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Anti-quota protesters join in a coffin rally at the University of Dhaka, in Dhaka

World Feb 12

UN estimates up to 1,400 killed in Bangladesh during crackdown on protests last year

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

World Aug 14

Students control traffic on the road in the absence of traffic police, days after the resignation of former Bangladeshi Pr...
From the streets to the ministries, students who ousted Bangladesh’s prime minister are now helping lead the country

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.

By Krutika Pathi, Shonal Ganguly, Associated Press

World Aug 08

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus signs the oath book as the country’s head of the interim government in Bangladesh at the Ban...
Yunus takes helm as Bangladesh’s interim leader, tasked with restoring peace and planning elections

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

By Julhas Alam, Associated Press

World Aug 07

People celebrate the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka
Bangladesh’s prime minister quit and fled the country after weeks of protests. What’s next?

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.

By Julhas Alam, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press

World Mar 01

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Nobel Peace Prize winner defends reputation against corruption charges in Bangladesh

Nearly a half-century after its birth from a bloody civil war, Bangladesh has made significant strides in reducing poverty. One of the best-known architects of this progress is Muhammad Yunus, who popularized the concept of microfinance. However, Yunus has run…

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

Jan 01

Bangladeshi court sentences Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to 6 months in jail

By Julhas Alam, Associated Press

Yunus' supporters believe the charges were filed to harass him amid a wider complex political context and frosty relations with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh’s governmnet has denied the allegations.

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Conflict over Bangladeshi Micro-lender is ‘Political’, Some Say

By Larisa Epatko

A Bangladeshi court has upheld the removal of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as head of the micro-lending Grameen Bank he founded, in a move his supporters are calling politically motivated.

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Aug 12

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Medal of Freedom Recipients Honored at White House

President Barack Obama awarded 16 people with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday. Judy Woodruff offers a look at the ceremony.

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