2,000 Bangladeshis move out of Libya

Evacuation begins
About 2,000 Bangladesh nationals have reached Egypt, Tunisia and Greece from trouble-torn Libya by road and ship, the government said Saturday.
An additional 6,000 Bangladeshis are expected to leave Libya in a day or two, it said.
Bangladesh has requested the international communities, including Egypt, Tunisia and

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Safe exit not only worry

Bangladeshis Trapped in Libya
Safe exit not only worry
Thousands without food, water; Egypt denies entry to 400
Thousands of desperate Bangladeshis are crying for food, water and a safe exit from violence-riven Libya, witnesses said yesterday amid unfolding scenes of deepening chaos in the sprawling desert country.
Brega, or Marsa Al Brega, about a 1,000km east of Tripoli, is just one area where at least 600 Bangladeshis are struggling to survive hungry days in a so-called

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Bangladeshis in Egypt safe

Says foreign ministry
Bangladeshis living in Egypt faced no troubles so far in the African country where tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets demanding the president’s resignation.
“Our people in their workplaces in Egypt are safe,” Wahidur Rahman, director general (Africa) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told The Daily Star yesterday

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BSF tortures 2 Bangladeshis

Two Bangladeshi cattle traders, who were tortured and left unconscious by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in border areas of the district’s sadar upazila, are fighting for life at Satkhira Sadar Hospital.
Of the two, Rafiqul Islam, 35, is from Sultanpur of Satkhira town and Fazlur Rahman, 45, from Mahmudur village of sadar upazila

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