Members of Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) stand guard during a raid on suspected drug dealers at Mohammadpur Geneva Camp in Dhaka, May 26, 2018.

Rights Groups Urge UN Ban on Peacekeeping by Bangladesh’s ‘Abusive’ RAB Unit

In December, U.S. imposed sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion over alleged “serious human rights abuse.”

A Myanmar border guard watches over Bangladesh territory from Maungdaw, Rakhine state, March 18, 2018.

Outlawed Group Resurfaces, Raising Fears of Clashes in Myanmar

An oil tanker sails on the Sugandha River in Jhalokati, southern Bangladesh, Nov. 21, 2021.

China to Supply Nearly 40 Percent of Bangladesh’s Petroleum Imports

Exhibits from the Rohingya Cultural Memory Center are seen on the website of the initiative by the International Organization for Migration.

Myanmar Junta Protests to UN Migration Agency about Rohingya Cultural Memory Center

A firefighter extinguishes flames in a police vehicle amid clashes between supporters of a candidate from the ruling Awami League and an independent candidate during the Union Council election, in Bakshiganj, Jamalpur, in northern Bangladesh, Jan. 5, 2022.

Overall Death Toll in Bangladesh Union Council Polls Tops 100

At least 10 more people are reported killed in violence during latest stage of voting.

Bangladeshis hold photos of their missing relatives during a rally in Dhaka marking the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Aug. 30, 2021.

Bangladeshi NGO: Cases under Digital Security Act Blew Up in 2021

Ain-O-Salish Kendra says 1,134 cases were lodged against journalists, government critics.

A man consoles a relative who is unable to find his 5-year-old son traveling on a ferry that caught fire, at a government hospital, in Barishal, Bangladesh, Dec. 24, 2021.

Disaster Could’ve Been Averted, Bangladesh Ferry-Fire Survivor Says

The blaze that killed more than 40 people is the latest incident dating back decades.

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