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The protests in the UAE followed weeks of protests in Bangladesh by demonstrators protesting a job quota system. Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ordered an investigation and an expedited trial of Bangladeshi nationals arrested for protesting against their home government across the Gulf country, state media reported. The protests in the UAE followed…
Students arrive at Chennai Airport, from the violence-hit Bangladesh, on July 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj The Border Security Force (BSF) South Bengal Frontier has set up “special help desks” at Integrated Check Posts (ICP) along the India-Bangladesh border to facilitate the safe return of students from the violence-torn neighbouring country. Officials…
A member of the Bangladesh Army checks bags of women during a curfew imposed in response to student-led protests against government job quotas, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Bangladesh extended a curfew on July 21 to control violent student-led protests that have killed at least 114 people, as authorities braced…
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The protests, which began late last month, reached a boiling point earlier this week. New Delhi: Violence in Bangladesh has left over 130 dead as students demand reforms to a quota system governing the allocation of government jobs in the country. The protests intensified following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s controversial remarks, where she labelled the…
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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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Students, who are studying in Bangladesh, upon their arrival following protest against the government job quota, at the Akhura Check post, in Agartala, on July 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Nipah virus resurfaces in Malappuram, 15-year-old boy in critical condition Nipah virus scare resurfaced in Malappuram on July 20 following the confirmation of a case…
Indian students, who study in Bangladesh, in a bus upon their arrival at Akhaura check post of the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura on Saturday, following protests against government job quotas in Bangladesh. | Photo Credit: PTI Since the beginning of the clashes between students and security forces in Bangladesh, India has evacuated 978 nationals who…
Bangladesh has been reeling under deadly clashes with protesting students (File) Nearly 1,000 Indian students have returned to India from Bangladesh through various land transit points or by flight, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday as the neighbouring country continued to reel under deadly clashes that reportedly left over 90 people dead….
Soldiers were patrolling Bangladeshi cities on July 20 to quell growing civil unrest sparked by student demonstrations, with riot police firing on protesters who defied a government curfew. This week’s violence has killed at least 123 people so far, according to an AFP count of victims reported by police and hospitals, and poses a monumental…
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Dhaka: Bangladesh soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the capital Dhaka on Saturday and set up roadblocks during a curfew meant to quell deadly students-led protests against government job quotas that have killed at least 110 people this week. Internet and text message services have been suspended since Thursday, cutting the nation off from the…
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