Bangladesh

July 24, 2024 6:07 PM

UAE jails 57 Bangladeshi for protests against their home government

The United Arab Emirates has jailed 57 Bangladeshi expatriates for protesting against their home government while in the Gulf country where demonstrations are banned, state media reported on Monday. Three Bangladeshi expatriates were sentenced to life, 53 others to 10 years in prison and one to 11 years for participating in alleged protests, said the official Emirati news agency, WAM. On Monday, the defendants had "gathered and incited riots in several streets across the UAE on Friday, said...

July 24, 2024 9:25 AM

Bangladesh: Broadband internet restored after 5 day shut down, mobile internet yet to be reinstated

In Bangladesh, broadband internet services were restored in selected areas on Tuesday evening after a five-day shutdown. However, mobile internet services are still not restored. The internet was shut down to curtail the violent protest across Bangladesh over the quota reform in government jobs in the last week. Meanwhile, the government has issued a gazette notification in line with the verdict of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on Tuesday. The Supreme Court on Sunday ordered major reforms in the...

Students are clashing with the police during an ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 18, 2024. (Photo by Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

July 20, 2024 10:42 AM

405 Indian students evacuated from Bangladesh amid student protests

405 Indian students have been safely evacuated through the Dawki Integrated Check Post, according to Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma. The evacuation, which took place on Friday, included approximately 80 students from Meghalaya, with the remainder hailing from other parts of India. Chief Minister Sangma reported that the evacuation effort also extended to students from Nepal and Bhutan, as well as tourists caught in the turmoil. "We are aware of the situation in Bangladesh," Sangma said....

July 19, 2024 5:50 PM

Three die in fresh Bangladesh student protests amid telecoms disruptions

Three people died in Bangladesh on Friday in fresh protests against quotas for government jobs, media said, as telecoms links were widely disrupted and television news channels went off the air. Authorities had cut some mobile telephone services the previous day to try to quell the unrest, initially sparked by student anger against controversial quotas, but Friday's wider disruption was not linked to a global cyber outage. The government offered no immediate comment on the severed communicatio...

Anti-quota protesters and students backing the ruling Awami League party are clashing on Dhaka University campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 15, 2024. Rival students in Bangladesh are clashing on Monday, leaving at least 100 people injured, as demonstrators opposing quotas for coveted government jobs are battling counter-protesters loyal to the ruling party, police said. (Photo by Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

July 18, 2024 9:52 AM

Bangladesh: Students and police clash amid ongoing quota reform movement

In Bangladesh, the ongoing Quota Reform Movement became violent Wednesday afternoon when Police fired tear gas and sound grenades at protesting students of Dhaka University who brought out a coffin procession for six persons killed on Tuesday during the protest. Students and teachers of public and private universities have been staging protests demanding quota reforms in government jobs since July 1. Six people were killed and scores were injured on Tuesday as students' protests against the j...

July 10, 2024 10:57 PM

Colombo security conclave welcomes Bangladesh as fifth member

The Colombo Security Conclave (CSC), a regional security grouping, officially welcomed Bangladesh as its fifth member state on Wednesday. The announcement came during the 8th Deputy National Security Adviser (DNSA) level meeting, hosted virtually by Mauritius. The existing members - India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, and the Maldives - warmly received Bangladesh into the fold, while Seychelles participated as an observer state. The Colombo Security Conclave was established in 2020, when India, Sri La...

July 1, 2024 9:50 AM

INS Ranvir arrives at Chattogram, Bangladesh as part of an operational deployment

Indian Naval Ship INS Ranvir arrived at Chattogram, Bangladesh on Saturday as part of an Operational Deployment. The Bangladesh Navy accorded a warm welcome to INS Ranvir which is part of the Eastern Fleet under the aegis of the Eastern Naval Command, said a Ministry of Defence, Government of India press release on Sunday. The visit by the ship comes just after the state visit of Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India from 21 - 22 Jun 24. During the visit, personnel from the India...

June 25, 2024 4:37 PM

India visit brief, but very fruitful: Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said her recent visit to India was very successful, though it was brief. "The visit was short but very fruitful. I think this visit will play a very pivotal role in strengthening the existing excellent relations between India and Bangladesh," said Sheikh Hasina while addressing the press conference in Dhaka to apprise the local media of the outcome of her June 21-22 state visit to India. Replying to a question on Teesta River Project, she said ...

June 24, 2024 6:52 PM

Thousands displaced in floods in north-eastern India, rain abates

Thousands of people have been displaced in India's north-eastern state of Assam and at least 37 people have died in heavy rain, floods and landslides in the last two months, officials said on Monday. Although rains have abated in the last two days and improved the flood situation marginally, at least 200,000 people were affected in 11 districts of the state due rain-related incidents, a release from the state's disaster management authority said. More than 12,000 people have been displaced fro...

June 20, 2024 7:28 PM

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to pay two-day State visit to India

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay a two-day state visit to India starting Thursday, in what will be the first incoming bilateral visit since the formation of the new Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During her stay on June 21-22, Hasina will hold bilateral consultations with PM Modi and call on President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement. External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar is also...