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Most Hindu migrants in GCC countries, Indian emigrants disproportionately from minorities: Pew

India, the world’s second-most populous country in 2020, is the leading source of Hindu migrants, with 7.6 million Hindus born in India now living elsewhere, according to an analysis of the religious composition of migrants across the globe by the Pew Research Centre.

Newslaundry

Back To Class After Bangladesh's Student-led Revolution

After weeks of deadly student-led protests in Bangladesh toppled the autocratic premier, among the first things children at a school in the capital Dhaka did when they returned to class was honour their slain friend.

International Business Times

Healy finds it 'hard to fathom' playing in Bangladesh

Alyssa Healy says it would be morally "hard to fathom" October's Twenty20 World Cup being played in Bangladesh, amid political unrest in the country.

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Bangladesh's Yunus Reassures On Rohingya Refugees, Garment Exports

Bangladesh will maintain support both for its immense Rohingya refugee population and its vital garment trade, Nobel laureate and new leader Muhammad Yunus said Sunday in his first major policy address.

International Business Times

Minority Groups In Bangladesh Face Violence And Persecution

Learn about the challenges faced by minority groups in Bangladesh post-government collapse, with Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians reporting violence and m...

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 333: Herbal firm fraud, Indian media’s Bangladesh coverage

This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar and Ishita Pradeep.

Newslaundry

Bangladesh student protesters consider creating own political party

Students reject calls from Bangladesh's two main political parties for quick elections

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India ‘over-invested in Hasina and under-invested in Bangladesh’ – and is now panicking

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina long ignored the democratic backsliding in each other’s countries to forge close ties. With Hasina ousted from power, India’s warnings over the safety of Bangladesh’s Hindu minority smacks of hypocrisy.

France 24

Bangladesh protesters, vowing to ‘guard revolution’, beat Hasina supporters

Mob assaults supporters of the ousted leader and stops them from reaching a memorial to her father.

Al Jazeera

Protesters In Bangladesh Clash Over Assassination Site

Clashes between student protesters and political activists in Bangladesh escalate tensions on the anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's assassination, hig...

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OPINION - Rupa Huq MP: My government must not give the despotic Sheikh Hasina refuge in the UK

Mystical Beatle George Harrison sang about how “Bangladesh” was “a mess”. He was proved right again last week. With echoes of the ousting of Saddam Hussein, statues were toppled and effigies of the “father of the nation” burned from capital city Dhaka to Tower Hamlets. His autocratic daughter PM Sheikh…

Evening Standard

Bangladeshi protesters attack supporters of ex-premier Hasina and harass journalists

Hundreds of student protesters and other political activists in Bangladesh have attacked and barred the supporters of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's supporters from reaching her father and independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s house — now a museum — in the capital

The Independent UK

Bangladesh Mob, Vowing To 'Guard Revolution', Beats Ex-PM's Supporters

Hasina, 76, fled to neighbouring India by helicopter last week as student-led protests flooded Dhaka's streets in a dramatic end to her iron-fisted rule of 15 years.

Latin Times

‘My family held a funeral for me’: Bangladesh’s ‘disappeared’ emerge from secret prisons

Exclusive: Indigenous rights activist Michael Chakma is among the first to be released after the fall of Sheikh Hasina, but hundreds are still unaccounted for

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International Business Times

Bangladesh Mob Beats Suspected Supporters Of Ex-PM Hasina After Rally Call

A mob wielding bamboo rods and plastic pipes beat several suspected supporters of Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, vowing to quash a rumoured rally for the ousted Bangladesh premier outside her childhood home.

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Indian PM Modi Expresses Concern Over Bangladesh Unrest

Indian PM Modi expresses support for Bangladesh, outlines economic goals, and emphasizes peace and progress in India.

The Independent UK

India's Modi voices concern over unrest in neighboring Bangladesh and attacks on Hindus there

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over the unrest that led to a change of government in neighboring Bangladesh and the attacks on Hindus and other minorities there

International Business Times

Bangladeshi Students On Guard As Exiled PM Urges Show Of Strength

Hundreds of Bangladeshi students wielding bamboo rods patrolled the site of a planned gathering Thursday of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina's supporters, vowing to quash any show of strength.

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Muslim families in Ghaziabad slum labelled ‘Bangladeshi’, assaulted, homes set ablaze

Amid reports of violence against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, volunteers of the Hindu Raksha Dal purportedly assaulted Muslim families and set their huts ablaze at a slum in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad on August 9. The attackers labelled the Muslim residents as “Bangladeshi”.

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Bangladesh Students Lead Peaceful Transition After Prime Minister Ousted

Bangladeshi students step up in governance post-Hasina's resignation, demanding reforms and a new future under interim government.

International Business Times

Disappeared Bangladeshi Lawyer Recounts Hasina's Secret Jail

Blindfolded, handcuffed and bundled out of his secret prison for the first time in eight years, Bangladeshi barrister Ahmad Bin Quasem held his breath and listened for the sound of a cocked pistol.

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Bangladesh Court Orders Investigation Into Former PM's Alleged Role

Former PM Sheikh Hasina faces murder investigation in Bangladesh after deadly protests. Clashes, arrests, and political turmoil follow her ouster.

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Former Bangladesh PM Calls For Investigation Into Violent Protests

Former PM Sheikh Hasina calls for probe into deadly protests in Bangladesh, leading to her ouster. Tensions persist.

The Independent UK

Students who ousted Hasina are helping lead Bangladesh, from the streets to the ministries

Within a week of unseating Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were directing Dhaka’s traffic

International Business Times

Ousted Bangladesh PM Urges Supporters To Make Public Show Of Strength

Ousted Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked supporters to make a public show of strength later this week, hours after a court ruled that a murder probe against her linked to last month's unrest could proceed.

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