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Bangladesh arrest total approaches 1,200: AFP tally
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoThe number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh approached the 1,200 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas...
Bangladesh PM Hasina says opposition to blame for deadly unrest, maintains curfew
France 24 via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 hours agoBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said a curfew imposed last week following days of clashes...
Bangladesh student group suspends protests over death toll
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 15 hours agoThe Bangladeshi student group leading demonstrations that have spiralled into deadly violence...
Bangladesh protesters give government 48 hours to meet new set of demands
Sky News via Yahoo News Singapore· 20 hours agoProtesters have set the Bangladesh government 48 hours to meet a new set of demands after the...
Bangladesh PM blames political foes for violence
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoMore than 150 people have been killed and 500 arrested in the past two weeks of violence in Bangladesh [Getty Images] Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh...
Internet is still down in Bangladesh despite apparent calm following deadly protests
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 21 hours agoBangladesh remained without internet for a fifth day and the government declared a public holiday...
Paris Olympics sustainability sage Yunus hails 'lightning rod' effect of Games
RFI via Yahoo News Singapore· 43 minutes agoMuhammad Yunus, the brains behind the drive of the Paris Olympics organisers to connect the Games to...
UAE jails 57 Bangladeshis over protests against own government
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 12 hours agoProtests are effectively illegal in the UAE, where foreigners make up almost 90% of the population...
Indian state on alert after 14-year-old boy dies from deadly Nipah infection
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 hours agoThe virus has been linked to dozens of deaths in Kerala since its first appeared in the coastal...
Modi's new budget faces jobs crisis test in India
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 22 hours agoWe are thinking of getting Apple to come and make a few iPhones here,” Mr Roy said. “These are not things that 70% of India's population consumes. We...