All posts tagged "bangladesh"
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Facing Mass Protests, Bangladesh Leader Quits, Setting Up Power Struggle
Demonstrators defied a curfew, expecting another in a series of bloody crackdowns, but instead Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled. Source link The...
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Sheikh Hasina Thought Her Grip on Bangladesh Was Unbreakable
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who once brought democratic hope to Bangladesh, turned increasingly autocratic and met her downfall in a crackdown on...
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Bangladesh Protesters Want Nobel Laureate to Advise New Government
Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, has emerged as a central figure in talks about an interim government. The ousted prime...
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How Will the Bangladesh Army Respond to Student Protests?
The military has a history of coups and counter coups. But in this showdown, it has seemed uncomfortable with the police crackdown...
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56UncategorizedBangladesh Back Under Curfew After Protests Leave Over a Dozen Dead
Expanded student protests this weekend, after more than 200 people were killed in a government crackdown in July, have plunged the country...
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Protests Again Rock Bangladesh, Weeks After a Deadly Crackdown
As curfews and restrictions on communication were loosened, anger over the deadly suppression of previous protests began flaring up once more. Source...
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Bangladesh Dragnet Sweeps Up Thousands in Protest Crackdown
Charges include vandalism, arson, theft, trespassing and damage to state property. A rights group called it a witch hunt, following an initial...
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‘All We Think of Is Him’: Putting Names and Faces to Bangladesh Carnage
The partial lifting of a communications blackout is providing a picture of the young victims of a brutal crackdown on protesters. Thousands...
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Bangladesh Protests Inequality of Opportunity
Demonstrations set off by the reinstatement of a quota system for government jobs revealed broader resentment about the uneven distribution of wealth...
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Bangladesh Sharply Cuts Quota System That Sparked Protest
A court ruling has sharply reduced a quota system for filling government jobs, after protests over the issue turned violent and were...
