Bangladeshi Students Who Led Protests Against Sheikh Hasina Launch Party
Dhaka: Bangladeshi students, who played a key role in overthrowing the government last year, announced a new political party, the latest group in fierce political battles ahead of the expected election. The new Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad, or democratic student council, includes a group of powerful students (SAD) who led the uprising that defeated former Prime […]
Bangladeshi protesters destroy ex-PM’s family home symbolising independence | Bangladesh
Thousands of protests in Bangladesh have been angry at the expulsion of the former Prime Minister Shakhacina by destroying the family's house of a family that symbolizes the independence of the country. The attack was caused by a speech that Hashina was given to supporters from exile in India. The critic accused her for being […]
700 Bangladeshi Terrorists, Death Row Convicts Still On Run After Jailbreak
Dhaka: About 700 Bangladeshi prison inmates remain at large after a mass jailbreak in the summer amid the student revolution that ousted Bangladeshi dictator and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, authorities said Wednesday. Sheikh Hasina fled to India in August after the government collapsed at the height of a popular uprising, where she remains. In […]
Bangladeshi Students On Alert, To Remain On Streets To Resist Chaos
With no police in sight, students patrolled the streets leading to Hasina’s former residence on Thursday. Dhaka: Hundreds of Bangladeshi students carrying bamboo sticks patrolled the site of a planned rally in support of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, vowing to quash any show of force. As student protests flooded the streets of Dhaka […]
Protesters Outside UK Parliament Condemn Violence Against Bangladeshi Hindus
Amid the recent surge in violence, protesters chanted slogans calling for peace and equality. London: Large crowds gathered outside London’s Houses of Parliament on Saturday to protest what they say is violence against minority Hindus and other groups in Bangladesh following the resignation and departure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier this week. Protesters […]
Bangladeshi journalists hopeful for return to press freedom as Hasina era ends | Global development
Bangladeshi journalists hope that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation will mark an end to an era of censorship and fear, and prepare to hold a new caretaker government to account. Arrests, abuses and enforced disappearances by Bangladeshi security forces have dogged journalists for much of Hasina’s 15 years in power, preventing them from reporting on […]
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Resigns and Flees the Country After Deadly Protests
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and fled the country after a month of massive anti-government protests. On Sunday, thousands of protesters stormed the presidential palace of Hasina, reportedly killing at least 90 people. The total death toll from the protests has now exceeded 300, most of them civilians shot dead by police. […]
Bangladeshi MP Was Smothered With Pillow After Entering Flat: Report
State police recovered partial human bones near a canal in South 24 Palgansu area on Sunday (File) Kolkata: Bangladeshi lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anal was suffocated to death with a pillow soon after entering his apartment in New Town near here, West Bengal Crime Branch officials claimed on Wednesday. He added that Mohammed Siyam Hussain, who […]
Dozens killed in building fire in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka | World news
A fire broke out in a seven-story building in an upscale residential area of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, killing at least 43 people and injuring dozens more. “So far, 43 people have died in the fire,” Bangladesh Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen said late Thursday after visiting the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and the adjoining burn […]
Missing Hotel Worker Found Dead, Bangladeshi Male Arrested
A 32-year-old Bangladeshi citizen has been arrested after the disappearance of Anastadja Rubinska, who was found dead while searching for a missing Polish man in Greece. Top news in both Poland and Greece today is the case of Anastaja Lubinska, a 27-year-old Polish migrant worker who disappeared from the island of Kos last Monday under […]
