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Bangladesh warns global crisis-management system is failing, adviser says
Bangladesh warned that the global system for managing conflicts is breaking down as wars and humanitarian crises escalate across multiple regions.
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Bangladesh to act as confident regional player, adviser for foreign affairs says
Bangladesh signaled a more assertive foreign-policy posture amid shifting global power dynamics, saying it will no longer accept a passive role in the Bay of Bengal.
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Bangladesh and Bhutan sign two new agreements on health and connectivity
Bangladesh and Bhutan signed two agreements Saturday to expand cooperation on health services and internet connectivity during Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay’s two-day visit to Dhaka.
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Deaths rise to 10 after powerful 5.7 quake rattles Bangladesh
The death toll from Friday’s 5.7-magnitude earthquake in Bangladesh has risen to 10, officials said, as reports of injuries and structural damage continued to emerge across Dhaka, Narsingdi and Narayanganj.
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Bangladesh has endured three quakes in 36 hours
A 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck Dhaka on Saturday evening, marking the third tremor to hit Bangladesh in about 36 hours, officials said.
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Six killed, hundreds hurt as earthquake rocks Dhaka region in Bangladesh
A strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck central Bangladesh on Friday, killing at least six people, including two children, and injuring several hundred, officials said.
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Earthquake knocks 1,100MW off Bangladesh grid as six plants shut down
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake on Friday knocked at least 1,100 megawatts of electricity off Bangladesh’s national grid after six power plants tripped offline, officials said.
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Bangladesh–India ties show tentative thaw as high-level talks resume and medical travel rebounds
Ties between Bangladesh and India, strained for more than a year after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government, show early signs of a cautious thaw as senior officials resume contact and cross-border medical travel rebounds.
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Restored caretaker system raises fears Bangladesh will repeat past failures and face another unelected government overstaying power
Bangladesh has once again revived the caretaker government system — a model that was once celebrated as the guardian of neutral elections but later collapsed under the weight of military interference. The Supreme Court’s decision may feel like a return to stability, but it is actually a return to a deeply unresolved problem.
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Bangladesh court restores caretaker government system
Bangladesh’s Appellate Division on Thursday struck down the 2011 verdict that abolished the country’s non-partisan caretaker government system, restoring the framework that once oversaw national elections.