Four die in clashes set off by India’s Modi visiting Bangladesh
Dhaka, BangladeshAP At least four people were killed and scores injured in violent protests Friday set off by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival in Bangladesh to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence. The casualties happened after students from a prominent madrasa or Islamic school and members of an Islamist group clashed with police in […]
Widow of Bangladeshi ship-breaking worker free to sue UK-based firm
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation A Bangladeshi woman whose husband died while dismantling an oil tanker at a ship-breaking yard in 2018 can file a negligence claim against a British company involved in the vessel’s sale, London’s High Court ruled this week. Khalil Mollah, 32, fell to his death while working on a tanker called the […]