Angry people attacked and vandalised several mass media houses including Ekattor TV and Somoy TV following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina from the post of premier in the wake of Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement. They also damaged and set ablaze a dozen of cars kept in front of ATN Bangla Office at Karwan Bazar in the capital on Monday. They attacked ...
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Sheikh Hasina to stay in India until UK grants asylum
The Indian government has granted Sheikh Hasina an interim stay following the downfall of her government in Bangladesh on Monday, reports republicworld.com. During this period, India will offer comprehensive logistical support as Hasina pursues asylum in the United Kingdom. Her stay in India is approved only temporarily, pending her relocation to Britain. Hasina, who resigned on Monday following unprecedented anti-government ...
Read More »Bangabandhu sculpture in Bijoy Sarani being demolished
The sculpture of the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in Dhaka’s Bijoy Sarani, is being demolished. At around 3:30pm on Monday, a group of people was seen attempting to break the sculpture with hammers. Following the leaked information about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and departure from the country, thousands of people gathered on the streets, with ...
Read More »Interim govt to be formed: Army Chief
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Monday said the country will now be governed by an interim government and it will be formed soon. The army chief made the remark in his address to the nation on Monday afternoon after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and left the country in the face of nationwide widespread student agitation. Saying ...
Read More »Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana leave country
A military helicopter took off from Bangabhaban with Sheikh Hasina at 2:30 on Monday. At that time, her younger sister Sheikh Rehana was with her. Related sources said that they left for West Bengal in India by helicopter. Meanwhile, news agency AFP reported that Sheikh Hasina and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana have gone to a safe place from Ganabhaban. ...
Read More »Thousands of people take to Dhaka streets
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in various parts of the capital on Monday. People brought out processions from Jatrabari, Central Shaheed Minar, Badda, Uttara, Rampura, Mirpur and march towards Shahbagh around 1:30pm on Monday. Besides, thousands of protesters gathered at Shahbagh intersection defying curfew and police barricade. People are coming there from different places. Earlier in the ...
Read More »Clash in Dhaka, firing, 10 killed
The ‘Long March to Dhaka’ program of Anti-discrimination Student Movement is going on. On the other hand, curfew is ongoing across the country. Meanwhile, it was reported that 10 people have been killed in the clash between police and the protestors in the capital. More than hundred of people were injured in these incidents. The injured have been taken to ...
Read More »Shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop: UN rights chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said the shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop. He said scores more protesters were killed over the weekend. At least 13 police officers were also killed when a police station was attacked in Sirajganj district, he mentioned, reports UNB. With a mass march on Dhaka planned for today, Turk said he ...
Read More »81 killed in violent clashes over protests across Bangladesh
At least 81 people including policemen were killed in clashes amongst protesters, law-enforcers and members of ruling party-backed organisations in 17 districts of Bangladesh on Sunday. Of them, six were killed in Dhaka city and district, 22 including 13 policemen at Enayetpur in Sirajganj, six each in Feni and Narsingdi, four each in Magura, Lakshimipur and Rangpur, three each in ...
Read More »Non-cooperation movement: 32 killed in countrywide clashes
As of 4pm on Sunday, at least 32 individuals were killed in various districts across the country in a series of clashes between protesting students, Awami League activists and police amidst the ongoing ‘All-out non-cooperation’ called by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. The anti-discrimination student movement has intensified its protests, with increasing numbers of casualties reported from different parts of the ...
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