Oct 12 Hindus in Bangladesh celebrate their largest festival under tight security amid rise in attacks By Julhas Alam, Al Emrun Garjon, Associated Press Despite pledges to keep Bangladesh's largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja safe, this year's version was subdued following the ousting of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and attacks on minority groups, especially Hindus. Continue reading
Aug 22 Floods cause at least 15 deaths, strand hundreds of thousands in Bangladesh and India By Julhas Alam, Associated Press Floodwaters have stranded hundreds of thousands of people in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, officials and media reports said Thursday. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 5:39 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… Continue watching
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading