Bangladesh protests demand Hasina resign, army stands ‘by the people’
Huge crowds of protesters, many wielding sticks, packed into Dhaka’s central Shahbagh Square, with street battles in multiple sites as well as in other major cities, police said.
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Violence in Bangladesh leaves many people dead, hundreds injured as protests continue
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A new round of violence in Bangladesh has left more than 20 people dead and hundreds injured as student protesters clashed with police and ruling party activists on Sunday, officials and media reports said.
Protests Again Rock Bangladesh, Weeks After a Deadly Crackdown
Fresh protests are roiling Bangladesh, just weeks after a deadly government crackdown dispersed a student movement that began as demonstrations over a preferential quota system for public-sector jobs and widened to express deeper discontent.
Bangladesh protest movement launches foreign remittance freeze
DHAKA -- Weeks of deadly protests in Bangladesh have prompted critics to lean on foreign remittances as their newest weapon against what they blast as state-sanctioned violence.
Students renew Bangladesh protests, call for nationwide civil disobedience
Crowds hit the streets in large numbers as student leaders press the government for more concessions.
Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience, halt to remittances
Rallies against civil service job quotas sparked days of mayhem last month that killed more than 200 people in some of the worst unrest of Hasina’s 15-year tenure.
Can India take on ‘mantle of leadership’ to bond the Bay of Bengal and reap dividends?
After years of struggling to assert leadership across South and Southeast Asia, India wants to breathe new life into a dormant regional grouping that binds the trade, business and security interests of many of its neighbours together and may provide New Delhi with a strong diplomatic platform – that excludes the dominant economic power of China.