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New Delhi: Amid chaos in Bangladesh – where violent protests over a jobs quota has seen over 400 deaths and the enforced resignation of Sheikh Hasina as Prime Minister – a sobering video has emerged of destruction wrought on the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area. On Monday as violence raged across the…
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Activists clash with the police during a song march to remember victims of the recent countrywide deadly clashes, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh observed a day of mourning on July 30 in memory of more than 200 people killed in recent weeks during violence that evolved from student…
Students clash with police during a protest over the allocation of government jobs, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP For the first time, the Bangladesh government on Monday officially acknowledged that 150 people were killed across the country during the students’ unrest over the quota system. Violence gripped Bangladesh recently…
People take part in a protest march against the mass arrest and killing of protesters during last week’s violence amid anti-qouta protests, in Dhaka on July 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The mobile internet connection was restored in Bangladesh on July 28, 10 days after it was shut down by the authorities across the…
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People take part in a protest march against the mass arrest and killing of protesters during last week’s violence amid anti-qouta protests, in Dhaka on July 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The mobile internet connection was restored in Bangladesh on July 28, 10 days after it was shut down by the authorities across the…
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Nearly 200 are dead from violent student protests and firing by forces in Bangladesh – is PM Sheikh Hasina, who won elections just a few months ago, losing her grip on gen-next, and will the unrest India’s closest neighbour is grappling with, spill over? But first, Bangladesh is taking a pause from days of brutal…
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A demonstrator gestures as protesters clash with Border Guard Bangladesh and the police, as violence erupted across the country after anti-quota protests by students, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina imposed a nationwide curfew last week and used the Army to quell protests against job…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits a vandalized metro rail station at Mirpur 10, in Dhaka. | Photo Credit: PTI Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wept on July 25 as she surveyed the destruction wrought by days of deadly unrest, as student leaders weighed the future of the protests that sparked the disorder. Last week’s…
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The student group which led this month’s protests has suspended demonstrations until at least Friday. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Garment factories and banks reopened in Bangladesh Wednesday after authorities eased a curfew imposed to contain deadly clashes sparked by student protests over civil service employment quotas. Last week’s violence killed at least 186 people, according to an…
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police van transports protesters to the court, after their arrest in Dhaka on July 23, 2024. The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on July 23, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest. | Photo Credit: AFP The number of arrests in days…
