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Dhaka-Calcutta train link resumes| The passenger train service (Maitreyi, or Friendship, Express) has resumed after an interval of more than 40 years | |
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| Apr.14 |
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 Riots spread as food prices skyrocket| Riots from Haiti to Bangladesh to Egypt over the soaring costs of basic foods have and catapulted it to the forefront of the world's attention | |
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| Apr.24 |
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  Report ties U.S. retailers to sweatshop| Several leading retailers received shrimp from plants in Thailand and Bangladesh where workers as young as 8 are subject to sweatshop conditions | |
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| Jun.9 |
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18,000 held 'political crackdown'| Police have detained or arrested more than 18,000 people in the last 11 days in a crackdown on crime aimed at improving security ahead of elections | |
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| Nov. 3 |
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Government schedules general elections| The government schedules general elections on December 18, which will end the rule of the one and half year military-backed interim government | |
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