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Bangladesh

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Life-Saving Golden Rice Finally Gets to Poor Farmers Despite Environmentalist Opposition

Bangladesh announces that it will allow its farmers to plant this genetically improved crop

Ronald Bailey | 3.7.2019 5:55 PM

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Free Press

Third Secular Blogger Hacked to Death in Last Three Months

Bangladesh prime minister too busy dealing with political disorder

Ed Krayewski | 5.19.2015 2:17 PM

World

Bangladesh Court Sentences Opposition Leader, 13 Others to Death

Over a decade-old arms smuggling case

Reason Staff | 1.30.2014 3:45 PM

World

Bangladesh Factory Owners Face Homicide Charges

Over the deaths of 112 workers in a fire

Reason Staff | 12.31.2013 5:10 PM

Politics

Four Killed in Clashes Following Execution of Islamic Opposition Leader in Bangladesh

Abdul Quader Mollah was convicted of war crimes

Reason Staff | 12.13.2013 9:30 AM

World

Bangladesh Executes Islamist Party Leader Convicted of Committing War Crimes During Bangladesh Independence War

Hanged by neck until dead

Reason Staff | 12.12.2013 2:10 PM

Politics

Execution of Bangladeshi Islamist Opposition Leader Upheld

The news prompted violent protests

Reason Staff | 12.12.2013 8:00 AM

World

Bangladesh Halts Execution of Opposition Leader

Attorneys ask for another review

Reason Staff | 12.10.2013 3:30 PM

World

More Than 150 Soldiers in Bangladesh Sentenced to Death Over Crimes During 2009 Mutiny

Murder, rape, looting

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 11:10 AM

Politics

Opposition Politician Sentenced To Death in Bangladesh

Found guilty of war crimes

Reason Staff | 10.1.2013 9:30 AM

World

Fourth Days of Protests For Higher Wages in Bangladesh Factory District Turns Violent

Protesters want minimum wage tripled to about $100 a month

Reason Staff | 9.24.2013 6:40 PM

World

Riots in Bangladesh After Islamist Leader Sentenced to Death

Abdul Molla convicted of war crimes in the 1971 war for independence from Pakistan

Reason Staff | 9.17.2013 10:10 AM

World

Bangladesh Charges Human Rights Watch With Contempt of Court for Criticizing Conviction of Islamist Leader

91-year-old Ghulam Azam was convicted of war crimes committed in the 1971 independence war

Reason Staff | 8.20.2013 8:36 AM

World

Dozens Injured in Bangladesh Protests

Strike called by Islamic political party upset about rejection by government

Reason Staff | 8.13.2013 11:52 AM

Politics

Bangladesh's Largest Islamic Party Banned From Next General Election

Court has ruled that its regulations oppose secularism

Reason Staff | 8.1.2013 9:32 AM

Politics

Bangladeshi Islamist Politician Sentenced To Death

Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid was found guilty of crimes committed during 1971 war of independence

Reason Staff | 7.17.2013 7:00 AM

World

War Crimes Court Finds Bangladesh Islamist Guilty

Led country' main Islamist party from 1969 to 2000

Reason Staff | 7.15.2013 9:24 AM

World

Companies Move Forward with Bangladesh Safety Guidelines

Increasing oversight on factories overseas

Reason Staff | 7.8.2013 11:30 AM

Science & Technology

Tropical Storm Hits Bangladesh

At least 12 dead

Reason Staff | 5.16.2013 10:36 AM

World

Memorial Held for Bangladesh Building Collapse Victims

1,127 died

Reason Staff | 5.14.2013 9:00 AM

World

Bangladesh Building Collapse Rescue Operations Coming to an End

Upward of 1,000 bodies recovered

Reason Staff | 5.13.2013 11:48 AM

World

Rescuers Free Survivor From Bangladesh Factory 17 Days After Collapse

Death toll has passed 1,000

Reason Staff | 5.10.2013 7:32 AM

World

Eight Killed in Factory Fire in Bangladesh

Separate from the more than 900 dead from another factory collapse

Reason Staff | 5.9.2013 11:52 AM

World

Death Toll From Bangladesh Building Collapse Hits 931

Collapsed on April 24, bodies still being recovered

Reason Staff | 5.9.2013 7:32 AM

World

Opposition Party in Bangladesh Claims Hundreds Killed in Mass Protests, Calls For More Protests

