Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stepped down from office, ending 15 years of what the opposition says was “authoritarian rule” and sparking celebrations...
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Sheikh Hasina’s departure appears to have defused the high tension in Dhaka, where more deadly protests were feared on Monday.Bangladesh’s Prime...
Tension is rising as protesters call for mass mobilisation in the face of deadly crackdown and national curfew.Defying a deadly crackdown and national curfew,...
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Protests over a jobs quota system have morphed into a wider antigovernment movement demanding the prime minister’s resignation.More than 20 people...
Demonstrators insist they won’t be placated by change in the government job quota system; want curfew lifted, detainees released.Protesters in Bangladesh have issued demands...
The top court scales back – but does not abolish – a contentious quota system that sparked deadly protests.Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has scrapped most...
Death toll expected to rise amid violence that has seen government buildings torched and telecommunications disrupted.Dozens of people have been killed in Bangladesh as...
Bangladesh has been rocked by student protests for nearly three weeks.
Since July 1, university students have been protesting across the country to demand the...
