Bangladesh office building catches fire, 17 dead and about 70 injured
Fire officials said after battling the blaze for several hours, most people in the building had been rescued.
Hijacking foiled on commercial Bangladesh-Dubai flight, suspect killed
A flight bound for Dubai from Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, made an emergency landing Sunday in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after a man attempted to hijack the plane, officials said.
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16 dead in election violence as Bangladesh goes to the polls
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Thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees on Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the attacks that sent them fleeing to safety in Bangladesh.
“I want justice. That’s all they kept saying, ‘I want justice,'" said Caryl Stern, president and CEO of UNICEF USA, who recently visited the camps.
