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Disappeared lawyer recounts secret jail

DHAKA – Blindfolded, handcuffed and bundled out of his secret prison for the first time in eight years, Bangladeshi barrister Ahmad Bin Quasem held...

Police back on Dhaka streets

DHAKA – Bangladeshi police resumed patrols of the capital Dhaka on Monday, ending a week-long strike that left a law and order vacuum following...

Protest message

A couple rides past a wall mural that supportsthe student revolution in Dhaka.

Bangladesh PM flees her palace as protesters roam Dhaka streets

DHAKA – Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled her palace on Monday, a source told AFP, as masses of protesters demanding her resignation roamed...

Over 500 arrested in Bangladesh capital over violence, say police

DHAKA – More than 500 people, including some opposition leaders, have been arrested over days of clashes in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka sparked by...

Bangladesh court winds back job quotas that sparked unrest

Dhaka, Bangladesh—Bangladesh's top court on Sunday pared back, but fell short of public demands to abolish, contentious civil service hiring rules that sparked nationwide...

Bangladesh capital bans rallies after gov’t buildings torched

DHAKA – Police in Bangladesh’s capital banned all public rallies on Friday after the deadliest day of ongoing student protests so far saw government...

Bangladeshi state TV headquarters set ablaze, ‘many’ trapped inside

Dhaka, Bangladesh—Protesters set fire to the headquarters of Bangladesh's main state broadcaster BTV on Thursday with "many people" trapped inside its offices, the network...

‘Discriminatory quota’

Anti-quota protesters and students backing the ruling Awami League party clash in Dhaka on Tuesday.. At least five demonstrators were killed in Bangladesh during...

100 injured as Bangladesh student groups clash over job quotas

Dhaka, Bangladesh—Rival students in Bangladesh clashed on Monday leaving at least 100 people injured, as demonstrators opposing quotas for coveted government jobs battled counter-protesters...

Train disaster

Rescue personnel remove the remains of a body from a burnt out carriage of the Benapole Express in Dhaka on Jan. 5, 2024. Five...

Boat carrying dozens sinks

DHAKA, Bangladesh—An unknown number of people were missing Sunday after a water bus carrying up to 40 passengers sank in a river in the...

Bangladesh inaugurates first elevated metro line to ease traffic congestion

DHAKA, Bangladesh—Bangladesh’s sprawling capital inaugurated its first-ever metro rail line on Wednesday as authorities work to ease congestion that has throttled growth and inflamed...

Seven Islamists to hang for savage Dhaka attack

Dhaka—Seven Islamist extremists have been sentenced to death by a Bangladesh court over a savage 2016 attack that killed 22 people including 18 foreigners...
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