Tag: Bangladesh civil unrest

India-Bangladesh ties not dependent on Awami League, says BNP

August 10, 2024 admin

Indo-Bangla bilateral ties are not dependent on the Awami League and it is “natural to evoke adverse reactions” in Bangladesh over India giving refuge to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Senior leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Friday, August 9, 2024. Ground Zero:The making of the Bangladesh revolt Asserting that India was “very…

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The making of the Bangladesh revolt

August 9, 2024 admin

As dawn approached on Saturday morning of July 20, 2024 a disturbing scene unfolded in Monsur Nagar Housing Estate in Savar upazila, on the outskirts of Dhaka. Some eight to 10 plainclothes men identifying themselves as being from the detective branch (DB) of Bangladesh Police, surrounded the home of Abul Khair, a 70-year-old, who had…

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Northeast extremists may exploit Bangladesh situation again: Assam CM

August 7, 2024 admin

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. | Photo Credit: PTI GUWAHATI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday (August 7) did not rule out the possibility of some extremist groups of the northeast setting up bases again in Bangladesh. He also said the evolving political situation in Bangladesh after the violent fall of Sheikh…

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Jaishankar’s speech on Bangladesh protests ‘biased’, says BNP leader

August 6, 2024 admin

A boy celebrates with a national flag after the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Aug. 6. | Photo Credit: AP India is yet to acknowledge the reasons that triggered the student protests leading to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina as Bangladesh Prime Minister, said a leading member of the Bangladesh Nationalist…

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U.S. issues new advisory asking citizens not to travel to Bangladesh

July 21, 2024 admin

People roam on the street after curfew has been proclaimed and army deployment in the country, as violence erupts following anti-quota protests, in Dhaka, on July 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The United States has recommended that its citizens not travel to Bangladesh and allowed the voluntary departure of its non-emergency government employees and…

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