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Over 500 People, Including Opposition Leaders, Arrested Amid Violence In Bangladesh
More than 500 people, including some opposition leaders, have been arrested so far over days of clashes in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka sparked by protests against job quotas, police said Monday.
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina: From Champion Of Democracy To Iron Lady
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once joined rivals in a fight to restore democracy but her long reign in power has been marked by arrests of opposition leaders, crackdowns on free speech and suppression of dissent.
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Bangladesh Arrests More Opposition Leaders, PM Sheikh Hasina Rules Out Talks
Bangladesh's main opposition party said Friday that three more of its senior leaders had been arrested, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ruled out talks with adversaries demanding her resignation.
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Bangladesh's Main Opposition Leader Arrested Day After Big Protest: Party
Bangladesh's main opposition leader was detained by authorities on Sunday morning, a day after a giant protest against the prime minister, his party said.
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Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia On "High Risk" Of Dying, Say Doctors
Bangladeshi doctors said Monday opposition leader Khaleda Zia was at "high risk" of dying without urgent medical intervention abroad after authorities rejected a plea to let her leave the country.
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Bangladesh Bars Former PM Khaleda Zia From Going Abroad For Life-Saving Treatment
Bangladesh on Sunday blocked ailing key opposition leader and two-time former premier Khaleda Zia from travelling abroad for life-saving medical treatment, an official and supporters said.
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Bangladesh Opposition Leaders Arrested Day Ahead Of Planned Protest
Police in Bangladesh on Friday arrested two top leaders of the main Opposition party BNP, a day before its planned grand rally in the capital to call for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation.
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Arrest Warrant Issued Against Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Son
A Bangladeshi court today issued an arrest warrant against Opposition leader Khaleda Zia's London-based son in a sedition case for delivering a provocative speech.
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Bangladesh Courts Issue Arrest Warrants Against Former PM Khaleda Zia
Two arrest warrants were issued today against Bangladesh's Opposition leader and former premier Khaleda Zia after she failed to attend court hearings in graft and defamation cases, a move her lawyer said was a "ploy by the government" to stop her from returning home from London.
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Bangladesh's Former PM Khaleda Zia To Seek Bail Over Firebombing Attack
Bangladesh's former prime minister and main opposition leader Khaleda Zia is expected to appear in court and seek bail after she was issued with an arrest warrant over a deadly firebombing attack, her lawyer said on Sunday.
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Bangladesh Court Orders Arrest Of Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia
Embattled Bangladeshi ex-prime minister and main opposition leader Khaleda Zia today faced another setback when a court here issued an arrest warrant against her over a deadly arson attack on a passenger bus during an anti-government protest campaign last year.
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Missing Bangladesh Opposition Leader Arrested in Shillong
The Bangladeshi opposition party chief spokesman, who had gone "missing" about two months ago, has been arrested and admitted to a mental hospital in the bordering state of Meghalaya, his family claimed today.
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High Court Defers Hearing on Khaleda Zia's Petitions in Graft Cases
The hearing on Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia's petitions seeking a change of judge and stay on the arrest warrant against her in two graft cases involving over USD 650,000 was deferred today by a week.
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Bangladesh Court Issues Arrest Warrant Against Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia
A Bangladeshi court today issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Khaleda Zia for failing to attend hearings on graft charges; amid fears the move will worsen weeks-long deadly political turmoil.
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Bangladesh arrests key opposition leaders
Police said three top Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders were arrested late on Friday.
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Over 500 People, Including Opposition Leaders, Arrested Amid Violence In Bangladesh
More than 500 people, including some opposition leaders, have been arrested so far over days of clashes in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka sparked by protests against job quotas, police said Monday.
-
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina: From Champion Of Democracy To Iron Lady
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once joined rivals in a fight to restore democracy but her long reign in power has been marked by arrests of opposition leaders, crackdowns on free speech and suppression of dissent.
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Bangladesh Arrests More Opposition Leaders, PM Sheikh Hasina Rules Out Talks
Bangladesh's main opposition party said Friday that three more of its senior leaders had been arrested, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ruled out talks with adversaries demanding her resignation.
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Bangladesh's Main Opposition Leader Arrested Day After Big Protest: Party
Bangladesh's main opposition leader was detained by authorities on Sunday morning, a day after a giant protest against the prime minister, his party said.
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Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia On "High Risk" Of Dying, Say Doctors
Bangladeshi doctors said Monday opposition leader Khaleda Zia was at "high risk" of dying without urgent medical intervention abroad after authorities rejected a plea to let her leave the country.
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Bangladesh Bars Former PM Khaleda Zia From Going Abroad For Life-Saving Treatment
Bangladesh on Sunday blocked ailing key opposition leader and two-time former premier Khaleda Zia from travelling abroad for life-saving medical treatment, an official and supporters said.
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Bangladesh Opposition Leaders Arrested Day Ahead Of Planned Protest
Police in Bangladesh on Friday arrested two top leaders of the main Opposition party BNP, a day before its planned grand rally in the capital to call for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation.
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Arrest Warrant Issued Against Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Son
A Bangladeshi court today issued an arrest warrant against Opposition leader Khaleda Zia's London-based son in a sedition case for delivering a provocative speech.
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Bangladesh Courts Issue Arrest Warrants Against Former PM Khaleda Zia
Two arrest warrants were issued today against Bangladesh's Opposition leader and former premier Khaleda Zia after she failed to attend court hearings in graft and defamation cases, a move her lawyer said was a "ploy by the government" to stop her from returning home from London.
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Bangladesh's Former PM Khaleda Zia To Seek Bail Over Firebombing Attack
Bangladesh's former prime minister and main opposition leader Khaleda Zia is expected to appear in court and seek bail after she was issued with an arrest warrant over a deadly firebombing attack, her lawyer said on Sunday.
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Bangladesh Court Orders Arrest Of Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia
Embattled Bangladeshi ex-prime minister and main opposition leader Khaleda Zia today faced another setback when a court here issued an arrest warrant against her over a deadly arson attack on a passenger bus during an anti-government protest campaign last year.
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Missing Bangladesh Opposition Leader Arrested in Shillong
The Bangladeshi opposition party chief spokesman, who had gone "missing" about two months ago, has been arrested and admitted to a mental hospital in the bordering state of Meghalaya, his family claimed today.
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High Court Defers Hearing on Khaleda Zia's Petitions in Graft Cases
The hearing on Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia's petitions seeking a change of judge and stay on the arrest warrant against her in two graft cases involving over USD 650,000 was deferred today by a week.
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Bangladesh Court Issues Arrest Warrant Against Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia
A Bangladeshi court today issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Khaleda Zia for failing to attend hearings on graft charges; amid fears the move will worsen weeks-long deadly political turmoil.
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Bangladesh arrests key opposition leaders
Police said three top Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders were arrested late on Friday.
