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The attack came days after Hadi, a prominent leader of the student-led protests last year that led to the ouster of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government. File. | Photo Credit: AP Unidentified gunmen on Monday (December 22, 2025) shot in the head Motaleb Shikder, a second leader of Bangladesh’s violent student-led 2004…
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On August 5, 2024, the Sheikh Hasina government, which had ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist for nearly sixteen years, collapsed following the quota reform movement led by students and political parties. Over the course of the July-August uprising, a few incidents stand out. First, is the role of the private universities, which had largely…
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New Delhi: India on Friday announced that Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will travel to Bangladesh on Monday, a visit that comes amid increasing strain in ties between New Delhi and Dhaka over attacks on minorities, including Hindus, in the neighbouring country. It will be the first high-level visit from New Delhi to Dhaka after deposed…
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London: An ‘urgent’ issue was tabled today in the House of Commons in UK’s parliament over the worrisome situation in Bangladesh. Members of Parliament raised concern over the recent attacks on the Hindu minority in the south Asian nation and also discussed the religious crackdown on Hindu monks by the interim government in the country….
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New Delhi: As incidents of violence and vandalism against the minority Hindu community see a sharp upturn in Bangladesh, questions were asked in the Parliament of India out of concern for human rights violations. Some of the questions included whether there has been an increase in the incidents of desecration and damages to Hindu temples…
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Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: The Hindu Bangladesh’s vital garment industry lost $400 million due to unrest following the student-led revolution that ousted the country’s autocratic premier, industry leaders said Sunday, insisting the situation was now “stable”. The South Asian nation’s 3,500 garment factories account for around 85% of its $55…
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File picture of Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s interim leader has refused to give a time frame for elections following the ouster of his predecessor, saying in an interview published Tuesday (October 8, 2024) that reforms are needed before polls. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was appointed the…
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Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “A fresh case has been filed against Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 58 others on the charges of attempting to murder a student during the violent clashes that led to the fall of her government last month,” a media report said on Sunday (September 15, 2024)….
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: AFP The chief prosecutor of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has announced plans to seek the extradition of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina from neighbouring India. “As the main perpetrator has fled the country, we will start the legal procedure to bring her back,” Mohammad Tajul Islam…
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A month ago, a student-led movement ousted Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, after weeks of protests and clashes that killed over 600 people and pushed the country to the brink of chaos. What began as student protests over government jobs became a large-scale revolt against the country’s longest-serving Prime Minister. Ms. Hasina, 76, fled to…
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