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A court in Bangladesh has ordered an investigation into the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's supposed function in the death of a grocery store owner in the capital, Dhaka, during last month's student-led protests.The case submitted by Bangladeshi resident Amir Hamza versus Hasina and 6 others was accepted by Dhaka's primary urbane magistrates c.
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The Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is to lead an interim federal government in Bangladesh, urged people in the nation to avoid all kinds of violence after a mass uprising that has actually consisted of communal attacks.Concern is rising in Bangladesh and neighbouring India over continuing violent discontent after the ousting of the former prime minister ...
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Footage from a local broadcaster shows protesters looting the official residence of the prime minister in Bangladesh's capital after news that the incumbent, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and fled the country. Some of the protesters could be seen carrying chairs from the Ganabhaban.

Dozens of people have been killed in anti-government protests that...

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Many dozens of Rohingya people, including children, were killed in an artillery and drone attack that targeted civilians as they tried to flee Myanmar last week.

Civilians were trying to escape violence in Maungdaw town, Rakhine state, by crossing the Naf River into Bangladesh when they were targeted last Monday. Videos shared on social media,...

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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen to head the Bangladesh’s interim government after the nation’s longtime prime minister resigned and fled abroad in the face of violent unrest against her rule.

Known as the “banker to the poorest of the poor” and a longtime critic of the ousted Sheikh Hasina, Yunus will act as a caretaker premier until...

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Protesting students in Bangladesh have called for a march to the capital Dhaka in defiance of a nationwide curfew on Monday to press prime minister Sheikh Hasina to resign, a day after deadly clashes in the South Asian country killed nearly 100 people.

The country has been engulfed by protests and violence that began last month after student groups...

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August is the quietest month – to mangle TS Eliot’s verse – or so news editors used to think. Politicians go on holiday, governments shut down, people head for the hills or the beach. Not much happens. Not so this August. The world this month is experiencing an extraordinary peaking of volatility, instability and insecurity, unprecedented in recen...

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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a mass uprising that left hundreds of people dead and pushed the South Asian nation to the brink of chaos.

The decision, announced early on Wednesday by Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of the country’s f...

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Police in Bangladesh have actually arrested more than 10,000 individuals and prohibited a significant opposition celebration as part of a crackdown on dissent after weeks of protests. The nation has been in turmoil given that a mass trainee motion began versus quotas for government jobs. It escalated into fatal clashes when pro-government groups assaulted protesters and police ...
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The relief in Dhaka was palpable. It feels great that finally we have actually educated individuals running our federal government, said Zahin Ferdous, a 19-year-old college student, describing the new interim federal government led by the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.Ferdous was performing traffic in Bangladesh's capital, one of the volunteers trying to bring back n.
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The world’s longest-serving female leader was, according to her son, “in good spirits, but disheartened and disappointed in the lack of gratitude of the people of Bangladesh”.

After weeks of protests, more than 300 deaths and increased international criticism of her government’s slide into autocracy, the long rule of Sheikh Hasina ended on Monday...

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Lots of individuals have actually been eliminated and hundreds hurt as renewed anti-government demonstrations swept throughout Bangladesh, with protesters calling for the prime minister to resign as mobile web gain access to was cut off in an attempt to quell the unrest.The nation's leading Bengali-language day-to-day newspaper, Prothom Alo, stated at least 95 individuals, consisting of a.
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Bangladeshi reporters are hoping the resignation of the prime minister Sheikh Hasina will bring an age of censorship and worry to an end, as they prepare to hold a brand-new interim federal government to account.Arrests, abuse and required disappearances at the hands of Bangladesh's security forces have loomed over reporters for most of Hasina's 15-year rule, p.
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The Bangladesh parliament has been dissolved by the president of the country, following the resignation of its prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

After at least 300 people were killed in a violent crackdown against demonstrations which started as student protests for fairer access to government jobs, Hasina fled the country on Monday.

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Bangladesh has arrested more than 10,000 people and banned a major opposition party as part of a crackdown on dissent after weeks of protests.

