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The massacre was a significant event in the political spectrum of Bangladesh, and part of the ongoing unrest that began in mid-2024. [30] The Supreme Court's decision to reinstate a 30% job quota for descendants of freedom fighters sparked initial protests as the decision reversed reforms from 2018 made in response to the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. [31]
Muhammad Yunus, who was in Paris undergoing a medical procedure at the time of Hasina's departure, hailed her resignation as Bangladesh's "second Independence Day". [219] He also committed to returning to Bangladesh "without delay", responding affirmatively to a request from the student movement to guide the interim government. [191]
Abu Sayed (Bengali: আবু সাঈদ; 1998/1999 – 16 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student activist who was shot dead by the Bangladesh Police on 16 July 2024, [3] [4] [5] while participating in the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
Bangladesh's beleaguered opposition says the winner of the next general election will be no surprise: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, credited with turning around the economy but called ...
Wahab Mandal, one of three workers burned to death in an arson attack on an under construction building in Narayanganj. [13] Sohel, 42, one of three workers burned to death in an arson attack on an under construction building in Narayanganj. [13] Mustaque Miah, 24, who had come to buy shoes. He got caught in the clash and was killed by police ...
Bangladesh's army chief Waker-uz-Zaman, announced on 5 August 2024, that an interim government will be formed in the country after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India. [ 125 ] On 8 August 2024, Muhammad Yunus took oath as the Chief Advisor of the Interim Government of Bangladesh in Bangabhaban , Dhaka in the presence of ...
Students in Bangladesh began a quota reform movement in early June 2024 after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector. The movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as July massacre , by the ...
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