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The Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is to lead an interim federal government in Bangladesh, urged people in the nation to avoid all kinds of violence after a mass uprising that has actually consisted of communal attacks.Concern is rising in Bangladesh and neighbouring India over continuing violent discontent after the ousting of the former prime minister ...
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Footage from a local broadcaster shows protesters looting the official residence of the prime minister in Bangladesh's capital after news that the incumbent, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and fled the country. Some of the protesters could be seen carrying chairs from the Ganabhaban.

Dozens of people have been killed in anti-government protests that...

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The Bangladeshi government has declared a national curfew and announced plans to deploy the army to tackle the country’s worst unrest in a decade, after student protesters stormed a prison and freed hundreds of inmates.

“The government has decided to impose a curfew and deploy the military in aid of the civilian authorities,” a government spo...

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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen to head the Bangladesh’s interim government after the nation’s longtime prime minister resigned and fled abroad in the face of violent unrest against her rule.

Known as the “banker to the poorest of the poor” and a longtime critic of the ousted Sheikh Hasina, Yunus will act as a caretaker premier until...

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Protesting students in Bangladesh have called for a march to the capital Dhaka in defiance of a nationwide curfew on Monday to press prime minister Sheikh Hasina to resign, a day after deadly clashes in the South Asian country killed nearly 100 people.

The country has been engulfed by protests and violence that began last month after student groups...

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Bangladeshi trainees have actually set fire to the state broadcaster's constructing a day after the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, appeared on the network looking for to soothe escalating clashes that had killed at least 39 people.Hundreds of protesters demanding reform of civil service working with guidelines clashed with riot authorities who had shot at them with rubber bullets ...
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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a mass uprising that left hundreds of people dead and pushed the South Asian nation to the brink of chaos.

The decision, announced early on Wednesday by Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of the country’s f...

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Police in Bangladesh have actually arrested more than 10,000 individuals and prohibited a significant opposition celebration as part of a crackdown on dissent after weeks of protests. The nation has been in turmoil given that a mass trainee motion began versus quotas for government jobs. It escalated into fatal clashes when pro-government groups assaulted protesters and police ...
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At least two people passed away and thousands were hurt after authorities fired teargas into crowds of objecting trainees, and paramilitary forces were released throughout the country.Protests first broke out on university schools throughout Bangladesh a fortnight ago as 10s of countless students demanded an end to unreasonable and prejudiced quotas for ...
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The world’s longest-serving female leader was, according to her son, “in good spirits, but disheartened and disappointed in the lack of gratitude of the people of Bangladesh”.

After weeks of protests, more than 300 deaths and increased international criticism of her government’s slide into autocracy, the long rule of Sheikh Hasina ended on Monday...

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Lots of individuals have actually been eliminated and hundreds hurt as renewed anti-government demonstrations swept throughout Bangladesh, with protesters calling for the prime minister to resign as mobile web gain access to was cut off in an attempt to quell the unrest.The nation's leading Bengali-language day-to-day newspaper, Prothom Alo, stated at least 95 individuals, consisting of a.
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Amin Mandol was collecting peanuts from a char-- a bank of sand and silt-- in the Padma, the lower part of the Ganges, when he heard the scream. While bring up some roots, one of his workers had actually come across a snake coiled among the plants. Other workers rushed over and beat the Russell's viper to death.Mandol still had several hectares of ...
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The Bangladesh parliament has been dissolved by the president of the country, following the resignation of its prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

After at least 300 people were killed in a violent crackdown against demonstrations which started as student protests for fairer access to government jobs, Hasina fled the country on Monday.

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Bangladesh has arrested more than 10,000 people and banned a major opposition party as part of a crackdown on dissent after weeks of protests.

The country has been in turmoil since a mass student movement began against quotas for government jobs. It escalated into deadly clashes when protesters were attacked by pro-government groups and hit by...

