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POD | Zuma Press 16 May 2013

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May 16, 2013 – Chittagong, Bangladesh – Bangladeshi police urge people to move to safer areas ahead of the arrival of tropical cyclone Mahasen in Chittagong, Bangladesh. People living in coastal areas in Bangladesh and Myanmar are being evacuated as cyclone Mahasen is expected to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday, according to news reports. (Credit Image: © Monirul Alam/ZUMAPRESS.com)

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POD | Zuma Press 06 April 2013

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April 6, 2013 – Dhaka, Bangladesh – Islamic activists march to Dhaka’s business hub Motijheel turning it into a human sea as thousands of people poured into the area to join the mass rally of radical Islamist organization Hefajat-e Islam to press home its 13-point demands including capital punishment of atheist bloggers for ‘defaming’ Islam and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). (Credit Image: © Monirul Alam/ZUMAPRESS.com)

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POD | Zuma Press 28 March 2013

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March 28, 2013 – Dhaka, Bangladesh – Police point a gun at a home owner during a search for protesters who took part in a nationwide strike called by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The BNP and its allies enforced a 36 hour general strike across the country mainly to demand the release of more than 150 of their leaders and activists detained earlier this month. (Credit Image: © Monirul Alam/ZUMAPRESS.com)

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Bangladesh Marks Anniversary of ‘Operation Searchlight’

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March 25, 2013 – Dhaka, Bangladesh – Marchers lit candles to remember the victims of ”Operation Searchlight,” the 1971 military operation carried out by the Pakistan Army to curb the Bengali nationalist movement. (Credit Image: © Monirul Alam/ZUMAPRESS.com)

POD | Zuma Press 11 March 2013

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March 11, 2013 – Dhaka, Bangladesh – BNP acting secretary MIRZA FAKHRUL ISLAM ALAMGIR (C) is detained after members and supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) clashed with police Monday. Hundreds of stone-throwing anti-government protesters were denouncing the trials of several opposition politicians accused of crimes stemming from the country’s 1971 independence war. © Monirul Alam

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POD | Zuma Press 10 March 2013

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March 10, 2013 – Dhaka, Bangladesh – Bangladeshi Hindu devotees perform rituals to celebrate Maha Shivaratri, the great night of Shiva, at a temple in Narayangonj Kali Mandi on the outskirts of Dhaka. The Hindu festival is marked by fasting and offering prayers in a night-long vigil. Maha Shivaratri, literally meaning the night of Shiva, is celebrated on the 13th night and 14th day of the Maagha or Phalguna month of the Hindu calendar every year with an aim to please the all powerful Lord Shiva. © Monirul Alam

 

Protests Against Jamaat-e-Islami In Bangladesh

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Protesters gather during a demonstration against Jamaat-e-Islami, at Motijhil area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 27 February 2013. The protestors were demanding the death penalty for war criminals and a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS). Protests against Jamaat-e-Islami have been held in Dhaka since 05 February with demonstrators demanding the party’s leaders be executed for war crimes committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 against Pakistan. © Monirul Alam

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POD | Zuma Press 25 Feb. 2013

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Protesters gather during a demonstration against Jamaat-e-Islami, at Mirpure-10 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 February 2013. The protestors were demanding the death penalty for war criminals and a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS). Protests against Jamaat-e-Islami have been held in Dhaka since 05 February with demonstrators demanding the party’s leaders be executed for war crimes committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 against Pakistan. © Monirul Alam

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