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At Bangladesh food markets, people feel pinch from price hike at pump

At Bangladesh food markets, people feel pinch from price hike at pump

Rising prices could worsen the plight of people in poverty, one observer says.

Bangladesh police: 2 Rohingya leaders were victims of ‘target killings’

Bangladesh police: 2 Rohingya leaders were victims of ‘target killings’

The men were fatally shot after assigning volunteers to night-time patrol duties at a camp.

Companies profited from forced labor at Malaysian rubber-glove plants, US lawsuit alleges

Companies profited from forced labor at Malaysian rubber-glove plants, US lawsuit alleges

Filed on behalf of 13 Bangladeshis, the suit seeks damages from Kimberly-Clark and Ansell.

Pain at the pump: Bangladesh imposes steep fuel price hikes

Pain at the pump: Bangladesh imposes steep fuel price hikes

Expert calls the move unavoidable “in the current economic crisis.”

Bangladesh police arrest 10 after fatal collapse of elevated bus line

China’s Gezhouba Group is constructing the overhead route, from which a 60-ton girder fell and killed five people.

Pain at the pump: Bangladesh imposes steep fuel price hikes

Pain at the pump: Bangladesh imposes steep fuel price hikes

Expert calls the move unavoidable “in the current economic crisis.”

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet (left) speaks to reporters during a news conference organized at the InterContinental Dhaka hotel, Aug. 17, 2022.

UN high commissioner calls for impartial, transparent probe into alleged Bangladesh abuses

2022-08-17

Michelle Bachelet discussed allegations of enforced disappearances involving elite police unit, secret prison.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet (center) walks inside Camp 4, part of the sprawling Kutupalong camp that houses Rohingya in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Aug. 16, 2022.

UN human rights chief advises Rohingya to wait for repatriation

2022-08-16

Refugees who met with Michelle Bachelet in southeastern Bangladesh said she told them Myanmar was unstable.

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