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FILE- In this Oct. 22, 2020 file photo, people wearing masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus assemble to offer prayers at Dhakeshwari Temple during Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh is enforcing a lockdown for a week from Monday, shutting shopping malls and transportation, to help curb the spread of coronavirus as the rate of infections and deaths have increased in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu,File )
Bangladesh enforcing weeklong lockdown amid virus surge

Apr. 05, 2021 02:38 AM EDT

A group of protestors walk with wooden sticks during a clash with another group after Friday prayers at Baitul Mokarram mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 26, 2021. Witnesses said violent clashes broke out after one faction of protesters began waving their shoes as a sign of disrespect to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and another group tried to stop them. Local media said the protesters who tried to stop the shoe-waving are aligned with the ruling Awami League party. The party criticized the other protest faction for attempting to create chaos in the country during Modi’s visit. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
4 die in clashes set off by India's Modi visiting Bangladesh

By Julhas Alam Mar. 26, 2021 04:05 AM EDT

Shafiqul Islam, 67, owner of Arrival Fashion Ltd., stands for a photograph at his factory in Gazipur, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, March 13, 2021. Islam was studying business at Dhaka College in 1971 when a bloody and brutal war for independence ravaged Bangladesh. After undergoing guerrilla training in India, he returned to fight against Pakistani soldiers. “In 1971, we jumped in and never looked back because we knew independence had to come. Otherwise, this nation won’t survive,” he said. “But that wasn't the end. We still have a way to go but our heart is always with the motherland.” (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence

By Julhas Alam And Krutika Pathi Mar. 24, 2021 01:15 AM EDT

Bangladeshi students clash with police during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 1, 2021. About 300 student activists rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday to denounce the death in prison of Mushtaq Ahmed, a writer and commentator who was arrested last year on charges of violating a sweeping digital security law that critics say chokes freedom of expression. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Bangladesh High Court grants bail to imprisoned cartoonist

By Julhas Alam Mar. 03, 2021 06:55 AM EST

Bangladeshi students overturn security barricades outside the Home Ministry during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 1, 2021. About 300 student activists rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday to denounce the death in prison of Mushtaq Ahmed, a writer and commentator who was arrested last year on charges of violating a sweeping digital security law that critics say chokes freedom of expression. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
300 activists rally in Bangladesh to denounce prison death

By Julhas Alam Mar. 01, 2021 03:24 AM EST

Protesters offer Friday prayers as they protest the death in prison of a writer who was arrested on charges of violating the sweeping digital security, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Mushtaq Ahmed, 53, was arrested in Dhaka in May last year for making comments on social media that criticized the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. He had been denied bail at least six times. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Bangladeshis protest prison death of commentator

By Julhas Alam Feb. 26, 2021 04:53 AM EST

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi inspects and watches the vaccination processes to health workers at a hospital Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Health workers in Myanmar on Wednesday became the country's first people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, just five days after the first vaccine supply was delivered from India. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
Asia Today: South Korea adds 559 cases, highest in 10 days

Jan. 26, 2021 09:09 PM EST

Rohingya refugees board a ship as they are ferried to Bhashan Char, or floating island, in the Bay of Bengal, from Chittagong, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Authorities in Bangladesh have begun relocating thousands of Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process. (AP Photo/Saleh Noman)
First Rohingya refugees arrive at isolated Bangladesh island

By Julhas Alam Dec. 04, 2020 05:11 AM EST

In this photo made from UNTV video, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, at UN Headquarters. (UNTV Via AP )
Women's issues at UN: Still 'too low down on the agenda'

By Jennifer Peltz Sep. 29, 2020 06:39 PM EDT

Mohammed Shahed, center, the owner of two hospitals that issued thousands of fake coronavirus test reports is brought by helicopter after being arrested by Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion personnel in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday July 15, 2020. Shahed, a member of the governing party who regularly appeared on TV talk shows, was arrested Wednesday near the Indian border as he attempted to flee the country to India. (AP Photo/Sourav Lasker)
Bangladeshi hospital owner arrested over fake virus tests

Jul. 16, 2020 08:33 PM EDT

Packages meant for COVID-19 patients lay wrapped before being distributed by Bidyanondo Foundation in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, June 6, 2020. The Bangladeshi group of volunteers is providing COVID-19 patients with fruit baskets and “get well soon” cards to keep their spirits up amid reports that many patients are being ostracized by their families and neighbors. The group stepped in after disturbing news reports that a woman has been abandoned in a forest by her family after she developed coronavirus symptoms. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)
Bangladeshi group sends cards, baskets to COVID-19 patients

By Julhas Alam Jun. 18, 2020 01:18 AM EDT

Workers in protective suits check people's names on the list who were either living surrounding the Xinfadi wholesale market or have visited to the market to get a nucleic acid test at a stadium in Beijing, Sunday, June 14, 2020. China is reporting its highest daily total of coronavirus cases in two months after the capital's biggest wholesale food market was shut down following a resurgence in local infections. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Asia Today: China sees 57 new cases, Bangladesh over 3,000

Jun. 13, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

Bangladeshi Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers in Dhaka, Monday, May 25, 2020. The holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, a usually joyous three-day celebration has been significantly toned down as coronavirus cases soar. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)
Muslims in India, Bangladesh celebrate Eid subdued by virus

By Julhas Alam May. 25, 2020 03:14 AM EDT

Bangladeshi garment workers block a road demanding their unpaid wages during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, April 16, 2020. Hundreds of Bangladeshi workers who produce garments for global brands protested in Dhaka and blocked a highway outside the capital on Thursday to demand unpaid wages during a nationwide lockdown that has forced most factories to suspend operations. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)
Bangladesh garment workers seek unpaid wages as orders stop

By Julhas Alam Apr. 16, 2020 09:22 AM EDT