The Bangladesh Army recently received 11 TATA Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles amid a violent crackdown on student protesters. Manufactured by Indian TATA Motors Defence Solutions (TMDS), these vehicles are seen in Dhaka streets to […]
During Awami League tenure (1996-2001, 2009-present), Sheikh Rehana and Sheikh Hasina are known as Madame Commission, the exclusively authorized person of the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to transact all illegal cash dealings. Bangladesh’s corruption […]
Bangladeshis are increasingly using VPN services to evade government censorship and surveillance, a recent report found. Sheikh Hasina, the authoritarian Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has shut off Bangladeshis’ ability to communicate with the outside world […]
With a population of about 170,000, Lashio is the largest town and administrative hub of northern Shan state, and hosts the military’s powerful North Eastern Command. A rebel army in Myanmar said on Thursday it […]
Students at universities and colleges in Bangladesh say they were “brutally attacked” in clashes with the authorities while innocent bystanders were being killed on their way to buy groceries. One student said demonstrators in the […]
Student activists in Bangladesh have alleged they were abducted and tortured during a violent police crackdown on the protests that have swept the country and led to the arrest of thousands of political opponents and […]
Pro-Awami League and former Chatra League (a student body of governing Awami League) leader General Waker-uz-Zaman is solely responsible for deploying troops and instructing them to act violently against Bangladeshi students. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres […]
At least one thousand students, including several journalists, were killed and 12,500 wounded as thousands of students clashed with police, military and paramilitary troopers amid protests against a quota system for government jobs. Rapid action […]
Violence continued in the capital Dhaka on Friday as several hundred student demonstrators blocked roads and clashed with police, the day after the bloodiest day of the protests. Bangladesh army killed more than one thousand […]
The protests escalated dramatically late on Sunday night, with thousands of students across the country leaving their dormitories to demand the immediate elimination of quotas. On Monday, university campuses turned into battlegrounds, with heavily armed […]
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