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UNBELIEVABLE: Dhaka university - The Untold Story

Why Pakistan is rushing to mend fences with Bangladesh

Pakistan intensifies outreach to Bangladesh, seeking new partnerships as regional power dynamics shift.

Al Jazeera

Why Bangladesh’s renamed New Year parade set off a controversy

Organisers say previous name symbolised oppressive Hasina government, while critics say the move is against Bengali ethos.

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh erupts in protests over rape and murder of eight-year-old girl

Victim died late last week after battling for her life for almost a week in hospital

The Independent UK

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‘Gotham but no Batman’: Crime grips Bangladesh 6 months after Hasina fled

A spike in violent crime in the Bangladesh capital makes youth who risked lives for change ask: ‘What was it all for?’

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh Student Revolutionaries' Dreams Dented By Joblessness

Bangladeshi students braved bullets to overthrow an autocratic government, but six months after the revolution, many say finding a job is proving a harder task than manning the barricades.

International Business Times

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

Students in Bangladesh forced out the country's leader a month ago. Where do things stand now?

It’s been a month since a student-led movement ousted Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina

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How Gen Z Women And The Military Transformed Bangladesh

Adored by her classmates and defiant even after police seized her, student Nusrat Tabassum is one of the many women who helped spearhead the movement that toppled autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina.

International Business Times

How a young generation in Bangladesh forced out the leader who ruled for much of their lives

A generation of young people, many of whom cannot remember a time before Sheikh Hasina was Bangladesh’s prime minister, led protests that resulted in her ouster

The Independent UK

Will Yunus-led interim government bring Bangladesh out of its ‘dark era’?

As government headed by Nobel laureate takes charge, many wonder how it will undo years of Hasina’s ‘autocratic rule’.

Al Jazeera

‘We’ve ousted this regime and will do so again’: the students bringing change to Bangladesh

Gen Z Bangladeshis say their protests may have ended but their duty to the nation persists, inspiring older compatriots

The Guardian - UK

Sheikh Hasina: A critical misstep and the end of 15 years ruling Bangladesh

Following weeks of protests, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and fled the country.

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh curfew eases: What’s opened, what’s still shut

Some businesses have reopened, but mobile internet and social media sites are still blocked. Universities remain shut.

Al Jazeera

Bangladeshi students allege police torture after protests crackdown

More than 150 reported dead and thousands injured as peaceful demonstrations turn violent

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Al Jazeera

At least 17 dead as Bangladesh student protests over jobs intensify

Thousands of students clash with police in protests against civil service hiring rules they call discriminatory.

The Independent UK

Student protesters vow 'complete shutdown' in Bangladesh as clashes continue

Police clashed Thursday with student protesters attempting to impose a “complete shutdown” in Bangladesh’s capital, following days of violent confrontations during demonstrations over a system of allocating government jobs

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Bangladesh Universities Urged To Close Amid Violent Protests

Authorities in Bangladesh call for university closures amid deadly clashes over government job allocations, sparking unrest and protests.

Al Jazeera

What’s behind Bangladesh’s violent quota protests?

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

Al Jazeera

‘We sought rights’: Bangladesh on edge after quota protest turns violent

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

The Hindu

Hundred years ago, Satyendra Nath Bose changed physics forever

Satyendra Nath Bose revolutionized physics with his discovery of a quantum statistics to describe photons, paving the way for modern quantum theory.

Al Jazeera

Sheikh Hasina: Once Bangladesh’s democracy icon, now its ‘authoritarian’ PM

The 76-year-old wins fourth straight term in controversial election boycotted by opposition and marked by low turnout.

The Independent UK

Young voters in Bangladesh dream of a future free from political chaos as the nation votes Sunday

For decades, political battles in Bangladesh have been fought on the streets by parties led by two powerful women

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh sentences four to death for prominent writer’s murder

Dhaka court pronounces verdict in the 2004 killing of Humayun Azad by members of a now-banned Muslim group.

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