The Latest Breaking News from Bangladesh

Police fire teargas at university campuses as students demand end to discriminatory job quotas

Bangladesh ordered schools and universities around the country to close indefinitely on Tuesday after six students were killed in protests that prompted the mobilisation of paramilitaries to keep order.

Students demanding reforms in the quota system say they have come under attack from the government and its allies.

Demonstrators demand end to scheme that prioritises families of veterans of 1971 independence war.

The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended a Bangladeshi national along with liquor bottles in the bordering area of East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya. Read further on Dynamite News:

Hundreds of students were injured in clashes on Monday, but they’ve refused to back down.

Violent clashes erupt at Jahangir Nagar University over protests against government job quota system, reflecting broader political tensions in Bangladesh.

Police and students say police fired tear gas and charged with batons during clashes between a pro-government student body and student protesters, leaving dozens injured at a university in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she is "taking measures" after a slew of corruption scandals -- including one involving her former household servant who now travels by helicopter after amassing a staggering $34 million fortune.

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