The country has been in turmoil since a mass student movement began against quotas for government jobs. It escalated into deadly clashes when protesters were attacked by pro-government groups and hit by...

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After 15 years in power, Bangladesh's prime minister all of a sudden resigned and left the country. Sheikh Hasina's departure, which followed weeks of student-led demonstrations that were met with fatal force, was welcomed with jubilation on the streets of the capital, Dhaka. Over the past month, footage on the ground has revealed protesters being beaten and ...
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Hasan still has the metalpellets Bangladesh police fired at him lodged deep in his bones. Fearful he will join the growing ranks of those thrown behind bars by the state for participating in protests that have swept Bangladesh this month, Hasan has been in hiding for a week and described his state as one of “constant panic and trauma”.

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Muhammad Yunus has actually been sworn in as head of a new caretaker federal government in Bangladesh in an event that began with a minute's silence to keep in mind those who were eliminated in the recent protests.The swearing-in, led by President Mohammed Shahabuddin, was participated in by more than 1,500 guests consisting of politicians, students, demonstration planners and ...
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The organizers of Bangladesh's trainee demonstration movement were scheduled to meet the army chief, Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman, after the military revealed it would form an interim federal government following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister. On Monday, Hasina resigned and got away Bangladesh after numerous individuals were killed in a crackdown on ...
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Student activists in Bangladesh have alleged they were abducted and tortured during a violent police crackdown on the protests that have swept the country and led to the arrest of thousands of political opponents and government critics.

Nahid Islam, a Dhaka University student and one of the main organisers of the protest movement, which has been...

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A “second liberation day”. That is how Muhammad Yunus, Nobel peace laureate, hailed the moment when Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, fled by helicopter on Monday amid a huge uprising. Now the 84-year-old microfinance pioneer is to head the country’s interim government.

Mr Yunus, who is due to arrive home from France on...

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After 15 years in power, Bangladesh’s prime minister has suddenly resigned and fled the country. Sheikh Hasina’s departure came after weeks of student-led protests were met with deadly force, and has been greeted with jubilation on the streets of the capital, Dhaka.

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Students protested for fairer access to government jobs and were...

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The country's supreme court scaled backquotas on civil service jobs, which previously allocated 30% to veterans and relatives of those who fought in the 1971 Bangladesh war of independence, after widespread student-led protests and violent clashes in which more than 100 people have been killed...

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Trainees are out in force on the streets of Dhaka, no longer protesting but working to put a city back together after the dramatic occasions of the previous few days. After Monday's resignation of Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, subsequent robbery and pockets of violence suggested the preliminary jubilation rapidly turned to concern.There were ...
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The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has actually resigned and left the nation amid some of the worst violence since the birth southern Asian nation more than 50 years earlier. The country's army chief, Waker-Uz-Zaman, announced he was presuming control at 'an important time for our country' and would develop an interim government.Hasina, who ...
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Bangladesh’s top court has scaled backthe quotas on government jobs that led to widespread student-led protests and violent clashes that killed more than 100 people.

On Sunday afternoon the supreme court overturned a ruling that had reintroduced quotas for all civil service jobs, meaning that 30% were reserved for veterans and relatives of those...

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One of the most striking images from Dhaka this week has been the taking down of the statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's very first elected prime minister, and the daddy of the now ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina Wajed. Bangladesh is a country soaked in, and an item of, modern-day history. To comprehend the significance of this toppled ...
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The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and left the country, the head of the army has confirmed, amid some of the worst violence since the birth of the south Asian country more than 50 years ago.

In a briefing to reporters, Army Chief Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman announced he was assuming control at “a critical time for our country” and...

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Police in Bangladesh have been granted “shoot-on-sight” orders and a nationwide curfew has been imposed as student-led protests continue to roil the country, leaving more than 100 people dead.

The curfew, imposed at midnight on Friday, was expected to last until Sunday morning as police tried to bring the swiftly deteriorating security situation...

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