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Bangladesh Security Forces Fired Indiscriminately During Clashes In Sheikh Hasina's Hometown: Report
Security forces fired indiscriminately during clashes involving supporters of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina this month, killing at least five people, human rights activists said Friday.
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Bangladeshi Students Who Led Protests Against Sheikh Hasina Launch Party
Bangladeshi students who were key in overthrowing the government last year have announced a new political party, the latest grouping in heated political jostling ahead of expected elections.
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Bangladesh Students Are Protesting Again, But This Time Against Each Other
Over 150 students were injured in Bangladesh during clashes at a university campus this week, a sign of serious discord between groups instrumental in fomenting the national revolution last year that led to former premier Sheikh Hasina's downfall.
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"I Admire You": Bangladesh Interim Caretaker To Student Leaders Of Protest
Bangladesh was experiencing a "student-led revolution" after the ouster of premier Sheikh Hasina, the South Asian country's new interim leader Muhammad Yunus said.
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Bangladesh Police Return To Dhaka Streets After Weeklong Strike
Bangladeshi police resumed patrols of the capital Dhaka on Monday, ending a weeklong strike that left a law and order vacuum following the abrupt ouster of autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina.
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"Be In Touch, Stay Alert": Centre To Indians In Bangladesh Amid New Protests
The Indian Embassy in Bangladesh on Sunday issued an advisory urging Indian nationals residing in the country to "remain alert" as the student protests resumed in Sylhet, in which an unspecified number of people have got injured.
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3 Bangladesh Student Protest Leaders Taken By Police From Hospital: Report
Bangladeshi police detectives on Friday forced the discharge from hospital of three student protest leaders blamed for deadly unrest, taking them to an unknown location, staff told news agency AFP.
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Bangladesh Eases Curfew, Garment Factories, Banks Re-open After Protests
Garment factories and banks reopened in Bangladesh Wednesday after authorities eased a curfew imposed to contain deadly clashes sparked by student protests over civil service employment quotas.
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Explained: Why Bangladesh Students Are Protesting Against Job Quotas
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Sunday scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had sparked nationwide protests by students that have killed at least 139 people in recent days.
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Bangladesh Students Continue Protests, Reject PM's Justice Pledge
Bangladesh students vowed Thursday to continue nationwide protests against civil service hiring rules, rebuffing an olive branch from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who pledged justice for seven killed in the demonstrations.
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Bangladesh Bus Drivers Say Accidents Not Entirely Their Fault
Khurshid Alam says he pulls 17-hour shifts three days a week driving a private bus in Dhaka, where tens of thousands of students held angry protests for over a week demanding an end to rash driving that killed two teenagers late last month.
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Bangladesh Considers Capital Punishment For Driving Deaths After Protests
Bangladesh's cabinet on Monday will consider capital punishment for traffic accident deaths, a law ministry official said, as thousands of students held protests for a ninth day over the deaths of two teenagers by a speeding bus in Dhaka.
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Bangladesh Police Use Tear Gas To Disperse Protesting Students
Bangladeshi police fired tear gas on Sunday to disperse tens of thousands of students protesting for the eighth day to demand safer roads after two teenagers were mown down by a bus.
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Students In Bangladesh Protest Rise Of Islamic Extremism
More than 100,000 students in Bangladesh linked their hands Monday to form human chains to protest two attacks last month by suspected Islamist terrorists.
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Bangladesh Security Forces Fired Indiscriminately During Clashes In Sheikh Hasina's Hometown: Report
Security forces fired indiscriminately during clashes involving supporters of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina this month, killing at least five people, human rights activists said Friday.
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Bangladeshi Students Who Led Protests Against Sheikh Hasina Launch Party
Bangladeshi students who were key in overthrowing the government last year have announced a new political party, the latest grouping in heated political jostling ahead of expected elections.
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Bangladesh Students Are Protesting Again, But This Time Against Each Other
Over 150 students were injured in Bangladesh during clashes at a university campus this week, a sign of serious discord between groups instrumental in fomenting the national revolution last year that led to former premier Sheikh Hasina's downfall.
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"I Admire You": Bangladesh Interim Caretaker To Student Leaders Of Protest
Bangladesh was experiencing a "student-led revolution" after the ouster of premier Sheikh Hasina, the South Asian country's new interim leader Muhammad Yunus said.
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Bangladesh Police Return To Dhaka Streets After Weeklong Strike
Bangladeshi police resumed patrols of the capital Dhaka on Monday, ending a weeklong strike that left a law and order vacuum following the abrupt ouster of autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina.
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"Be In Touch, Stay Alert": Centre To Indians In Bangladesh Amid New Protests
The Indian Embassy in Bangladesh on Sunday issued an advisory urging Indian nationals residing in the country to "remain alert" as the student protests resumed in Sylhet, in which an unspecified number of people have got injured.
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3 Bangladesh Student Protest Leaders Taken By Police From Hospital: Report
Bangladeshi police detectives on Friday forced the discharge from hospital of three student protest leaders blamed for deadly unrest, taking them to an unknown location, staff told news agency AFP.
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Bangladesh Eases Curfew, Garment Factories, Banks Re-open After Protests
Garment factories and banks reopened in Bangladesh Wednesday after authorities eased a curfew imposed to contain deadly clashes sparked by student protests over civil service employment quotas.
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Explained: Why Bangladesh Students Are Protesting Against Job Quotas
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Sunday scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had sparked nationwide protests by students that have killed at least 139 people in recent days.
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Bangladesh Students Continue Protests, Reject PM's Justice Pledge
Bangladesh students vowed Thursday to continue nationwide protests against civil service hiring rules, rebuffing an olive branch from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who pledged justice for seven killed in the demonstrations.
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Bangladesh Bus Drivers Say Accidents Not Entirely Their Fault
Khurshid Alam says he pulls 17-hour shifts three days a week driving a private bus in Dhaka, where tens of thousands of students held angry protests for over a week demanding an end to rash driving that killed two teenagers late last month.
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Bangladesh Considers Capital Punishment For Driving Deaths After Protests
Bangladesh's cabinet on Monday will consider capital punishment for traffic accident deaths, a law ministry official said, as thousands of students held protests for a ninth day over the deaths of two teenagers by a speeding bus in Dhaka.
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Bangladesh Police Use Tear Gas To Disperse Protesting Students
Bangladeshi police fired tear gas on Sunday to disperse tens of thousands of students protesting for the eighth day to demand safer roads after two teenagers were mown down by a bus.
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Students In Bangladesh Protest Rise Of Islamic Extremism
More than 100,000 students in Bangladesh linked their hands Monday to form human chains to protest two attacks last month by suspected Islamist terrorists.
