Bangladeshi students called new street protests for Monday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government ignored an ultimatum to release their leaders and apologise for those killed in deadly unrest. Watch in for more details!

Bangladesh bans Jamaat-E-Islami following violent protests, govt blames group for inciting protests

The Bangladesh government on Tuesday (July 30) called for a day of mourning for those killed in the nationwide unrest. Student protests against civil service job quotas sparked days of violence that killed at least 206 people, including several police officers, as per data from the news agency AFP.

Bangladesh protests: Govt calls for day of mourning for victims of unrest

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is facing online criticism after appearing to cry during a visit to a metro station damaged in recent anti-quota protests by student.

'Crocodile tears': Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina 'cries' at metro station damaged in protest, slammed online

Bangladesh appeared calm on Monday (July 22) amid a curfew, but widespread disruption of telecoms prevailed a day after the Supreme Court scrapped some quotas for government jobs that sparked protests this month that killed scores. Watch in for more details!

Bangladesh calms down, but politics peaks; PM Sheikh Hasina fires salvos at Opposition

Bangladesh PM Hasina blames BNP for instigating protesters, students demand govt to release leaders

Student protests in Bangladesh continued to intensify on Sunday (July 21) with the death toll in the clashes between the demonstrators and the police climbing to 133, the news agency AFP reported.

Bangladesh student protests: Govt extends curfew ahead of court hearing on quotas

Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Sunday (July 21) scaled back -- but did not abolish -– a controversial quota system for civil service job applicants after the scheme's reintroduction last month precipitated deadly nationwide civil strife.

Bangladesh Supreme Court scales back job quotas that sparked deadly protests

The ongoing clashes between students and the security forces over a quota bill have left at least 50 people dead and hundreds injured. The country’s internet has been suspended and all the news broadcasts shut down. Furthermore, a telecommunications blackout has cut off Bangladesh from the rest of the world. The entire country is engulfed in chaos.

Gravitas: ‘It’s not a protest anymore. It’s a war now.’

Soldiers of the Bangladeshi military were patrolling the country's cities on Saturday (July 20) after the government imposed a nationwide curfew to keep order following days of deadly student protests.

Bangladesh student protests: Police impose shoot-on-sight-order, soldiers patrol cities, death toll at 123

The deadly protests in Bangladesh have claimed over 115 lives as violent clashes between student-led protestors and security forces continue across the country. While the protests erupted in the wake of reinstatement of 30 per cent quota for freedom fighters and their descendants in government jobs, they have emerged as a flashpoint over Razakars.

How PM Hasina's 'razakar' barb became catchword of Bangladesh protests; here's what it means

More than 100 people are reported dead in Bangladesh as student protestors stormed a prison and set fire to the state broadcaster's building among dozens of arson-related incidents this week in nearly half of the South Asian nation's 64 districts.

Bangladesh under curfew, blackout as over 100 killed in anti-quota protests

News channels in Bangladesh were off the air and telecommunications were widely disrupted. Violent student protests against quotas for government jobs are raging in Bangladesh. Watch this video for all details.

Bangladesh Quota protests: Student protests shake up Hasina's regime as country caught in quagmire

Bangladesh anti-quota protests: 50 dead, nationwide Bandh & internet shutdown

The death toll due to the ongoing student protests against quotas for government jobs in Bangladesh has climbed to 50. The news agency Reuters reported on Friday (July 19) that TV news channels in the country were off-air and telecommunications were widely disrupted.

Bangladesh student protests: Death toll at 50, TV news in country goes off-air

Students in Bangladesh set fire to the country's state broadcaster headquarters on Thursday (July 18). The escalation occurred a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appeared on the network while appealing for peace as fierce clashes continue to take a heavy toll on Bangladeshi lives and their lifelines. At the time of filing this report, at least 32 people were reported dead in the clashes. Watch in for more details!

Bangladesh quota protests: Students demand transparency in Government jobs

Bangladesh erupts in youth-led uprising: 32 killed in anti-quota protest in Bangladesh

Bangladesh students have set fire to the country's state television station. Ten people died in student clashes with police on Thursday in Dhaka taking the death toll to 16. The nationwide agitation is the biggest since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was re-elected for a fourth time. Why are students up against the Sheikh Hasina government? Protesters are demanding the removal of the quota system in government jobs.

Bangladesh anti-quota protests, death toll rises to 16

Students in Bangladesh set fire to the country's state broadcaster headquarters on Thursday (July 18). The escalation occurred a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appeared on the network while appealing for peace as fierce clashes continue to take a heavy toll on Bangladeshi lives and their lifelines.

Bangladesh anti-quota protests push nation on edge as death toll rises to 32

A major corruption scandal has rocked Bangladesh. How did Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's former household servant amass a $34 million fortune? The ex-peon now travels in a helicopter. Molly Gambhir gets you the complete story.

Gravitas: Sheikh Hasina's ex-peon at centre of Graft Scandal

Bangladesh on Tuesday (Jul 16) slammed the United States for making "unsubstantiated" claims about the ongoing student protests in the South Asian country. On Monday, US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller expressed concerns about the protests in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh student protests: Dhaka slams US over unsubstantiated claims about stir

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is scrutinising allegations against Jahangir Alam, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's former peon for allegedly amassing $34mn through illicit means.

Bangladesh PM Hasina's ex-peon accused of stealing $34 mn

Bangladesh's prime leader Sheikh Hasina left China one day early, allegedly "upset" because Beijing had not honoured its promise of financial support and had not treated her with the appropriate decorum.

Did Chinese media ignore Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina? | WION

Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, ended her trip to China a day early because she was reportedly "upset" that Beijing had not followed through on its pledge of financial support and had not accorded her the proper etiquette.

Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina cuts short her Beijing trip | Is she upset with China?

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met President Xi Jinping and her Chinese counterpart Li Qiang in Beijing on July 10 as the two countries signed 21 agreements, MoUs and announced seven more projects to further elevate their strategic cooperative ties.

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in China: Bilateral talks feature Rohingya issue, trade & investments

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