Organisation: Dhaka Metropolitan Police

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Woman and a teenager blow themselves up during raid on suspected militant hideout

A woman and a teenager believed to be linked to a banned Islamist militant group blew themselves up during a police raid on a two-storey house in Bangladesh's capital.

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15 die in violent Bangladesh protests

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Woman killed in Bangladesh fire

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Pakistan Minister offers $100,000 reward for death of US filmmaker

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Bangladesh charges 1,000 border guards over mutiny massacre

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Police search home of detained former Bangladesh PM Zia

Bangladesh police arrest former PM on corruption charges

Police in Bangladesh arrested former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on corruption charges today, the latest in a series of moves by the military-backed government to undermine a political elite widely viewed as corrupt.

Mon, 03 Sep, 2007

One killed, 65 injured in Bangladesh clashes

Separate clashes between rival political activists and police left one man dead and about 65 people injured, as a major political alliance in Bangladesh staged a nationwide transport blockade today to force electoral reforms, police said.

Sun, 03 Dec, 2006