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DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Police used batons, rubber bullets and teargas to clear the streets of the capital as rioting Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters called for a general strike.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Clashes broke out in Bangladesh's capital Sunday during a nationwide strike called by the opposition, authorities said.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, June 22 (UPI) -- A Bangladesh court ruling says it was the late Sheik Mujibur Rahman, who proclaimed the country's freedom, thus preserving his father of the nation title.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Two former Bangladeshi prime ministers are trading accusations about alleged assassination plots against them in the lead-up to parliamentary elections.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The Bangladeshi military-backed interim government, agreeing to the demand of one of the main parties, has postponed the country's election date.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A Bangladeshi high court granted bail to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, detained a year ago by the military-backed interim government on corruption charges.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 7 (UPI) -- Tarique Rahman, son of detained former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, has been accused in a $3.2 million bribe and murder case.
UPI Almanac for Wednesday, March 19, 2008.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A Bangladesh high court stopped former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's corruption trial, ruling the current emergency laws cannot be applied in her case.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The trial of former Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina, accused of corruption by the military-backed emergency government, opened Wednesday in Dhaka.
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