Agency Report DHAKA – Protesters stormed the Ganabhaban, the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s official residence in Dhaka on Monday—after Sheikh Hasina fled the country to find a safe temporary haven in…
Agency Report DHAKA – Bangladesh military chief Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman on Monday announced a transitional government after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country due to violent nationwide protests. Hundreds of…
AFP DHAKA – The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread…
AFP Bangladesh’s top court on Sunday pared back contentious civil service hiring rules but failed to mollify university student leaders, whose demonstrations against the scheme sparked nationwide clashes that have…
AFP DHAKA — Bangladeshi student protesters stormed a prison and freed hundreds of inmates Friday as police struggled to quell unrest, with huge rallies in the capital Dhaka despite a…
AFP Bangladeshi students set fire to the country’s state broadcaster on Thursday as protests against civil service hiring rules escalated, with the death toll mounting to at least 39 and…
ASSOCIATED PRESS DHAKA, Bangladesh— Police in Bangladesh clashed with student protesters attempting to impose a “complete shutdown” of the country on Thursday, following days of violent confrontations during demonstrations over…
