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REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir HossainDHAKA, July 28 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party rallied in the capital on Friday to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and call for general elections to be held under a caretaker government. This can only be achieved through a free and fair election, which is not possible under the current regime," senior BNP leader Abdul Moyeen Khan told Reuters. BNP supporters joined the rally in Dhaka from different parts of the country amid allegations of obstructions by police. The opposition and rights groups have criticised the government for cracking down on anti-government protests. Concern flared after accusations of vote-rigging and the targeting of the political opposition marred national elections in 2014 and 2018.
Persons: Mohammad Ponir Hossain, Sheikh Hasina’s, Khaleda Zia, Hasina, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Sana Ullah, Mirza Abbas, Khaleda, Sheikh Hasina, Ruma Paul, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP, Bangladesh Awami League, REUTERS, Reuters, Hasina’s Awami League, Thomson Locations: Naya Palton, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mohammad Ponir Hossain DHAKA, Chittagong, United States
Ms. Hanif’s family history illustrates how Bangladeshi Kensington came to be. While the corner is often a male-dominated space, she and other Bangladeshi American women have carved out their own places there. Ms. Saeed wants to buy a house, but real estate in Kensington has become far too expensive. Ms. Saeed also faced opposition as she was growing up, from relatives on her mother’s side who frowned upon dance. With other public spaces so dominated by men, Ms. Ferdous sees it as vital that women gather to keep their traditions alive.
Persons: Shahana Hanif, Hanif’s, Hanif, Radhuni, Ms, Mir Hossain, Hossain, , , Sala Miah, Rubel, Tarek Aziz, Uddin, Farojan Saeed, Syed Rehan, Saeed, Annie Ferdous, Ferdous, Eid, Mr, Mahmud Organizations: Young, City Council, Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts, Bangladeshi Institute of Performing Arts, McDonald Locations: Kensington, Bangladesh, Pakistan, , United States, America, Bengal, Noakhali, Chittagong, Sandwip, Brooklyn, East, South America, Colombia, Panama, Dhaka, Bangladeshi, Manhattan, East New York, Jackson Heights, Ozone, New York, Motiul, Philadelphia, Jessore District, Jamaica, Queens
DHAKA, April 20 (Reuters) - Bangladesh is being forced to cut power to millions of people as a relentless heatwave has led to a surge in demand for power resulting in massive electricity supply shortfalls. Greater use of irrigation pumps by farmers and an increase in commercial activity due to preparations for festivities for the end of the holy month of Ramadan have contributed to increased power demand, officials say. Power shortages have been most severe at night, government data showed. The average maximum temperature in Dhaka was 6.5% higher during the seven days ended on Tuesday, compared with the week before, government data showed. Overall electricity supply fell short of demand by 6.2% over the seven days to Tuesday, government data showed, as demand surged nearly 15% compared with the preceding seven days.
At least six killed in blast at oxygen plant in Bangladesh
  + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
DHAKA, March 4 (Reuters) - At least six people were killed and several injured on Saturday when a fire broke out following an explosion at an oxygen plant in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said. The death toll could rise as a rescue operation was ongoing at the plant at Sitakunda, 40 km (25 miles) from the southeastern port city of Chittagong, they added. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion, a fire service official said. “Six bodies were recovered from the site," local government official Shahadat Hossain told Reuters, adding a rescue operation was continuing. A massive fire at a container depot in the area killed 50 people and injured nearly 200 in June last year.
A Bangladeshi boy was locked in a shipping container for days, the Malaysian National News Agency said. A viral video on Reddit showed a disoriented and confused Fahim emerging from the container. The Times of India reported that Fahim was playing hide and seek, hid in the container, and got locked inside. On Reddit, a viral video showed the child being discovered in the container, disoriented and confused after days without food or water. The video showed authorities taking him away on a stretcher.
Dintre cele aproape 18 000 de imagini primite, National Geographic a ales zece câștigătoare pentru ediția din acest an a concursului Traveler Photo. Mențiune: „O noapte la Deadveli”, de Beth McCarley„Cu o noapte înainte să mă întorc la Windhoek, am petrecut câteva ore la Deadveli. La finalul unei confruntări, luptătorii se odihnesc lângă pereții arenei, acoperindu-și corpul cu pământ, pentru a absorbi transpirația și a se feri de răceală. Mențiune: „Rinoceri albi”, de Stefane Berube„Cu o noapte înainte să fac această fotografie, am încercat toată ziua să prind un cadru bun cu rinocerul alb, specie amenințată. Mențiune: „Muntenii”, de Bartłomiej Jurecki„La strânsul tradițional al fânului în Polonia, se folosesc încă furca și coasa”, explică Jurecki.
Persons: - lea, Faisal, Ahmed Al, Toqi, Beth McCarley, Sarah Wouters, Alain Schroeder, Schroeder, Berube, Stefano, Eduard Guțescu Organizations: National Geographic Locations: Revillagigedo, Mexic, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Oman, Deadveli, Windhoek, Kushti, Monte Lagazuoi, Polonia, România
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