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NEW DELHI: Airlines including Air India, IndiGo and Vistara have started cancelling flights to Dhaka. The airport in Bangladesh capital city was closed after 5 pm for some hours on Monday amid worsening unrest there. An IndiGo flight from Dhaka to Kolkata (6E 1106) was able to leave around 5…

The Times of India

Chaos And Celebration: Violence After Bangladesh Leader Ousted

Bangladeshi mobs torching TV stations, protesters lounging in beds in the premier's home and bloody corpses: eyewitness described chaotic scenes after the country's prime minister was ousted Monday and the military took power.

International Business Times

Why has Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled?

The 76-year-old has suddenly left the country after weeks of student-led protests that were met with violence

The Guardian - UK

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Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina forced to resign: What happened and what’s next?

Prime minister reportedly flees to India after weeks of antigovernment protests.

Al Jazeera

Iron lady Sheikh Hasina ends 15-year rule and flees Bangladesh

After 15 years of leading Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina fled the country on Monday as protesters stormed her palace in Dhaka. Daughter of a murdered revolutionary who helped Bangladesh gain independence, Hasina was once hailed for rescuing the country from military rule. But her iron fist and intolerance to dissent, including…

France 24

Women's T20 World Cup: Closely monitoring developments in Bangladesh, priority is safety and well-being of all participants, says ICC

MUMBAI: While there's still some time for the event, the latest developments in Bangladesh could put the women's T20 World Cup in Bangladesh, slated to be held from October 3 to 20 in Dhaka and Sylhet in jeopardy.

The Times of India

Bangladesh's prime minister resigns and flees country amid unrest

It ends Sheikh Hasina’s 15 years in power, and follows weeks of violent protests

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Bangladesh army announces interim government after PM Sheikh Hasina flees

Hasina’s departure appears to have defused the high tension in Dhaka, where more deadly protests were feared on Monday.

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh protesters make defiant call for march on Dhaka

Tension is rising as protesters call for mass mobilisation in the face of deadly crackdown and national curfew.

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh Protests Escalate, Demanding Prime Minister's Resignation

Violent anti-government protests in Bangladesh lead to curfew, arrests, and internet shutdown.

Top News

Bangladesh students call for march to capital Dhaka a day after clashes kill nearly 100 people

Country has been engulfed by protests that began in July after students demanded scrapping of quota system for government jobs

The Guardian - AU

Anti-government protesters in Bangladesh plan to march to capital after a weekend of deadly clashes

Anti-government protesters across Bangladesh plan to march to the capital, Dhaka, on Monday after a weekend of violence that left dozens of people dead, as the military imposed a curfew for an indefinite period and authorities cut off mobile internet in an attempt to stem the unrest

The Independent UK

Bangladesh Set For More Anti-PM Protests After Deadly Clashes

Bangladeshi protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign are set to return to the streets Monday after one of the deadliest days since anti-government unrest erupted last month.

International Business Times

Death toll in Bangladesh anti-government protests rises to at least 300

A mass protest Sunday in Bangladesh against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left more than 90 people dead as demonstrators clashed with government supporters. At least 300 people have died since protests started in early July over a government job-quota scheme, which has since been scaled back by the country’s Supreme…

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Al Jazeera

At least 90 killed as Bangladesh protesters renew call for Hasina to quit

Protests over jobs quota system morph into a wider antigovernment movement demanding the prime minister’s resignation.

International Business Times

Bangladesh Protests Demand PM Resign, Army Stands 'By The People'

Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters, many wielding sticks, crowded into a central Dhaka square Sunday for mass protests demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign following a deadly police crackdown.

Al Jazeera

Shot in the eyes, victims of Bangladesh protest violence face dark future

Hundreds of protesters and bystanders were hit in the eyes by pellets fired by security forces, and might lose vision.

The Guardian - UK

Bangladesh student protests turn into ‘mass movement against a dictator’

Strength of PM’s crackdown shows her nervousness and that climate of fear is breaking down, say critics

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Al Jazeera

How Bangladesh rickshaw pullers saved lives amid quota protest clashes

Risking bullets, they stepped out of their homes to save their livelihoods. They ended up saving lives too.

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh minister defends gov’t response to protests amid calls for probe

Mohammad Arafat tells Al Jazeera authorities tried to ‘de-escalate’ tensions as UN officials urge probe into crackdown.

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

Bangladesh curfews, internet blackout batter economy amid quota protests

The South Asian country is estimated to have lost $1.2bn in revenue over the past five days with garment exports hit.

International Business Times

Bangladesh Arrest Total Passes 2,500: AFP Tally

The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest.

International Business Times

More Than 500 Arrested In Bangladesh Capital Over Deadly Unrest

More than 500 people, including some opposition leaders, have been arrested in Dhaka over violence that has wracked Bangladesh and killed 163 people since students started protesting against civil service hiring rules, police said Monday.

Al Jazeera

How peaceful Bangladesh quota protests morphed into nationwide unrest

Government crackdown and attacks by ruling party supporters caused one of the biggest protests against PM Sheikh Hasina.

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