The United Arab Emirates has handed lengthy prison sentences to 57 Bangladeshi expatriates for protesting against their government while in the Gulf country where demonstrations are banned, state media reported…
Bangladesh appeared calm on Monday amid a curfew, but widespread disruption of telecoms prevailed a day after the Supreme Court scrapped some quotas for government jobs that sparked protests this…
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has scaled back a controversial job quota system after nationwide unrest over the past week during which more than 100 people were killed. The Supreme Court ordered…
The US State Department said on Saturday it has raised Bangladesh’s travel advisory to level three, which urges people to reconsider travel to the Asian country due to what Washington…
Authorities in Bangladesh have imposed a nationwide curfew after further rioting in the capital Dhaka left an additional 35 people dead. Days of violence have been sparked by students’ calls…
At least five demonstrators were killed in Bangladesh on Tuesday during violent clashes between rival student groups over quotas for coveted government jobs, police said, a day after more than…
More than 100 students were injured across Bangladesh in clashes between those protesting to end a quota system for government jobs and others loyal to the ruling party, police and…
Torrential rains and surging rivers across northeast India and neighboring Bangladesh have killed at least nine people, disaster officials said on Thursday, with more than three million people affected. Monsoon…
A Bangladeshi court ordered a nationwide shutdown of schools due to an ongoing heatwave, the day after the government sent millions of children back to class despite searing temperatures. Extensive…
Police in Bangladesh’s capital Thursday used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse more than 1,000 garment factory workers who took to the streets for a sixth straight day to…
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