UAE pardons 57 Bangladeshis jailed for anti-Hasina protests
The Bangladeshi nationals were sentenced to long prison terms for protesting against the unrest in their home country.
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Bangladeshi protesters attack supporters of ex-premier Hasina and harass journalists
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of student protesters and political activists in Bangladesh, armed with bamboo sticks, iron rods and pipes, on Thursday, assaulted supporters of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and prevented them from reaching the previous house of her father and assassinated independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the capital.
Attacks, misinformation frighten Bangladeshi Hindus
Young Bangladeshi professional Tanushree Shaha is outraged by recent mob violence against her family in the chaotic wake of premier Sheikh Hasina’s ouster from power, fearful that her fellow Hindus could face more reprisals.
Bangladeshi youth toppled Hasina. Can they spark real change?
“Inni, we are independent!” my 26-year-old cousin chanted from Shahbagh, a neighborhood in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, as millions joined a major protest march on Monday to the country’s Parliament House.
How defiant Bangladeshi army generals sealed fate of Sheikh Hasina
General Waker-Uz-Zaman then reached out to Hasina’s office, conveying to the prime minister that his soldiers would be unable to implement the lockdown she had called for, according to an Indian official briefed on the matter.
The Take: Why Bangladeshi students say protests aren’t over
After deadly protests, Bangladesh faced days of internet shutdown. What happened during that time?
UAE sentences Bangladeshi nationals to prison over protests against their home government
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced dozens of Bangladeshi nationals to prison, including three for life imprisonment, over protests against their home government in the Gulf country, state media reported Monday.
Persecution of Bangladeshi Nobel laureate is political ‘vendetta’ by Hasina government: analysts
Renowned Bangladeshi economist and Nobel Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is at the centre of a new embezzlement trial because of a political “vendetta” against him by the government, observers say, echoing an open letter by world leaders last year condemning the alleged persecution.