Communications blackout persists as deadly crackdown on demonstrators continues in the nation of 170 million. Bangladesh to quash student-led demonstrations against government job quotas with military personnel and police patrolling the largely deserted streets of ...
The Bangladesh government has decided to deploy the army by issuing a curfew across the country after the ongoing agitation on the issue of quota reform. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s press secretary Naeemul Islam Khan ...
Dozens of people have died since the violence erupted, and hundreds more have been injured. KEY POINTS Two weeks of student protests in Bangladesh have turned violent with hundreds of students attacked. Students are demanding ...
Protesters clash in the Dhaka College area of the Bangladesh capital. (Reuters: Mohammad Ponir Hossain In short: Six people have been killed in violent protests across Bangladesh. The student-led demonstrations are pushing for changes to ...