Bangladesh has enjoyed a shaky calm amid a curfew as protesters set the government a 48-hour deadline to meet their new demands. Widespread disruption of telecoms...
Demonstrators insist they won’t be placated by change in the government job quota system; want curfew lifted, detainees released. Protesters in Bangladesh have issued demands amid...
In short: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that sparked student-led protests in which at least 114 people were killed....
Jul 21, 2024 02:40 PM IST What began as a protest against admission quotas for sought-after government jobs snowballed this week into some of the worst...
The U.S. State Department has raised the travel advisory level for Bangladesh amid civil unrest in the South Asia country. Police have imposed a strict curfew...
The curfew comes amid a telecommunications blackout that has left the country of 170 million cut off from the world. Bangladesh has announced the imposition of...
Death toll expected to rise amid violence that has seen government buildings torched and telecommunications disrupted. Dozens of people have been killed in Bangladesh as nationwide...
Student protesters demanding an end to quotas for government jobs in Bangladesh have called for a complete nationwide shutdown after six people were killed and hundreds...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to punish those responsible deaths of six people at protests. Police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse students...
By Ruma Paul Bangladesh shuts universities, colleges indefinitely after protests turn deadly DHAKA, – Bangladesh announced it will indefinitely shut down all public and private universities...
Police fired tear gas and charged with batons during violent clashes between protesters rallying against quotas for government jobs and a pro-government student body, leaving at...
Demonstrators say the quota system benefits the children of pro-government groups and demand it be scrapped. Violent clashes between people loyal to Bangladesh’s ruling party and...