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A demonstrator displays a placard during a protest against what they say as violence against Hindu communities during the ongoing unrest, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Members of minority communities in Bangladesh faced at least 205 incidents of attacks in 52 districts since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led…
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu on August 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on Saturday (August 10, 2024) and emphasised New Delhi’s commitment to deepen India-Maldives ties for the benefit of the people in the two countries and the region….
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Russia has deployed additional troops and equipment, including tanks to stop the advancing troops (file). Moscow, Russia: Moscow on Saturday launched a “counter-terror operation” in three border regions adjoining Ukraine to halt Kyiv’s biggest cross-border offensive in the two-and-a-half-year conflict. Ukrainian units stormed across the border into Russia’s western Kursk region on Tuesday morning in…
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PM Modi was among the first to congratulate the interim leader after Sheikh Hasina fled (file). New Delhi: The ouster of Bangladesh’s autocratic premier sparked celebrations in Dhaka this week but alarm in India, which backed Sheikh Hasina to counter rival China and quash Islamist alternatives, analysts say. It has created a diplomatic dilemma for…
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File photo of a Bangladeshi soldier standing guard at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. | Photo Credit: AFP The Chief Justice of Bangladesh’s top court said Saturday he had agreed to resign “in principle” after an ultimatum to do so from protesters, broadcaster Jamuna TV reported. Obaidul Hassan, who was appointed to helm the Supreme…
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Watch: What led to Sheikh Hasina’s downfall? Sheikh Hasina survived the carnage of August 15, 1975 by sheer chance. Hasina, who was then 28, happened to be abroad when almost all members of her family, including her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, were killed at her residence in Dhaka by a…
Dhaka: Day after protests in Bangaldesh forced Sheikh Hasina to resign as the prime minister, students have now targeted the Supreme Court and are demanding the resignation of all judges, including the Chief Justice. Hundreds of protesters, largely comprising students, have surrounded the Bangladesh Supreme Court, demanding the immediate resignation of Chief Justice. The situation…
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Image for representation purpose only. “Twin jailbreaks in Bangladesh killed at least 12 inmates and freed hundreds more in the chaotic days after the ouster of autocratic premier Sheikh Hasina,” officials told AFP on Saturday (August 10, 2024). An interim government is struggling to restore law and order, with police going on strike after Ms….
Border Security Force personnel keep vigil along the Indo-Bangladesh International Border. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Border Security Force (BSF) is on high alert along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam in response to the ongoing crisis in Bangladesh. District Commissioner Mridul Yadav said that the Integrated Check Post (ICP) has been closed since…
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Hundreds of people have been arrested in the near-nightly unrest that hit cities across England (file). London: King Charles III made his first comments on Friday about riots that have shaken British cities, praising the work of police in countering the violence. While the monarch and Queen Camilla conveyed their condolences to the families of…
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