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Autocrats and cities: how capitals have become a battleground for protest and control

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the world’s longest reigning female political leader, fled Bangladesh on 5 August 2024 for the safety of India. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of protesters descended on Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka. The crowds ransacked her official residence, occupied the nation’s parliament and burnt down her family home.

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UN Rights Chief Urges Bangladesh To 'Protect' Democracy After Revolution

UN rights chief Volker Turk on Tuesday urged students at Bangladesh's Dhaka University, the heart of the uprising that toppled autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina, to "protect" democracy to end cycles of revenge.

International Business Times

Bangladesh Immunity Order Sparks Fears Of Justice Denied

Hundreds died in the student-led revolution that toppled Bangladesh's autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina, but those impacted in the violent aftermath fear the new authorities' promise of justice will exclude them.

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Bangladesh’s new outcasts: Students from ex-PM Hasina’s party now in hiding

Until August, they dominated college campuses and were accused of leading violent mobs against anti-Hasina protesters.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds of protesters try to storm presidential palace in Bangladesh amid fresh unrest

Bangladesh’s interim government bans student wing of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s political party

The Independent UK

Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Issued Arrest Warrant

Former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina faces arrest warrant for alleged involvement in mass killings during protests.

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Bangladesh court seeks arrest of ex-PM Hasina for ‘crimes against humanity’

Toppled leader is in India, which has bilateral extradition treaty with Bangladesh – but loophole could prevent return.

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Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over deaths of protesters

A special court in Bangladesh has issued arrest warrants for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, including her close aides, on charges of crimes against humanity during a student-led uprising in July and August that forced her to flee the country

The Independent UK

Hindus in Bangladesh celebrate their largest festival under tight security following attacks

Minority Hindus in the Muslim-majority Bangladesh are celebrating their largest religious festival of Durga Puja, but fear and worries grip them following reports of violence

The Independent UK

Bangladesh Islamist Chief Backs Crimes Against Humanity Trial For Ex-PM

Bangladesh's top Islamist politician says he supports the extradition of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina to face trial for crimes against humanity in the same tribunal that convicted his colleagues.

International Business Times

Bangladesh set to celebrate Durga Puja amid tensions

Bangladesh announced an additional one-day general holiday for Durga Puja after 8-point demand, including extra holidays, by a minority alliance. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Fishy diplomacy: What a hilsa ban reveals about India-Bangladesh tensions

A brief ban on fish exports used as a diplomatic tool by ex-PM has caused diplomatic tension – and a culinary crisis.

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Classes Resume At Bangladesh University At Heart Of Protests

Students returned to classes at Bangladesh's Dhaka University on Sunday after a weeks-long shutdown sparked by a student-led uprising that toppled autocratic prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Al Jazeera

How a Bangladesh minister spent more than $500m on luxury property

Undercover sting reveals how the politician bought hundreds of overseas homes on a $13,000-a-year salary.

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‘A long way to go’: in revolution’s wake, questions linger over direction of the new Bangladesh

After the giddy public highs following Hasina’s departure, the interim government has admitted that weight of expectation is enormous

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Bangladesh Opposition Demands New Election Amid Political Transition

Opposition BNP demands new election in Bangladesh as interim government led by Yunus implements reforms amidst political challenges.

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The Independent UK

Bangladesh opposition party rallies to demand a new election

Thousands of activists and leaders of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party have rallied in the nation’s capital to demand a democratic transition through an election as an interim government has yet to outline a timeframe for new voting

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‘Bangladesh Godi media kingpin’ among 4 held while trying to enter India illegally

Bangladesh journalists Mozammel Babu, Shyamal Dutta and Mahbubur Rahman were reportedly detained along with a driver while they were trying to enter India illegally through Dhobaura border in Mymensingh on Monday.

The Independent UK

A high-level US delegation in Dhaka to foster economic growth with interim government

The American embassy in Dhaka says a high-level U_S_ delegation has met with the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, to affirm “dedication to fostering inclusive economic growth."

France 24

Are relations between Dhaka and New Delhi starting to cool?

In this week's show: Bangladesh's International Crime Tribunal says it's begun the process to request the extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India. While Dhaka and New Delhi enjoyed warm relations under Hasina's watch, we ask if relations between the two neighbours have now started to cool since…

The Conversation

Bangladesh’s civil service is plagued by corruption – the country can’t get back on its feet without major reform

A quota system to reserve jobs in the civil service for specific groups, including descendants of war veterans, became the achilles heel of Bangladesh’s authoritarian prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. Weeks of unrest, which started as student-led protests against the quotas, ultimately forced her to resign and flee the country.

Al Jazeera

Hasina’s gone, but fate of Bangladesh’s forcibly disappeared uncertain

Only three of more than 150 persons who went missing during Sheikh Hasina’s long rule have been reunited with families.

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh taking steps to extradite former PM Hasina from India

International Crimes Tribunal says it will start the process to bring expelled leader back to answer for ‘massacres’.

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