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Brutal Killings
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to track down the killers. Image: Raveendran/AFP.
Press-muzzling fears resurface after well-known journalists are stabbed to death
DHAKA (17 February 2012) — The brutal killing of two high-profile broadcast journalists has horrified Bangladesh and sparked fears of press muzzling in a country that has witnessed the killings of 20 journalists in the last ten years.
 


Bangladesh

Commission Permission

DHAKA (10 February 2012) — Despite vociferous and violent opposition, the government is moving forward with its plans to form a new election commission, ignoring the demands from the country’s main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), for the caretaker government system to be reinstated first.
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The Politics of Bloodshe

DHAKA (3 February 2012) — Five people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in Bangladesh after police opened fire on anti-government protesters, escalating the fight between political parties to reinstate the country’s unique caretaker government system.
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Turning Point

DHAKA (20 January 2012) — Dancing broke out in the streets of Bangladesh after the prominent arrest of a man the state prosecutor alleges is “the mastermind” of war crimes commited during Bangladesh’s 1971 liberation war, when it seceded from Pakistan.
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Don’t Forget the Caretak

DHAKA (13 January 2012) — Displaying its growing concern that the nation’s next elections will not be free and fair, Bangladesh’s main opposition party, the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) has intensified its campaign to get a non-partisan caretaker government system reinstated.
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Uncertain Deaths

DHAKA (23 December 2011) — Panic has gripped Bangladesh after a series of mysterious abductions and slayings, with the government and the main opposition party accusing each other of being behind the deaths.
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