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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...

8 killed in anti-gov’t protests in Bangladesh—cops, doctors

DHAKA—Clashes between Bangladeshi protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign and pro-government supporters killed at least eight people on Sunday, including with knife cuts...

Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience

Dhaka – Student leaders rallied Bangladeshis on Saturday for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government weathered a worsening backlash...

Protests resume after ultimatum ignored

DHAKA – Bangladeshi students called new street protests for Monday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government ignored an ultimatum to release their leaders and...

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 army out in force amid clashes

Soldiers were out in force Saturday in cities around Bangladesh after another day of lethal clashes between student protesters and police prompted Prime Minister...

Bangladesh students reject olive branch

DHAKA – Bangladesh students vowed Thursday to continue nationwide protests against civil service hiring rules, rebuffing an olive branch from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...

Bangladesh’s Hasina wins re-election after polls without opposition

Dhaka, Bangladesh - Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won re-election for a fifth term Sunday, officials said, following a boycott led by an opposition...

Activists wary as Bangladesh vows to amend ‘draconian’ security law

Bangladesh's government said Monday it would overhaul controversial security laws the opposition says are being used to stifle dissent, but rights groups said the overhaul...

One dead, hundreds injured in Bangladesh political clashes

Dhaka, Bangladesh - At least one opposition activist died and hundreds were injured in clashes across Bangladesh Tuesday as tens of thousands demanded Prime Minister...

Bangladesh bares plan to raise tariffs on luxury products

DHAKA—In an apparent bid to conserve eroding forex reserves, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the country’s relevant authorities to squeeze imports of...

Bangladesh PM denounces ‘tragedy’ of rich nations on climate change

A country of fertile, densely populated deltas, low-lying Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate change. But the urgency of...

Bangladesh teens block roads anew over road safety

Dhaka, Bangladesh -- Parts of the Bangladeshi capital ground to a halt for the seventh day running Saturday, as thousands of students staged protests...

PM: Myanmar must take back Rohingya

DHAKA—Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a new call for Myanmar to take back the some 420,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence...
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