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Bangladesh set for Sheikh Mujib sentence

AFP South Asian Edition 6 days ago

A Bangladesh court was due to decide Thursday whether the convicted killers of the nation's founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, assassinated more than three decades ago, should go to the gallows. Security has been stepped up across Dhaka ahead of the expected ...

Bangladesh court upholds death sentences for coup

AP News 6 days ago

Coup plotters lose appeal against death sentences in 1975 killing of Bangladeshi leader The Supreme Court rejected final appeals Thursday by five former soldiers sentenced to death in the 1975 killing of Bangladesh's independence leader in a military coup, a government attorney ...

Bangladesh twins stable after separation op: doctors

AFP South Asian Edition 6 days ago

Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna were in serious but stable condition on Wednesday after Australian doctors separated their conjoined heads in a major operation. The two-year-olds were under close monitoring as they recover in an induced coma and on ventilators after the ...

Bangladeshi twins 'stable' after separation surgery

AFP South Asian Edition 7 days ago

Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna were in serious but stable condition on Wednesday after Australian doctors separated their conjoined heads in a major operation. The two-year-olds were under close monitoring as they recover in an induced coma and on ventilators after the ...

Bangladesh twins separated in marathon Australia surgery

AFP South Asian Edition 7 days ago

Australian doctors successfully separated joined-at-the-head Bangladeshi twins after more than 24 hours of surgery on Tuesday, saying the girls were "in great shape" but faced a difficult recovery. Two-year-old Trishna and Krishna, rescued from certain death in a Dhaka orphanage, were placed ...

Doctors separate Bangladeshi conjoined twins

AFP Global Edition 7 days ago

Australian doctors successfully separated joined-at-the-head Bangladeshi twins after more than 24 hours of surgery on Tuesday, saying the girls were "in great shape" but faced a difficult recovery. Two-year-old Trishna and Krishna, rescued from certain death in a Dhaka orphanage, were placed ...

Doctors separate Bangladesh conjoined twins

AFP Global Edition 7 days ago

Australian doctors successfully separated joined-at-the-head Bangladeshi twins after more than 24 hours of surgery on Tuesday, saying the girls were "in great shape" but faced a difficult recovery. Two-year-old Trishna and Krishna, rescued from certain death in a Dhaka orphanage, were placed ...

Bangladesh twins separated in marathon surgery

AFP Global Edition 7 days ago

Australian doctors successfully separated joined-at-the-head Bangladeshi twins after more than 24 hours of surgery on Tuesday, describing the moment as "surreal". Two-year-old Trishna and Krishna, rescued from certain death in a Dhaka orphanage, were said to be "very well" after leaving the ...

Bangladesh twins recovering after split surgery

AFP South Asian Edition 8 days ago

Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna spent their first hours apart on Tuesday after Australian doctors wrapped up marathon and high-risk surgery to separate their conjoined heads. The two-year-old girls, rescued from certain death in a Dhaka orphanage, left the operating theatre in ...

Aid worker tells of twins' miraculous journey

AFP South Asian Edition 8 days ago

When Australian aid worker Danielle Noble first saw conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna in a Bangladesh orphanage, everyone assumed they would die. But the girls have gone from being gravely ill babies to happy two-year-olds who developed a unique system of crawling, ...

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