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People take part in a protest march against the mass arrest and killing of protesters during last week’s violence amid anti-qouta protests, in Dhaka on July 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The mobile internet connection was restored in Bangladesh on July 28, 10 days after it was shut down by the authorities across the…
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Nearly 200 are dead from violent student protests and firing by forces in Bangladesh – is PM Sheikh Hasina, who won elections just a few months ago, losing her grip on gen-next, and will the unrest India’s closest neighbour is grappling with, spill over? But first, Bangladesh is taking a pause from days of brutal…
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A demonstrator gestures as protesters clash with Border Guard Bangladesh and the police, as violence erupted across the country after anti-quota protests by students, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina imposed a nationwide curfew last week and used the Army to quell protests against job…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits a vandalized metro rail station at Mirpur 10, in Dhaka. | Photo Credit: PTI Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wept on July 25 as she surveyed the destruction wrought by days of deadly unrest, as student leaders weighed the future of the protests that sparked the disorder. Last week’s…
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More than 1,200 people detained over the course of the violence were held in Dhaka (file). Dhaka: The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest. At least 174 people have died, including several police officers,…
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Bangladesh Unrest: Over 100 people have died in the protests over contentious civil service hiring rules. Dhaka: Amid the unrest in Bangladesh, the official websites of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister’s Office, Central Bank and police appeared to have been hacked by a group calling itself “THE R3SISTANC3”. In identical messages on all three sites, “Operation HuntDown,…
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Police patrol the streets during an imposed curfew after scores were killed and hundreds injured in clashes over the allocation of civil service jobs, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A Bangladeshi student organiser on July 22 suspended for 48 hours the protests against employment quotas that have spiralled into…
Police patrol the streets during an imposed curfew after scores were killed and hundreds injured in clashes over the allocation of civil service jobs, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, July 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh appeared calm on July 22 amid a curfew, but widespread disruption of telecoms prevailed a day after the Supreme…
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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…
MEA said Indian missions are in regular contact with remaining Indian students in Bangladesh (File) New Delhi: More than 4,500 Indian students have returned home from Bangladesh as the neighbouring country continues to reel under violent clashes that have killed over 100 people. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Sunday that 500 students…
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