Declined to provide any evidence for claim; AFP reports 38 people killed in street violence

Reason Staff | 5.7.2013 2:28 PM

World

22 Dead in Protests in Bangladesh Demanding Death Penalty for Blasphemy

Islamic extremists upset government's said country governed by liberal, secular laws

Reason Staff | 5.6.2013 10:12 AM

World

Protesters Clash With Police Over Failed Anti-Blasphemy Law in Bangladesh

Islamic activists want a strict anti-blasphemy law, which the PM rejected on the grounds the country is governed by liberal, secular laws

Reason Staff | 5.6.2013 7:48 AM

Civil Liberties

Three Bangladeshis Die in Violent Islamist Demonstrations

Protesters want to ban blasphemy, hang atheists

Reason Staff | 5.5.2013 6:03 PM

Politics

Shikha Dalmia on Huff Post Live at 9.15 EST Discussing the Bangladesh Factory Collapse

Reason Staff | 4.29.2013 7:42 PM

World

Eight-Story Building Collapses in Bangladesh, Killing At Least 70

More trapped in the rubble of a building that held 2,000

Reason Staff | 4.24.2013 7:56 AM

World

Bangladesh Targeting Bloggers, Media Critics

Five arrested this month

Reason Staff | 4.16.2013 7:10 PM

Politics

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Rejects Blasphemy Law

Sheikh Hasina thinks the laws already in place are good enough

Reason Staff | 4.8.2013 10:04 AM

World

Bangladesh President Dies in Singapore

Position largely ceremonial

Reason Staff | 3.20.2013 1:00 PM

World

At Least 23 Dead in Clashes in Bangladesh After Islamist Leader Sentenced to Death

Including 3 police officers

Reason Staff | 2.28.2013 10:20 AM

World

Islamist Leader Sentenced to Death in Bangladesh

For role in murders, torture, rapes during 1971 war of independence

Reason Staff | 2.28.2013 8:20 AM

World

Four Killed in Protests in Bangladesh

Clashes with police over war crimes trials

Reason Staff | 2.22.2013 6:30 PM

Policy

Walmart Declined Plan to Make Bangladesh Factories Safer

Objected to the costs of improvement, according to meeting minutes

Reason Staff | 12.5.2012 6:52 PM

World

After Factory Fire, Bangladesh Textile Workers Want Better Safety

More than 100 killed in deadly weekend blaze

Reason Staff | 11.26.2012 10:52 PM

World

23 Saved, 50 Missing in Bangladesh Boat Capsizing

Boat contained illegal migrants on way to Malaysia

Reason Staff | 11.7.2012 2:37 PM

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Worried About Image After Foiled Bomb Plot

Considers itself a moderate Muslim country

Reason Staff | 10.19.2012 2:12 PM

World

Hundreds of Buddhists Flee Bangladesh Villages Over Muslim Violence

Thousands of Muslims set fire to Buddhist temples and homes, saying they were retaliating for a Facebook photo of a burned Koran

Reason Staff | 10.1.2012 11:24 AM

Politics

Anti-American Protests Across Bangladesh

Government has already blocked Youtube trailer for "Innocence of Muslims"

Reason Staff | 9.23.2012 11:02 AM

World

Anti-American March in Bangladesh Blocked Off Before Arriving at Embassy

Up to 10,000 Islamists marched a mile and a half before being blocked by local police, who were happy the march was peaceful

Reason Staff | 9.14.2012 2:30 PM

Policy

Rickshaw Rights

The World Bank vs. entrepreneurs

Kerry Howley | 5.1.2005 12:00 AM

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