Bangladesh Violence Bnp

A week of fast-paced developments in Bangladesh, which saw Sheikh Hasina's ouster, widespread violence and the formation of an interim government, has been capped off with the country's chief justice agreeing to step down on Saturday.

The government is in close touch with the nearly 19,000 Indian nationals - almost half of whom are students - in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told Parliament Tuesday afternoon.

Immigration rules do not allow people to travel to that country to seek asylum or temporary refuge, the UK Home Office told NDTV Tuesday morning, amid persistent speculation ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina, now in Delhi.

Bangladesh Protest: A new "interim government" - to be advised, most likely, by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus - is taking shape in crisis-hit Bangladesh following Sheikh Hasina resigning as Prime Minister.

Bangladeshis on Sunday turned up in low numbers to cast their votes for the general elections likely to be won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for a fourth straight term, amid sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition party BNP

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that the BNP and its allies cannot win the hearts of people through arson attacks and killing people as the country gears up for the January 7 general elections.

Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister M Hasan Mahmud on Thursday blamed opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and pro-Pakistan elements for the recent communal violence in the country during Durga Puja.

At least nine people, including two children, were burned alive in Bangladesh when opposition activists hurled petrol bombs at a packed bus and a truck in the latest spasm of worsening political violence, police said today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today condemned attacks on Bangladesh's minority Hindu community in post-poll violence and promised stern action against the perpetrators.

Bangladesh's ruling Awami League won a violence-plagued parliamentary election whose outcome was never in doubt after a boycott by the main opposition party.

At least 20 people have lost their lives in the 10th general elections in Bangladesh. 147 seats went to the polls on Sunday.

Bangladesh today deployed the army across the country to contain deadly political violence ahead of the January 5 elections, even as nine policemen were injured in attacks by opposition activists.

At least five people were killed in nationwide clashes and trains were attacked as Bangladesh's opposition today began a strike to demand the prime minister quit and make way for polls under a caretaker government.

Police said they had detained the deputy head of Bangladesh's main opposition party and a string of top party officials in a major crackdown after clashes rocked the capital Dhaka on Monday.

A week of fast-paced developments in Bangladesh, which saw Sheikh Hasina's ouster, widespread violence and the formation of an interim government, has been capped off with the country's chief justice agreeing to step down on Saturday.

The government is in close touch with the nearly 19,000 Indian nationals - almost half of whom are students - in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told Parliament Tuesday afternoon.

Immigration rules do not allow people to travel to that country to seek asylum or temporary refuge, the UK Home Office told NDTV Tuesday morning, amid persistent speculation ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina, now in Delhi.

Bangladesh Protest: A new "interim government" - to be advised, most likely, by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus - is taking shape in crisis-hit Bangladesh following Sheikh Hasina resigning as Prime Minister.

Bangladeshis on Sunday turned up in low numbers to cast their votes for the general elections likely to be won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for a fourth straight term, amid sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition party BNP

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that the BNP and its allies cannot win the hearts of people through arson attacks and killing people as the country gears up for the January 7 general elections.

Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister M Hasan Mahmud on Thursday blamed opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and pro-Pakistan elements for the recent communal violence in the country during Durga Puja.

At least nine people, including two children, were burned alive in Bangladesh when opposition activists hurled petrol bombs at a packed bus and a truck in the latest spasm of worsening political violence, police said today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today condemned attacks on Bangladesh's minority Hindu community in post-poll violence and promised stern action against the perpetrators.

Bangladesh's ruling Awami League won a violence-plagued parliamentary election whose outcome was never in doubt after a boycott by the main opposition party.

At least 20 people have lost their lives in the 10th general elections in Bangladesh. 147 seats went to the polls on Sunday.

Bangladesh today deployed the army across the country to contain deadly political violence ahead of the January 5 elections, even as nine policemen were injured in attacks by opposition activists.

At least five people were killed in nationwide clashes and trains were attacked as Bangladesh's opposition today began a strike to demand the prime minister quit and make way for polls under a caretaker government.

Police said they had detained the deputy head of Bangladesh's main opposition party and a string of top party officials in a major crackdown after clashes rocked the capital Dhaka on Monday.