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The Bangladesh famine of 1974 (Bengali: ১৯৭৪-এর দুর্ভিক্ষ, romanized: 1974-Ēr Durbhikkho) began in March 1974 and ended in about December of the same year. The famine is considered one of the worst in the 20th century; it was characterised by massive flooding along the Brahmaputra River as well as high mortality.
Prostitution is legal in Bangladesh, but the Bangladesh constitution provides that the "State shall endeavor to prevent gambling and prostitution." Various provisions of different laws prohibit child prostitution, forced prostitution, solicitation and the keeping of unlicensed brothels . Vagrancy laws are sometimes used against prostitutes, and ...
e. The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, also known as July Revolution, [ d] was a series of anti-government [ e] and pro- democracy [ f] protests in Bangladesh, spearheaded primarily by university students. Initially focused on restructuring quota-based systems for government job recruitment, the movement expanded against what many ...
Per Harvard’s study, nearly half a million raffle entrants, 75% were millennial or Gen Z, and more than 65% actually went on to vote. Washington, the actress and activist who played a political ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration has decided to lift a ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Friday, reversing a three-year-old policy ...
Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY. August 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM. A group of 100 seniors set aside their ballroom dancing shoes to watch a breakdancing display at a care home event in Framlingham, UK. After the ...
Sheikh Hasina Wazed[ a] (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. [ 3][ 4] She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first president of Bangladesh. Having served for a combined total ...
July 31, 2024 at 3:19 AM. By Samia Nakhoul, Stephen Farrell. DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) -Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader who was killed in Iran, was the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's ...