Bangladesh chief justice agrees to resign amid new student protests
Hundreds protest outside the Supreme Court calling for Obaidul Hassan, seen as loyal to ex-PM Hasina, to step down.
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Ethnic armed group suspected of deadly attack in Myanmar on Rohingya trying to flee fighting
BANGKOK (AP) — At least 150 civilians from Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority may have been killed this week in an artillery and drone attack in the western state of Rakhine that survivors suspect was carried out by a major force in the resistance to military rule.
Will young Bangladeshis be empowered to lead real change after ousting PM Hasina?
“Inni, we are independent!” my 26-year-old cousin chanted from Shahbagh, a neighbourhood in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, as millions joined a major protest march on Monday to the country’s Parliament House.
Will Yunus-led interim government bring Bangladesh out of its ‘dark era’?
As a new government headed by the country’s only Nobel laureate takes charge, many wonder how it will undo years of ex-PM Sheikh Hasina’s ‘autocratic rule’.
Bangladesh protests are not the first time student uprisings have helped bring about radical change
BANGKOK (AP) — In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign.
Sheikh Hasina will return to Bangladesh for elections, her son says
NEW DELHI — Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return to her country when its new caretaker government decides to hold elections, her son said, but it was not clear if she would contest.
Indian exports, small businesses hit by Bangladesh unrest
The tourism industry in Kolkata which catered to Bangladeshis has been hit by the current unrest.
Hindus in Bangladesh try to flee to India amid violence
DHAKA/NEW DELHI — Hundreds of Bangladeshi Hindus have tried unsuccessfully to flee to India this week after many homes and businesses of the minority community were vandalised following the overthrow of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.