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
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading