Dhaka: With police firings, mob beatings, and arson across the country, at least 135 people were killed in Bangladesh on Monday during unrest, according to Dhaka Tribune. The country announced on Monday that the clashes between demonstrators and members of the Awami League claimed the lives of at least 96 people in police firings. After … Read more
The political crisis in Bangladesh deepened further today as the army took over the reins of the country after the current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled. General Zaman said he would take full responsibility for bringing the situation under control and assured that the army would meet all the demands of the protestors. Hasina reportedly … Read more
Dhaka: Amid raging unrest in Bangladesh, the country’s Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has reportedly resigned and left for India in a military helicopter, it has been reported. Various reports by the country’s local media also said that protesters have stormed the leader’s official residence. Earlier, a senior advisor to the PM had told news agency … Read more
Patuakhali, Bangladesh: More than 115,000 Bangladeshis left their coastal villages on Sunday for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying nation prepared for crashing waves when a cyclone makes landfall, officials said. Cyclone Remal is set to hit the southern coast and parts of neighbouring India on Sunday evening, with Bangladesh’s weather department predicting … Read more
