Rohingya women sold as sex slaves in Bangladesh
Rohingya girls and women in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar are being sold as sex slaves, according to a victim and aid agencies. Fifteen-year-old Khartoun* told Al Jazeera she was sold into sex slavery after she arrived in Bangladesh by boat to escape a brutal military crackdown. She was alone – her mother, father and sister had […]
India announces 4.5-billion-dollar credit line for Bangladesh
India and Bangladesh signed 22 bilateral agreements aimed at boosting economic and political ties on Saturday, among them a 4.5 billion-dollar credit line to Dhaka for infrastructure projects. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi over a wide range of subjects including defence, energy,…
Bangladesh sentences five militants to death for killing Japanese man
Dhaka (dpa) – Five Islamist militants were sentenced to death for killing a Japanese man in the northern Bangladeshi district of Rangpur in 2015, court officials said Tuesday. District judge Noresh Chandra Sarker handed down the verdict to the militants from the banned Islamist group Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh for the murder of Hoshi Kunio, prosecutor […]
Dozens arrested for attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh
Police in Bangladesh have arrested dozens of people following violence against Hindus, a senior officer said on Sunday, after a spate of attacks prompted concerns that authorities were not doing enough to protect the country’s biggest minority. Hindu homes and temples in the Brahmanbairs district of eastern Bangladesh have come under attack during the last […]
Bangladesh claims killing armed group members
Security forces in Bangladesh have killed at least 11 suspected members of an armed group blamed for a deadly attack on a cafe in the capital Dhaka three months ago. The alleged members of Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) died on Saturday in three separate raids on hideouts in the Dhaka suburb of Gazipur and the […]