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Bangladesh Students Are Protesting Again, But This Time Against Each Other

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Bangladesh Students Are Protesting Again, But This Time Against Each Other

Dhaka: Over 150 students were injured in Bangladesh during clashes at a university campus this week, a sign of serious discord between groups instrumental in fomenting the national revolution last year that led to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s downfall following 15-year rule. The clash between student outfits backing different political ideologies erupted at Khulna…

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Probe starts against former Bangladesh PM Hasina, 9 others for genocide, crimes against humanity

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Probe starts against former Bangladesh PM Hasina, 9 others for genocide, crimes against humanity

A protester vandalises a mural of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with paint, demanding her resignation, at Teacher Student Center area of University of Dhaka, in Dhaka. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal has started an investigation against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and nine others on charges of genocide and crimes…

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Bangladesh Interim Caretaker Muhammad Yunus To Student Leaders Of Protest

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Bangladesh Interim Caretaker Muhammad Yunus To Student Leaders Of Protest

Muhammad Yunus was called by the student leaders of the protests. Dhaka: Bangladesh was experiencing a “student-led revolution” after the ouster of premier Sheikh Hasina, the South Asian country’s new interim leader Muhammad Yunus said. “This is a revolution, a student-led revolution,” the Nobel laureate told a news briefing on Sunday. “There’s no doubt about…

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Bangladesh student group vows to resume protests if demands not met

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Bangladesh student group vows to resume protests if demands not met

Around 18 million young Bangladeshis are out of work, as per government figures. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladeshi student group has vowed on July 28 to resume protests that sparked a lethal police crackdown and nationwide unrest unless several of their leaders are released from custody. “Last week’s violence killed at least 205 people”, according…

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3 Bangladesh Student Protest Leaders Taken By Police From Hospital: Report

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3 Bangladesh Student Protest Leaders Taken By Police From Hospital: Report

“They took them from us,” Gonoshasthaya hospital supervisor Anwara Begum Lucky said (File) Dhaka: Bangladeshi police detectives on Friday forced the discharge from hospital of three student protest leaders blamed for deadly unrest, taking them to an unknown location, staff told AFP. Asif Mahmud, Nahid Islam and Abu Baker Majumder are all members of Students…

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