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From 'Banker' to 'Bloodsucker': The Trials of Muhammad Yunus
Time via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoThe Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate renowned for fighting poverty is now fighting against what...
Coca-Cola ad denying ties to Israel sparks outrage in Bangladesh
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 weeks agoAn advertisement distancing Coca-Cola from Israel sparked a backlash in Bangladesh even as the...
Myanmar's Rohingya in the crosshairs as fighting escalates in Rakhine
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoMyanmar's Muslim-minority Rohingya community is once again under threat of attacks and displacement as fighting between a powerful ethnic army and the country's ruling junta escalates in the ...
Zimbabwe wins final T20 by eight wickets to avoid series sweep against Bangladesh
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoZimbabwe avoided a series clean sweep by beating Bangladesh by eight wickets in the fifth and final Twenty20 match on Sunday. After being put in to bat, Bangladesh made 157-6 but Brian Bennett ...
Activists in Bangladesh march through universities to demand end to Israel-Hamas war
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoThousands of activists in Bangladesh backed by the ruling party's student wing marched through...
Rohingya who moved to island in Bangladesh are learning job skills, says Japanese charity chief
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoJapan's Nippon Foundation will spend $2 million to help move tens of thousands more Rohingya...
Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoAs a speed boat carrying more than a dozen Somali pirates bore down on their position in the western Indian Ocean, the crew of a Bangladeshi-owned bulk carrier sent out a distress signal and ...
Today in History: March 13, Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina becomes Pope Francis
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoOn March 13, 2013, Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope, choosing the name Francis. In 1781, the seventh planet of the solar system, Uranus, was discovered by Sir William Herschel.
For the first time, Myanmar forces flee into Bangladesh during fighting with an ethnic armed group
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoMore than 100 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police have fled their posts and taken shelter in...
Israel’s war in Gaza has exposed a deepening global divide
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 months agoTo supporters, South Africa’s case against Israel’s war in Gaza is a fight against racial injustice....