bangladeshi twins conjoined at birth have gone home nearly a year and a half after being separated in the country's first such successful operation, a doctor said Tuesday.

Walking, talking and separated: Bangladesh conjoined twins go home

Quashing the political ambitions of jailed ex-Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, the election authority on Sunday rejected her nomination papers from three constituencies, citing her convictions in two corruption cases.

Bangladesh polls: EC rejects nomination of jailed ex-premier Zia

A Bangladeshi diplomat Saturday stressed the need for international help to overcome the Rohingya refugee crisis in the country and said being the largest nation in South Asia, India had a huge role to play in building trust in the region.

Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh seeks international support

The United States will send 12 teams of observers and fund thousands of domestic observers to monitor an election in Bangladesh it hopes will be free and fair, a senior official at the US embassy in Dhaka said.

US to send observers to Bangladesh election amid opposition concerns

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the final hearing in the extradition of Rohingyas to January 2019. The apex court was hearing the petition filed by two Rohingya immigrants, Mohammad Salimullah and Mohammad Shaqir, who claim that the Rohingyas have taken refuge in India after escaping from Myanmar due to widespread discrimination, violence and bloodshed against the community there.

Supreme Court adjourns Rohingya case for final extradition till January 2019

An octogenarian former comrade of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's father in the country's independence struggle is now the face of an embattled opposition seeking to end her decade-long rule increasingly tainted by accusations of authoritarianism.

The ageing 'uncle' seeking to bring down Bangladesh PM Hasina

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Bangladesh camps began a protest on Monday, demanding that Bangladesh recognise their ethnicity as Rohingya and that officials and aid agencies stop sharing their family information with Myanmar.

Bangladesh faces refugee anger over term 'Rohingya'

Protesters in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state demonstrated Sunday against the planned repatriation of Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh, referring to them as "runaway refugees".

Protest in Myanmar's Rakhine state opposes Rohingya return

Award-winning Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam was released from prison Tuesday after more than 100 days behind bars, in a closely watched freedom of speech case.

Bangladesh photographer freed after months in detention

The European Union (EU) has expressed confidence that the upcoming general elections in Bangladesh will be "genuine, credible and transparent. "Rensje Teerink, the EU Ambassador to Bangladesh, recently commented: "I have always been told that when Bangladesh gears up for elections, there will be political turmoil and mass demonstrations on the streets.

Bangladesh elections will be genuine and credible: EU

Muhammad Abdul Kalam, the Commissioner of the Bangladesh Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission, stated that the Rohingya will not be forced to return to Myanmar on Thursday, the same day that the first scheduled repatriation was slated to take place.

Bangladesh halts forced Rohingya repatriation

Bangladesh on Wednesday stuck by plans to begin repatriating some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya minority who fled Myanmar last year, despite UN warnings and trepidation among the refugees themselves.

Bangladesh confident Rohingyas will be returned

Hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh protested on Thursday against any attempt to send them back to Myanmar after sources in Bangladesh said the launch of a repatriation plan had been postponed.

Rohingya in Bangladesh protest efforts to send them back to Myanmar

Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe by 218 runs in the second Test on Thursday, levelling the series 1-1 and denying the visitors their first series win in seven years.

2nd Test: Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 218 runs, level series

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