Topic: Dhaka
A Bangladeshi policeman was beaten to death on Monday when clashes erupted as 20,000 villagers demonstrated against proposals to build a new airport, officials said.Scores of people were injured during the violence as locals threw bricks and rocks at police after the ...
DHAKA (Reuters) - At least 100 people were injured in a fire at a multi-storey garment factory near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Tuesday, fire service officials said."Firefighters are trying to douse the huge blaze and rescuers are retrieving the injured and evacuating ...
DHAKA (Reuters) - At least five people were killed and 50 others were injured in a head-on train collision in Bangladesh Wednesday, police said.The Daily Star online edition and local television channel Desh reported the death tolls as 10 and 13 respectively. ...
A lawmaker was injured and scores of activists arrested Sunday as Bangladesh's main opposition party called the country's first nationwide strike since general elections in December 2008, police said.Police spokesman Walid Hossain said at least 12,000 policemen and the elite Rapid Action ...
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Bangladesh Factory Fire
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Bangladesh Opposition Protest
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Bangladesh Bus Plunged
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