Bangladesh

BY REUTERS Bangladesh’s president dissolved parliament on Tuesday, clearing the way for an interim government and new elections a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled following a violent crackdown on a student-led uprising. President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s office also announced that the leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist […]

BY REUTERS Bangladesh’s army chief will meet student protest leaders on Tuesday as the country awaits the formation of a new government a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fledfollowing a violent uprising against her that killed hundreds. Student leaders, who spearheaded a movement against job quotas that […]

By AFP Bangladesh has convicted 139 senior opposition party officials and activists in the past two days, prosecutors and lawyers said Monday, as a crackdown on anti-government protesters intensifies ahead of elections. Those convicted included 70 activists from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who were found guilty of “arson and […]