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Student leaders rallied Bangladeshis on Saturday for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government weathered a worsening backlash over a deadly police crackdown on protesters. Rallies against civil service job quotas sparked days of mayhem last month that killed more than 200 people in some of the worst unrest of Hasina’s…
As violence continues to grip neighboring Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her willingness to welcome refugees into the state. Speaking at the TMC’s ‘Martyrs Day’ rally in Kolkata on Sunday, she assured that Bengal will certainly provide shelter to those in need. Banerjee cited the United Nations Resolution on refugees to justify…
The protests, which began late last month, reached a boiling point earlier this week. New Delhi: Violence in Bangladesh has left over 130 dead as students demand reforms to a quota system governing the allocation of government jobs in the country. The protests intensified following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s controversial remarks, where she labelled the…
The US State Department said on Saturday it has raised Bangladesh’s travel advisory to level four, which urges people to not travel to the Asian country due to what Washington described as “civil unrest” amid ongoing protests. The State Department also said it authorised the voluntary departure of non-emergency US government employees and family members…