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The death toll from floods in Bangladesh today has actually increased to 8, leaving more than 2 million affected after heavy rains caused major rivers to break their banks, officials have confirmed.The south Asian nation of 170 million people, crisscrossed by numerous rivers, has actually experienced more regular floods in recent decades.The environment ...
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Hasan still has the metalpellets Bangladesh police fired at him lodged deep in his bones. Fearful he will join the growing ranks of those thrown behind bars by the state for participating in protests that have swept Bangladesh this month, Hasan has been in hiding for a week and described his state as one of “constant panic and trauma”.

“Whenever I h...

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Sunak hints he might not quit as Tory leader immediately if he loses general election

Rishi Sunak has hinted that he might not quit as Tory leader immediately if he loses the election on Thursday.

In an interview with the BBC’s Chris Mason, he did not give a direct answer when asked if he would stay on if he lost. But he said he would always put...

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The organizers of Bangladesh's trainee demonstration movement were scheduled to meet the army chief, Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman, after the military revealed it would form an interim federal government following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister. On Monday, Hasina resigned and got away Bangladesh after numerous individuals were killed in a crackdown on ...
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Student activists in Bangladesh have alleged they were abducted and tortured during a violent police crackdown on the protests that have swept the country and led to the arrest of thousands of political opponents and government critics.

Nahid Islam, a Dhaka University student and one of the main organisers of the protest movement, which has been...

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Sunak informs of hurt and anger he felt about his daughters needing to hear Reform UK's racist slur about himRishi Sunak has actually discussed the hurt and anger he felt when he heard a Reform UK activist using a racial slur about him.In a broadcast interview, he stated he was particularly upset about his children having to hear what was said. And he made ...
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After 15 years in power, Bangladesh’s prime minister has suddenly resigned and fled the country. Sheikh Hasina’s departure came after weeks of student-led protests were met with deadly force, and has been greeted with jubilation on the streets of the capital, Dhaka.

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Students protested for fairer access to government jobs and were...

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The country's supreme court scaled backquotas on civil service jobs, which previously allocated 30% to veterans and relatives of those who fought in the 1971 Bangladesh war of independence, after widespread student-led protests and violent clashes in which more than 100 people have been killed...

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Metropolitan police says at least 7 officers now under investigation over election timing bets

The number of Metropolitan police officers under investigation over bets on the timing of the general election has risen to at least seven, the force has said.

On Tuesday the Met said six officers were being investigated – of whom one was the close p...

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The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has actually resigned and left the nation amid some of the worst violence since the birth southern Asian nation more than 50 years earlier. The country's army chief, Waker-Uz-Zaman, announced he was presuming control at 'an important time for our country' and would develop an interim government.Hasina, who ...
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Bangladesh’s top court has scaled backthe quotas on government jobs that led to widespread student-led protests and violent clashes that killed more than 100 people.

On Sunday afternoon the supreme court overturned a ruling that had reintroduced quotas for all civil service jobs, meaning that 30% were reserved for veterans and relatives of those...

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Musicians, authors, producers and festival managers have hit out at “humiliating” and costly visa-rejection rates for African and Asian artists visiting Britain and European Union countries, saying it is having a chilling impact on cultural diversity.

Analysis shows the UK last year raised £44m in fees for visa applications that were then rejected,...

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The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and left the country, the head of the army has confirmed, amid some of the worst violence since the birth of the south Asian country more than 50 years ago.

In a briefing to reporters, Army Chief Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman announced he was assuming control at “a critical time for our country” and...

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Police in Bangladesh have been granted “shoot-on-sight” orders and a nationwide curfew has been imposed as student-led protests continue to roil the country, leaving more than 100 people dead.

The curfew, imposed at midnight on Friday, was expected to last until Sunday morning as police tried to bring the swiftly deteriorating security situation...

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The Nobel peace laureate and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus has said that years of fighting what he calls “dirty” politically motivated attacks on his work to alleviate poverty in Bangladesh have made life “totally miserable”.

Yunus told the Guardian he had come under 20 years of pressure from the Bangladeshi government for his work, which is...

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