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Achia Nila, founder of 'Women in Digital' technology center addresses a workshop at a university in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 26, 2023. Nila said many youngsters feel frustrated with corruption and bureaucracy and prefer to migrate to other countries because of “better opportunities”. Ahead of the Jan. 7 vote being boycotted by the main opposition, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is trying to woo the country’s first-time voters by carrying forward her government’s “Digital Bangladesh” project and promising a “smart Bangladesh” by 2041. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

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Young voters in Bangladesh dream of a future free from political chaos as the nation votes Sunday
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Wed,01/03/24-9:11PM , 313 Reads
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At a technology center in Bangladesh’s capital, young women huddle around a computer, discussing a coding issue. Many of them make the daily trip to Dhaka on the shining new metro rail while scouring their smartphones for the latest on social media.
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People light candles to pay tribute to victims of a massive fire at the BM Inland Container Depot, at Chittagong as they gather at Shahid Minar in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, June 6, 2022. Authorities in Bangladesh were still struggling Monday to determine the cause of the devastating fire that killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

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Container depot fire spotlights Bangladesh industrial safety
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Sun,06/05/22-11:45PM , 131 Reads
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh struggled Monday to determine the cause of a devastating fire that killed at least 41 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others at a shipping container storage depot, as experts raised concerns over the country's industrial safety standards.
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