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Aug 14

From the streets to the ministries, students who ousted Bangladesh’s prime minister are now helping lead the country

By Krutika Pathi, Shonal Ganguly, Associated Press

Within a week of unseating Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were directing Dhaka’s traffic.

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Aug 12

How Bangladesh’s youth forced out the prime minister who ruled for much of their lives

By Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press

A generation of young people, many of whom cannot remember a time before Sheikh Hasina was Bangladesh’s prime minister, led protests that resulted in her ouster.

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Aug 08

Yunus takes helm as Bangladesh’s interim leader, tasked with restoring peace and planning elections

By Julhas Alam, Associated Press

Before leaving Paris, where he was attending the Olympics, Yunus appealed for calm in Bangladesh amid tensions over the country's future.

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Aug 07

Bangladesh’s prime minister quit and fled the country after weeks of protests. What’s next?

By Julhas Alam, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press

What began as peaceful protests by students in Bangladesh against a quota system for government jobs eventually turned into an uprising that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country by helicopter. Here’s what we know.

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Aug 05

Bangladeshi prime minister Hasina resigns as protests widen, storming of official residence

By Julhas Alam, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press

Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence and other buildings associated with her party and family on Monday.

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Aug 04

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How Bangladesh’s student protests ignited a broader movement against the country’s leader

By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery

Bangladesh is under a nationwide curfew and internet blackout after a weekend of violent clashes between security forces and protestors. Almost 300 people have died since the start of the protests, which have grown into a national movement against Prime…

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Aug 04

Renewed protests in Bangladesh leave nearly 100 dead as military announces new curfew

By Julhas Alam, Associated Press

Nearly 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured Sunday as renewed anti-government protests swept across Bangladesh, with protesters calling for the prime minister to resign and the prime minister accusing them of “sabotage” and cutting off mobile internet in…

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Jul 21

Bangladesh’s top court lowers government jobs quota in response to deadly unrest

By Julhas Alam, Al Emrun Garjon, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press

Students, frustrated by shortages of good jobs, have been demanding an end to a quota that reserved 30 percent of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971. Ruling on an appeal, the…

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Jul 20

Bangladesh enforces curfew with order to ‘shoot on sight’ after weeks of protests turned deadly

By Julhas Alam, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press

Police imposed a strict curfew with a “shoot-on-sight” order across Bangladesh as military forces patrolled parts of the capital Saturday after scores were killed and hundreds injured in clashes over the allocation of civil service jobs.

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Jul 19

Bangladesh orders nationwide curfew as deaths mount in protests over government jobs

By Julhas Alam, Krutika Pathi, Al Emrun Garjon, Associated Press

The announcement came after police and security officials fired on protesters earlier Friday and banned all gatherings in the capital. Several people were killed, media reports said.

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