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We are celebrating the golden jubilee of our country’s independence this year. Fifty years of existence of this sovereign state called Bangladesh; the Bengali people’s thousand-year yearning for statehood finally given tangible shape and form.

At least 27 Rohingya refugees were missing after their boat sank on August 14 during an attempt to escape a Bangladeshi island camp criticised by human rights groups, officials said. Nearly 20,000 Rohingya have been relocated to Bhashan Char island, which takes the full force of cyclones that roar across the Bay of Bengal each year.

At least 27 Rohingya refugees were missing after their boat sank on August 14 during an attempt to escape a Bangladeshi island camp criticised by human rights groups, officials said. Nearly 20,000 Rohingya have been relocated to Bhashan Char island, which takes the full force of cyclones that roar across the Bay of Bengal each year.