Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned following weeks of deadly protests against the government. In an address to the nation, army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced on Monday the formation of an interim government following talks with political parties….
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Sheikh Hasina’s departure appears to have defused the high tension in Dhaka, where more deadly protests were feared on Monday. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country in the face of ongoing protests. The longtime leader of the country has boarded a military…
Tension is rising as protesters call for mass mobilisation in the face of deadly crackdown and national curfew. Defying a deadly crackdown and national curfew, protesters in Bangladesh have called for a mass march on the capital Dhaka. The student groups at the forefront of the protests urged a siege…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Protests over a jobs quota system have morphed into a wider antigovernment movement across the country of 170 million people. More than 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a new round of violence in Bangladesh as police fired tear gas and lobbed stun…
Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters have crowded into a central Dhaka square for mass protests, demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign following a deadly police crackdown. Asif Mahmud, one of the key protest leaders in a nationwide civil disobedience campaign, asked supporters to be ready to fight. “Prepare bamboo sticks and…
Crowds hit the streets in large numbers as student leaders press the government for more concessions. Protesters in Bangladesh have taken to the streets to demand justice for the more than 200 people killed in last month’s student-led demonstrations over quotas in government jobs. The large protests on Saturday came…
Meanwhile, the home minister says at least 147 people were killed during the violence over government job quotas. Bangladesh has restored mobile internet, 11 days after a nationwide blackout was imposed to contain deadly protests over quotas in government jobs. The South Asian nation’s 4G mobile internet services resumed on…
Home minister says three student leaders taken into custody ‘for their own security’ and were being questioned. Bangladeshi authorities have taken three student leaders, who helped coordinate rallies against government job quotas, from a hospital following days of deadly nationwide protests and state-imposed curfews and communication blocks. Officers reportedly forced…
Bangladesh Information Minister Mohammad Arafat talks to Al Jazeera about deadly anti-quota protests and unrest. Bangladesh has recently seen some of its worst violence in decades – violence sparked by student protests against a government-job quota system that demonstrators say favoured supporters of the ruling Awami League party. The Country’s…
Bangladesh’s minister of state for information and broadcasting has defended the government’s handling of mass protests, as United Nations experts called for an independent investigation into the government’s deadly crackdown on demonstrators. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Thursday, Mohammad Arafat said the country’s security forces had done…
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