Dhaka Mass

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  Bangladesh Protesters Demand PM's Resignation, Army "By The People"

  Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters, many wielding sticks, crowded into a central Dhaka square Sunday for mass protests demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign following a deadly police crackdown.

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  Pope Francis Leads Dhaka Mass Before Rohingya Meeting

  Pope Francis led a giant open-air mass in Dhaka on Friday ahead of finally coming face to face with Rohingya refugees whose desperate plight has dominated his landmark tour of Myanmar and Bangladesh.

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  Dhaka Cafe Attack Mastermind Identified As Bangladeshi-Canadian

  A Canadian citizen was one of the masterminds behind a mass killing at a Dhaka cafe, Bangladesh police said Saturday, after new information came to light following a raid on an extremist hideout.

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  Live: Terror Strikes Bangladesh On Eid; Attackers Holed Up In School

  Four persons including a policeman were killed and seven were wounded on Thursday after a bomb blast and gun-battle near a mass Eid prayer gathering in Bangladesh's Kishoreganj district. The attack - the first on Muslims during Eid in Bangladesh - took place 140 km from capital Dhaka, where seven terrorists attacked a popular cafe last Friday, kill...

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  Bangladesh Court Upholds Top Islamist's Death Sentence

  Bangladesh's highest court on Monday upheld the death sentence against a leader of the largest Islamist party after he was convicted of committing war crimes, including mass murder, during the 1971 independence conflict.

• Retailers 'failing victims' a year after Bangladesh disaster

  Western fashion brands faced pressure Thursday to increase help for victims of the world's worst garment factory accident, as mass protests marked the one-year anniversary of the Bangladesh disaster that cost 1,138 lives.

• Retailers start Bangladesh factory inspections

  Safety experts hired by Western retailers on Wednesday launched mass inspections of Bangladesh clothing factories, 10 months after 1,135 garment workers died in a building collapse.

• One dead, dozens of voting booths hit in Bangladesh

  An opposition activist was killed and dozens of voting booths were attacked in Bangladesh Saturday on the eve of elections which have been hit by a mass boycott, officials said.

• Police halt Bangladesh opposition leader from leading mass march

  Bangladesh police prevented the country's opposition leader from leaving her house on Sunday.

• Deadly clashes erupt in Bangladesh as opposition march gets underway

  Bangladesh police fired water cannons and shotguns at opposition protesters in the capital on Sunday, killing one person, at the start of a banned mass march aimed at thwarting next month's general election.

• Hundreds detained ahead of banned Bangladesh march

  Bangladesh police have rounded up hundreds of opposition supporters, as the capital was virtually cut off from the rest of the country a day before a mass march aimed at derailing January 5 elections.

• 'Mass hysteria' hits Bangladesh garment workers

  Hundreds of Bangladesh factory workers who fell sick in recent weeks could have been struck down by a mysterious illness described as a type of "mass hysteria," officials said on Tuesday.

• Bangladesh opposition calls strike over 'mass killing'

  Bangladeshi opposition parties have called a two-day nationwide shutdown from Wednesday to protest what they describe as the "mass killing" of Islamists in a crackdown by security forces.

• Bangladesh police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at mass rally by garment workers

  Bangladeshi police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Friday as protestors attacked factories and smashed vehicles during a mass rally by garment workers over the deaths of nearly 300 colleagues.

• Bangladeshis demand death for war crimes convict Abdul Quader Mollah

  For many in Bangladesh, the "V'' for victory sign was more than they could bear. They had waited more than four decades for justice in the mass killings and rapes during their independence war. But there was a smiling Abdul Quader Mollah apparently celebrating his life sentence - given in place of an expected death sentence - for his role in the k...