Bangladeshi leaders under pressure
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DHAKA: Bangladeshâs prime minister and her main rival are under pressure to set aside years of bitter feuding after a grenade attack on an opposition rally killed 20 people and triggered a week of violent protests nationwide.
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Thousands of Bangladeshis gathered on Thursday at a memorial for intellectuals and professionals killed during the independence war but the country was focused on its present day strife ahead of elections next month.
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DHAKA: Bangladesh was brought to a standstill yesterday by the third general strike in a week called by the main opposition Awami League to protest a deadly attack on a rally, police and witnesses said.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh - A series of bombs exploded as a top Bangladeshi opposition leader was speaking at a rally from atop a truck Saturday, killing at least 14 people and injuring hundreds, witnesses and news reports said.    The main opposition leader, Sheikh Hasina, crouched low in the truck soon after the first blast occurred as she was addressing thousands outside her Awami League party's headquarters in central Dhaka...
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Hopes for an end to pre-election turmoil in Bangladesh dimmed on Wednesday as rival political groups again took to the streets and the country's legal system was virtually paralysed by feuding lawyers.
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Pressure grows on military regime after its threat to crack down on protesters.
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NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket team&#39;s tour of Bangladesh, which begins next week, has run into major trouble. The Indian High Commission in Dhaka today received a hand-written fax letter from a militant group called the Harkat-ul-Zihad.
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The Bangladeshi opposition says it is concerned over the health of a senior MP injured in clashes in Dhaka.
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says Bangladesh has been a shelter for rebel groups that want independence in northeastern India, where at least 73 people have been killed in a recent wave of violence.
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The arrest of Bangladesh's most recent prime minister brought reactions of shock, praise and uncertainty from ordinary citizens on Tuesday, in a country struggling for political stability.
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Thousands of Bangladeshis gathered on  Thursday at a memorial for intellectuals and professionals  killed during the independence war but the country was focused  on its present day strife ahead of elections next month.
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With his inauguration to a five-year term a month away, the US-backed Karzai already is under pressure to ditch his coalition with powerful warlords and tackle a booming narcotics industry that has become a major economic force in one of the world&#39;s
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Death of opposition leader raises fears of expanded violence in the unstable South Asian nation.
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The head of Bangladesh&#39;s emergency government fainted Sunday after speaking at a tree planting ceremony for more than an hour in hot weather that has claimed at least a dozen lives in the past week.
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At least 200 are injured as police and protesters clash in the Bangladesh capital, reports say.
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Bangladeshi political activists launched protests and staged a strike Sunday as an aide said the main opposition party&#39;s leader had narrowly escaped assassination in a grenade attack which left 18 people dead.
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Pressure is growing on Beijingâs financial leaders to tap their foreign exchange reserves for social spending.